so my family was supposed to be having a braai this afternoon, and a bit of a family gettogether, and this has been cancelled, but my sister is still keen on doing something and has invited us for coffee at her place at bethal... i don't really feel like going, but feel like i should (family duty and all that crap).... should i go?.
princess db.
So my family was supposed to be having a braai this afternoon, and a bit of a family gettogether, and this has been cancelled, but my sister is still keen on doing something and has invited us for coffee at her place at Bethal... I don't really feel like going, but feel like I should (family duty and all that crap)...
Should I go?
Princess DB
my ex and i did for several years in our new home.
i was excited at first because that meant we were "good" dubs.
after about 6 months someone stuck their finger in our candle we had burning in the bathroom and splashed wax all over our new bathroom wall.
When I lived at home, we used to have the BS at our house... my mom's biggest complaint was when the bro's and so's would have runny noses and not have tissues with them and use up all the toilet paper in the bathroom.
I used to quite like it because Fresh Prince of Bel Air was on tv at 6:30 and the meeting was at 7, so I used to be able at to watch most of the show and go into the lounge at the last minute.
i just thought about something today.
the jw's logic or lack there of.. when you are in the "truth" and bad things happen.. satan is persucuting you.
and when good thing happen to you it's jah's blessing.. when you are out of the "truth" or free as i like to call it.
Don't you know it is bad luck to be superstitious!
way back in highschool, i was best friends with a dub girl in my class (we were the only two dubs at school, in the same standard, so we had to be best friends).
she was a good girl back then, pioneering every school holiday etc.
when we left school, we carried on hanging around together for a few months, and started associating with a not so kosher crowd in the cong.
Yknot - in answer to your question, the last update I heard from my sister was that the court date was postponed - so no breaking news yet... will keep you all informed though. I am seeing my family tomorrow night for dinner, so I will see if there is any bethal news/gossip worth reporting. I feel like a super spy!
this thought just occurred to me:.
we all - even jehovah's witnesses - mourn our loved ones when they die.
we cry and wail, with good reason.
Princess's Random Thoughts on this topic:
When we were kids, my parents always made a huge fuss about their wedding anniversary and the whole family got involved and we all got gifts etc. A lot of JW families I knew did that! As a child, I used to tell people who were sad for us dub kids that it was ok that we did not get christmas and birthday gifts because we got them at anniversary time!
As far as I am concerned, if I am allowed to celebrate the day I got married as a super important date in my life, then I definitly am gonna celebrate my own birthday, and dammit, my kid's birthdays too - those rank up there with my wedding day in terms of importance, or maybe they are even higher on the scale of important dates in my life!
As far as funerals - I don't think I have ever been to a JW funeral where the dead person was eulogised - there was always a very brief comment on the persons character (mostly that they were a good JW) and then onto the preach session. My mom even used to take tracts along to give to non dubs at the service. And I dont know if it is a dub thing, but they always seem to be called memorial services or something?
Boo
i just wrote about my life between 11 and 12......i am now 48 years old.
it came back to me in huge drowning waves that i cannot describe.
the anger, depression, humiliation..... do any of us ever get to recover totally?
There are good days and bad days and average days, and you know what - this bad day will pass.
I feel better mostly for knowing that there are so many of us in the same boat here on the board and no matter what a crappy hand we were dealt by being caught up in the borg, we are out, and there are many that are still stuck inside and may never get out!
Hugs and love
Boo
so, i had my second job interview today for a job that i really really want and one that i believe will put me on the right track ito of my future and the career i really want so if you have a good vibe or prayer to spare, put it out there for me please - i would appreciate it!!
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Thanks you guys - you're the best... I will let you know when I here the good news!
way back in highschool, i was best friends with a dub girl in my class (we were the only two dubs at school, in the same standard, so we had to be best friends).
she was a good girl back then, pioneering every school holiday etc.
when we left school, we carried on hanging around together for a few months, and started associating with a not so kosher crowd in the cong.
Way back in highschool, I was best friends with a dub girl in my class (we were the only two dubs at school, in the same standard, so we had to be best friends). She was a good girl back then, pioneering every school holiday etc. When we left school, we carried on hanging around together for a few months, and started associating with a not so kosher crowd in the cong. She hit a rebelious streek of note (as did I). She landed up moving far away, being df'd and getting on with her own life, whilst I did a bit of a fade myself and just stopped attending meeting and avoided the elders like anything. I haven't seen or heard from her in years!
So, on my way to work this morning, I stopped to get something I needed from a store en route to my shop. At the counter I see a guy standing, waiting for his purchase to be packaged. I remember him from way back when - he was married to my highschool best friend's sister , and he and his wife are very good friends with a cousin of mine.
I debated whether I felt like saying hi, and then thought what the hell, let me say hello. We made eye contact and I greeted him. He greeted me... hesitantly. I could almost see the questions flashing through his mind... can I greet her or cant I? Was she disfellowshiped or wasn't she? I made him even more uncomfortable by making conversation - he didn't know what to do with himself. I could just picture him running out to his car to phone his wife and find out whether or not I was DF'd.
so, i had my second job interview today for a job that i really really want and one that i believe will put me on the right track ito of my future and the career i really want so if you have a good vibe or prayer to spare, put it out there for me please - i would appreciate it!!
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So, I had my second job interview today for a job that I really really want and one that I believe will put me on the right track ito of my future and the career I really want so if you have a good vibe or prayer to spare, put it out there for me please - I would appreciate it!!!
being a pioneer/servant for years, i thought i was very responsible.
when dating a sister whom i later married, i read every publication on courtship the society had.
i then spoke to an elder whom i thought was "resonable" and we agreed as the publications say: "a couple can meet together in a public place, when courting, without a chaperon.
I don't think that was particularly strict Sass, those kind of arrangement were not unheard of here too!
