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  If You Had Your Whole Adult Life Ahead of You....

  by Frannie Banannie in

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  if you had your whole adult life ahead of you, what career would you choose to pursue and why?.

  i'd choose marine biologist or scientific research.....because i wouldn't hafta deal so much with people's attitudes, marine life is beautiful and fun, science of this planet is interesting....it *can* be a lucrative field, depending on which aspect of it i choose to pursue.... frannie b

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  I'd return to my childhood dream and take up my mother's offer of a free ride through theatre school! If I'd only had the nerve to do that when I was 18, I'd have been one of those "didn't I see her in..." faces on the street. I loved performing -- loved it so much that rehearsal was every bit as much fun as the curtain call on opening night.

  But, no, I got religion -- absolutely the wrong religion -- instead. <assorted swear words> "Separate from the world," my sainted aunt! If that's not a "satanic verse," I don't know what is!

  Well, I can still carry out a related dream -- I'm putting a book of poetry together. Hope to have the first draft finished by the time I'm fifty.

  GentlyFeral
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  How do you explain to a jw...

  by Gadget in

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  how do you explain to a jw why you don't believe the jw teachings anymore?

  you can explain what you believe and why, but if they're deeply in they can just pass it off as 'needing faith' etc.

  so without going into deep deep issues(i prefer the keep it simple, sweetie approach), what points do you use to make jws think about things?

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  I was never very interested in "rescuing" JW's after I left, and still am not. So I don't dance around it, or try in any way to trick or seduce them into thinking for themselves.

  I just tell them the truth: that I was stumbled by the conduct of a sister...

  (wait for it)

  ...myself.

  GentlyFeral
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  How old were you when you got baptised???

  by digderidoo in

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  i was 15, quite old compared to some.. a friends child has just got baptised at 13.....to think that she knows what she wants for the rest of her life at that age seems ludicrous.. so, who here got baptised at the youngest age?.

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  By July 13, 1973, I had already dedicated myself to Jehoover. I was planning to marry my (baptized) boyfriend that November. I was 18; he was 19.

  My parents told me that if I wanted to get baptized I had to move out. So I was gonna move in with my brainwasher Bible study teacher, who was on welfare. Oh, did I mention I was unemployable at that time?

  So I told my bf about all this, and he said, "We were gonna get married anyway - let's do it this weekend."

  So I was married the day after my baptism.

  Well, the marriage lasted much longer than the dedication did. In fact, we're still together and both OUT.

  GentlyFeral
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  Ever regret having kids? Honestly!

  by Ariell in

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  this is a thread from ivillage.

  the admission from these women is a real eye opener.

  i think it's easier for a mother to be more honest when she's talking to other mothers.

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  FrannieBannanie,

  there might be differences of opinion between parents with minors and parents with grown children. Ya never know what you've given birth to, till they're grown. Especially if they grow up to be deviant sociopaths.

  Good point. I'll just say that my few moments of regret have all been about not being able to provide for my kids, and never about who they were. I'm just more proud and grateful by the year that I ever gave birth to my two wonderful trickster-gods.

  GentlyFeral
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  (Warning, rant enclosed) I feel like my brain is turning to mush.....

  by razorMind in

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  i'm sick of my job, sick of the city i'm living in, sick of most of the people who surround me daily.

  like a lot of folks here, i was "encouraged to find education within jah's service" discouraged from seeking further education whilst being raised in the troof.

  were it up to my father, i probably wouldn't have been permitted to attend regular public school, grades k through 12, much less college---education was that much maligned in my family.

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  I'm tired of always having to explain why I'm reading this or that book, explaining "why" I feel the need to know more about Mayan history or court life in ancient China and on and ON.

  Oh, honey. Take me now!

  No, seriously. I'll PM you my email address and you can tell me all about your brain-adventures. I'm into assorted countercultural arts, myself. We can turn each other on to new stuff.

  And now I'm going to read the rest of the thread.

  GentlyFeral
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  Pick one.....The lesser of two evils.

  by Adam in

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  if you had to be born into a religious family and stuck in it 'till you finally broke free, would you rather it be mormon or jw?

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  NeonMadman,

  I wonder if that's just a case of the "grass is greener" syndrome?

  Probably. www.latterdaylampoon.com
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  "Thou Shalt Conform"

  by forgetmenot in

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  hello all...i hope ya'll have had a good summer and all...mine was (...well...) pretty crappy.

  anyway, i have a new room mate @ my university now.

  it's my fourth one in less than a full year (i think).

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  mouthy,

  But I will watch how you live!Then I will make up my mind if you are walking the walk.Not talking the talk

  Applause! Applause! And such an elegant response!

  GentlyFeral
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  a joke from my jw dad!

  by free will in

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  a brother gives his first public talk, but only takes 15 minutes to give the talk.

  the elders talk about counseling him, but after some consideration, decide to give him a break since it was his first talk.

  the next public talk he gives, he talks for exactly one full hour!!

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  Adam,

  Sweet sunny jesus that brings back memories of trying to accomplish "acceptable" humor. All these good jokes that I heard and couln't repeat and all these absolutely horrid ones that I had to use

  Ah, that reminds me of the pastor who had such a touching faith in the existence of "clean" sex jokes. He provided a single example:

  A young couple were going on their honeymoon, and on the way to the hotel, their car broke down. The young man poked around under the hood and then got under the car to try to fix it.

  He was down there for a long time. His lovely bride got lonely and crawled under the car to keep him company.

  About an hour later the pastor drives along the very same road, and sees the young couple. He stops his car and gets out, approaches them, and coughs.

  Then he says, "Excuse me - do you realize your car's been stolen?"

  GentlyFeral
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  What To Be For Halloween?

  by Valis in

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  i'm starting early this year cuz i want to have a rockin halloween.

  i''ve been the devil, the grim sweeper, medusa, an alien,...i was thinking this year maybe one of those warriors from lord of the rings...and what are you going to be this halloween, or do you even celebrate the spooky day?.

  sincerely,.

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  Mulan, lots of Indian women in the US wear their hair short, so you'd just have to dye it black. And use dye that rinses out - I know there is such a thing.

  GentlyFeral
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  What Is The One Thing That You....

  by Frannie Banannie in

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  would do or accomplish, if you could?

  i'm speaking of something that you either think or know is beyond your present capabilities or circumstances?.

  i would fly autonomously, if i could.. frannie b.

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  Well, if sens is gonna feed the hungry, and Stacy's gonna cure the very ill...

  I think I'd like to build up a support network for ALL homeless abused kids of all ages, and make sure they have room to find happiness and peace so they can grow up to be sane kind loving hardworking honest human beings, and die at a ripe and satisfied old age.

  But I'll probably finish my little tiny book of poetry instead.

  GentlyFeral