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  A little wine for the stomaches sake.

  by olongapo joe in

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  9 years ago

  one of my pop's favorite bible quotes.

  as a youngster as soon as i could open the refrigerator, the old man would say "bryan get me a beer", and i was rewarded a drink or two from the can, 50 years later, i am an alcoholic, good news is i realize i am an alcoholic and am working on it.

  actually hope to replace the booze with weed, as i can get violent with booze, but just chill with weed.

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  cognac 9 years ago

  Good for you Olong!

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  knock knock

  by Sabin in

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  10 years ago

  if jw`s come knocking at your door, do you open it & engage in conversation, tell them to sod off, or just not answer the door?.

  my husband`s has asked me not to answer the door to them if he isn't here?

  he hate`s the fact that they make a point of calling when they know he will be at work.

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  cognac 9 years ago

  They know who I am. One time they came around back and I was not appropriately dressed AT ALL. I just acted like nothing was wrong and they were to afraid to look at anything but my eyes... 😂😂😂

  That ended that conversation quickly but I was willing to talk... Lol

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  Witnesses killed my friend today.

  by WasOnceBlind in

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  9 years ago

  today has been a horrible day.

  what began as a day of joy finding out that one of my lifelong friends had her baby, turned into a nightmare when her brother called me to let me know she had passed away after birth.

  i was in shock and didn't ask how.

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  cognac 9 years ago

  This has taken me days to read as it's so completely heartbreaking and hits so close to home for me. I'm so sorry for your loss.

  I had complications in giving birth to my first child and was faced with having to make a decision about the blood transfusion. I had figured out ttatt but had it been a year prior it could have so easily gone the other way... It was scary, and I was very, very sick and had a hard time thinking straight.

  Please understand, in those final moments she was very, very sick. She didn't know ttatt and couldn't think straight. I don't believe she had the thought process to fully understand the consequences of her decision at all in those moments and completely reacted in fear because she was already scared. I remember that feeling like it was yesterday.... I'm so sorry for her and for her precious baby...

  What an awful thing to happen...

  I'm so, so sorry....

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  How do I handle this situation?

  by BarelyThere in

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  9 years ago

  hey everyone.

  i'm sorry that this isn't a very thought provoking post but i could really use some advice on how to handle this.

  there isn't anyone else in my life i can ask right now because, being dfed, all of my friends are "worldly" and don't know how witnesses function.

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  cognac 9 years ago

  I gave you the congregation’s viewpoint.

  This is a relief. I about had heart failure. I take back my comment to you and apologize.

  
  

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  How do I handle this situation?

  by BarelyThere in

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  9 years ago

  hey everyone.

  i'm sorry that this isn't a very thought provoking post but i could really use some advice on how to handle this.

  there isn't anyone else in my life i can ask right now because, being dfed, all of my friends are "worldly" and don't know how witnesses function.

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  cognac 9 years ago

  cognac...if there is a little room left will you please scoot over and make a space for me to stand beside you against the bullies?

  Awwwww, consider me scooted over....

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  Failed JW Parent

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  9 years ago

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  cognac 9 years ago

  Incorrect word choice, IMO.

  She does not choose - she has been mandated to do this by her leaders.

  WT creates "emotional martyrs."

  I disagree. Everyone has to make a choice. We might be understanding or sympathetic to varying degrees, however; they still are making a choice.

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  Memorial Invitation

  by sloppyjoe2 in

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  9 years ago

  how do you faders/inactive handle being asked to the memorial by family?

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  cognac 9 years ago

  I'm faded but have been outted as an apostate, so I can't imagine anyone inviting me... I'd only consider going if my parents invited me, which I very, very highly doubt they'd do... Otherwise I'd just say no. What are they gonna do?

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  Failed JW Parent

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  This is so sad....

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  New Field Service Report

  by cognac in

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  9 years ago

  has anyone seen this?

  when did that happen?.

  http://www.jw-archive.org/post/137681838624/new-service-report-jwinspirational.

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  cognac 9 years ago

  What if you can't afford an iPad??? Most people don't have a lot of data they can use on their cell phones.

  This is crazy.... What if you are older and don't even know how to use the internet???

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  New Field Service Report

  by cognac in

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  9 years ago

  has anyone seen this?

  when did that happen?.

  http://www.jw-archive.org/post/137681838624/new-service-report-jwinspirational.

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  cognac 9 years ago

  Gorb - is it replacing the other fs report altogether or is this an additional thing?

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