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  Im new and need help!

  by Batman89 in

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  hello everybody, before i begin i just wanna say that i have really found alot of great posts on here that have been helpful forme , theres definitely alot of brilliant people here!.

  i am a born in jw(24 years old) ive been baptized for 7 years and was a ministerial servant for 4 years(i am no longer one).

  recently me and my parents have have woken up to ttatt(about 2 months ago).

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  chicken little

  Glad your parents are out, so you still have your family when you cut free as well. Your girlfriend? Well she has basically told you that she wants to stay, let her stay and move on even with a sad heart. It will be much better for you both in the long run than all the misery that will surely come leading a double life and feeling trapped with someone you love but who does not trust you or share their true feelings with you.

  You are young, wish I was your age when I woke up, but on hindsight if it had been my husband back then telling me he was finished with the Jw's, then I think I would have dug my feet in and become even more "spiritual". It was a great defining moment for our marriage when it was me that made the decision not to go to meetings anymore, my husband who was an elder, took less than two weeks to decide to join me in leaving.
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  My best friend died.

  by Decided in

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  chicken little

  So sorry, hope you have many good memories that can keep you up during the hard time ahead when you miss your dear friend.
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  Need some advice...For my kids

  by Jon Preston in

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  2. friends

  since being out mentally and missing meetings my children mention people from the hall and i cant help but feel bad that they are missing the association.

  my daughters are 4 and 2 and we live in a small town with not a whole lot to do.

  what activities did you do with your kids?

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  chicken little

  Just to reassure you that your children will soon move on...our son was six when we stopped going to the meetings, he had many friends there that he used to have play days with. When we stopped, I asked him if he would miss going to the meetings. He said "no now we will have more time to do things as a family". Out of the mouths of babes. He is now 13 and a really well balanced kid with friends at school, hapkido club and swim club. Trust yourself, you are a great dad.
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  Does anyone know? Will our disfellowshipping be announced when the CO is here?

  by cha ching in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  sometime soon, we are to be "announced" as "no longer one of jehovah's witnesses".

  well, that's what you get for testifying against "glorious ones.".

  question is: will this kind of announcement be made the week of the co visit?.

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  chicken little

  Sparked a memory here. My father ex-serviceman in World War 11, studied with witnesses and baptised before the questions became part of the deal. He never really made any personality changes and often was at odds with the brothers. My brother was to be given a public reproof for conduct unbecoming a christian. My father had not been to meetings for years, he turned up for the announcement with his long shepherd's stick and stood up after the announcement and shook it in the air and called the elders a bunch of Judas's and hypocrites, he said he was guilty of crucifying his own son in going to them for help. I was 14 at the time and died on the spot of shame, thinking of my poor brother of 17 who just sat there white as a sheet. He stayed even after the meeting. My father left and carried on shouting outside the kingdom hall at the elders who went out and tried to pacify him.

  When I think back now, I realise how much gall he had, to be able to do that.
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  I'm going back.

  by dazed but not confused in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  to hawaii!!

  what were you thinking?.

  ive been to the big island twice when i was a 11 and 13. my sister lived there and flew me out.

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  We are going in July...don't drink the the islands dry before then! Enjoy.
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  P R O U D of H E R: Daughter's column in the New York Times

  by humbled in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  she called last night to say it's online now, front page.

  it'll be in the print version sunday.. not everyone's cup of tea, at first consideration: she is slightly embarrassed to be featured in the modern love column in the style section.. the times people asked to make a short video of her article "fight or flight".

  they went to her bronx apartment to talk to her.

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  Very happy for you and your whole family, you have every reason to be proud of her.
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  Might Get to See My Grandchildren Today

  by mrquik in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my oldest daughter is still in the cult.

  i haven't seen my grandchildren in 5 yrs.

  my son-in-law's father died this week & the funeral is today.

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  chicken little

  Hej Mr. Quik,

  glad you got to see them, my mother-in-law ignored my children when they were over to attend her exhusband's funeral. She stood talking to her daughter who had never been baptized but ignored her son's children because she obviously viewed them as not worthy of her greetings. My daughter just laughed it off :( she said she had had years of shunning that made her grandmother's attempt look pathetic in comparison. My daughter was never baptized, I think it was so mean. I have just become a grandmother for both of my grown kids, nothing would ever make me behave so badly.

  You are wonderful to keep so optimistic.

  Hugs

  Chicken little
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  March Moooooodiness

  by LouBelle in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i had a fantastic february, went over my sales target by 121 %, did a fabulous school pull out feature (all on my own) wrote a couple of stories that got printed in the paper.

  i was go go go in feb. then come march, work forces a technical error issue to arise regarding previous months sales (they don't want to pay me the full 10k) and in order to fight it - takes far too much stress so negotiated an agreement (settling on 7.2k).

  that kind of took the wind out of my sails/sales, just haven't felt like selling again, went for another job interview, they offered exactly what i'm getting here and when i tried negotiating they haven't even had the ettiquette to return calls / emails.

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  chicken little

  Hej Lou Belle, such a cut throat business world we live in these days, it is hard for truly kind people like yourself to keep going. Just trust your instincts and be yourself. Depression is such a bitch to live with (I know from experience), hope you come through March and perk up in April.

  Love

  Chicken little
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  Sound familiar?

  by carla in

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  2. friends

  this sounds familiar-.

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  http://gma.yahoo.com/fla-woman-says-church-scientology-ripped-her-family-165522676--abc-news-topstories.html?vp=1.

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  chicken little

  Excellent comparisons/parallels.
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  JW children attending birthday party

  by Gorbatchov in

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  2. friends

  here in the netherlands (extreme liberal) i hear more and more jw children about having attended a birthday party.. it seems that the more liberal jw's here have no problem with it.. gorby.

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  chicken little

  Seems to be on a need to know basis, many just let their kids attend and say nothing to anyone, just make sure no pics turn up on fb.