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  Online Dating

  by FreeGirl2006 in

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  *sigh* i was seeing someone for several months, but it is not working out.

  so i went back to my only way of meeting men thus far--online dating sites.

  i have had some really cool experiences, but i think i am getting burnt out....if i read one more email from a guy that reads "u r booteful and i wud luv to chat with u and then maybe we go out and eat" (or my personal favorite today--"you are eye-popping"--i am busty and the current picture reveals that little fact) i think i will puke!

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  samiam2b

  This is a funny thread. I feel like a veteran. I've been there, done that, and have the T-shirt to prove it. ;-)

  I met my wife online a number of years ago. I was the first she met from online dating-but she was in the dozen range for me. We chatted online for several weeks before the first phone call. Talked on the phone for a couple weeks before meeting. Once we met, it was all over with. Profiles came down and we spent all our free time together.

  No matter how horny you might be you have to wait a 'little'. Not playing games and hard to get but to find out if the other person is psycho FIRST! Take my word for it, it is worth it. Girls can be stalkers too ya know ;-)

  I have friends who have some interesting ways of measuring up a girl... many of them are 1-10 scales, that include two-digit decimals. Another one you can demonstrate... hold both hands out in front of you with your thumb tips touching. Now extend your pinkies at a 90 degree angle (almost like I love you in sign language with more angle than Hang Loose)... if a girls backside won't fit into that space he won't date her. He was a doorman in a high end trendy night club of a large city so he saw plenty but cold rarely bring anything to show it off... but doesn't care. He won't compromise. I'm ok with that, since he was good friends of my wife before we met-although she would have passed that pinkie test. ;-)

  A guy (girls too?) will be worried that you don't look like your picture. Say some things that reassure him that your picture is recent (less than 6 months). Some will want to know the shape and overall size of your body-so they can picture you (some will do other things with that info). I say give them that peace of mind then move on to the intellectual stuff. If you can't hack it or they have wierd excuses and stories, go to MOVEON.org!

  Finally, don't tell your whole life story in the first week. Don't be coy or play games but don't try to tell the other person everything right away hoping to weed out anyone who won't like you in the end. That will freak them out and will put you in the psycho category!

  Cheers

  samiam2b

  PS: I am formerly known as Dr. Sam, like Johnny the Love Doctor (WKRP)
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  Tort Law and Disfellowshipping

  by journey-on in

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  like most of you, i inwardly seethe at the practice of disfellowshipping and the shunning that follows.

  i wish i could find a way to hold the wtb&ts legally responsible for what results from this heinous practice.

  the more i read about the psychological and emotional pain that is perpetrated on those who are shunned by friends and family after having been raised a jehovah's witness, the more i am convinced that there has to be a way to sue for these damages.

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  samiam2b

  What I would like to see a discussion of and have not, is that in my understanding of Constitutional Law the rights of the individual are protected - not of the religous organization. We are individually free to practice any religion we want to and the government cannot dictate our religion. The rights of the individual supercede any organization unless those rights will harm another individual.

  What does that mean to me? Let's say that a religious organization wishes to DF me or shun me... and I want to practice that religion. How does the Constition protect the rights of that organization over my own rights?

  Ok so, if in my warped way of rationalizing this concept I am agreeing to every tenets of that religous organization except I disagree about their method or manner or reason for choosing to DF me, does that in itself mean that I am no longer practicing THAT religion? In essence, selective practice of the religion?

  A doctor can be a doctor even though he/she may not perform or agree with every procedure that are available to doctors. How is this different?

  In JW world, how is the right of the body of elders to DF greater than my right to practice?

  -samiam2b
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  now that's hard core man

  by bigdreaux in

  1. social
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  thought you guys would love this.

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  http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/34693/.

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  samiam2b

  LOL... if you've been there, you'll get it!

  ;-)

  samiam2b
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  The Deity in the Data What the latest prayer study tells us about God.

  by samiam2b in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i thought this was an interesting article.

  you may chose to read it as entertainment or as a proven fact.

  i'm not proposing you believe anything in particular.http://www.slate.com/id/2139373/human nature: science, technology, and life.the deity in the datawhat the latest prayer study tells us about god.by william saletan.

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  samiam2b

  Good catch eclipse! I seem to have lost the ability to remember scriptures. I can't even remember to take out the garbage...

  ;-)

  samiam2b
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  now that's hard core man

  by bigdreaux in

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  thought you guys would love this.

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  http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/34693/.

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  samiam2b

  This one is funnier, for semi-adults... might lead back to another masturbatio discussion though:

  http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/23003/
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  SOCIAL CLASS IN YOUR KINGDOM HALL

  by badboy in

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  any takers?.

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  samiam2b

  Mary you nailed it!

  There are a couple of other groups though. The 18 year old married ones who aren't accepted to be missionaries yet so they use their trust fund to go where the need is greater and pioneer. They always have enough money although there are others so poor they miss out on most meals because the local economy is so bad. The wannabee couple shows pictures of some african country that they wan't to go to but too bad the political situation is so unstable at the moment so they are stuck in your little town.

  Speaking of those, they are poor as church mice. They don't have much else to live for, lving in clapboard houses with wintertime breezes blowing through. Their car is always broke down but they always have a smile. After a few years the PO takes pity and must promote their dedication as an example but since they are so low the social invitations are far between.

  A third group are the outcasts... that move from hall to hall. Sometimes single men... no reason is ever given for their mysterious relocations and they don't socialize. They aren't given any priveleges so you know something is up.

  A fourth group, are the super strong minded sisters who are married to non-dubbers. They try like hell to get their kids to go to meetings and they do cause mom says. They still do school sports and plays and all that and never become baptized but are like spiritual infants, even after 18 years. Rarely answer at the watchtower and never give talks... oh wait, back to mom, she answers every other paragraph and makes sure that she sings louder than anyone else in the hall so you can all hear how dedicated she is.

  samiam2b
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  Watchtower "Ambulance" Service!

  by Voyager in

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  http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/ems/counties/putnam.htm .

  http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/ems/counties/putnam.htm .

  **********************************************************************************************************ambulance services.

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  samiam2b

  Attached should be a recent photo of the WT Ambulance parked outside 25 Columbia Heights.
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  Anyone from Washington? Seattle?

  by curlygirl in

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  hey!.

  i'm new to the site but, would love to talk to other ex jws in the area.. curlygirl

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  Washington

  by sandy in

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  my fiance and i are planning to move to yakima wa at the end of the year.

  i saw on lady lee's thread of maps that there are quite a few of us in washington.

  anyone near yakima?

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  Work Contest unburies pain

  by forsharry in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  not sure why i'm writing this really.

  i'm a grown woman and should be able to deal with these things in a more constructive way.

  and yet here i am... my job is doing a contest...bring in your prom photo and the neatest one will win a really cool prize (it's a weekly celebration for back-to-school around here - i'm in the newspaper business.

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  samiam2b

  Those practice pictures are funny. I once had a job as a limo driver... I had no clue about prom's but learned pretty quick after picking up so many kids for their proms. Internally I was sad about it because they seemed to be normal and I was abnormal. I do understand how you feel Sherrie.

  Take care

  samiam2b