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Great thread. Hortensia...I don't think anyone is trying to say they're special because they used to be an elder. For me as a lurker 6 years ago, it helped break the hold the WT had to see Gifts-in-Men (elders) posting here.
Maybe it will help newbies, and lurkers to see super spiritual guys who don't believe anymore ;-)
lots of jw's lead a double life.
many are young people that simply go through the motions until they can free themselves .
others have relatives or family still trapped .
I had a good friend back in the 90s that lived close by. we hung out a lot. We were both young MSs in our 20s. He was married, I was not at the time. I had no idea how sexually "crazy" him and his wife were. One night we were sitting around and he 'joked' that he would let me have his wife for the evening. She was in the room too and smiled at me, Had I gone for it I'm %99 sure they were serious. We laughed off the awkward moment.
The previous week he was on stage giving his 2nd pub talk.
After the friendship faded away a few years later. I found out from my cousin, whoes dad was PO, that they had both been reproved for having a 3some, once with a girl, once with a guy.
All the while he was an MS giving parts and going out in service...he played the part well. Looking back now, I'm glad they had some fun.
No judgement here ;-)
marked for later enjoyment. Thanks for doing this...I'm looking forward to it!
choices are or are not.
witnesses we do not.
of their choices.
Thanks Justitia that was the name (fircrest) I was trying to remember
i asked my son quite randomly before bed what he thinks the meaning of life is.
like always, his answer brought a smile to my face.
he said, "to have a great time .. to have fun and have friends ... and be happy.
Awesome!! What a cute kid you have...and spot on with his description of the meaning of life. I wholeheartedly agree. Thanks for posting
TD
choices are or are not.
witnesses we do not.
of their choices.
Interesting, I commented a long time ago on a thread about Wade...I spent a lot of time in the PNW and remember meeting him.
His linkedin page says he's in Bellingham, but I met him in a congo down south of Seattle.
One of my relatives that lives in WA told me about several elders (former janitors) that have pretty good hospital gigs now.
I wish I could remember their names.
Thanks for posting the interesting conversation you had with him Turtleturtle. I too am curious what happened with his family.
i always read the reviews.
i've never seen so many exclamation marks!!!.
any chance of downloading spyware into my computer?.
I downloaded the app to suck up to an inlaw who was sitting next to me while watching a football game....ugh. Didn't want to invade my phone. I ended up uninstalling it when I noticed it kept trying to download another file...it would hang on the download operation for up to a half hour with no end result, It finally made me mad and I just trashed it.
I was reading the reviews last night, omg. what a bunch of minions. THANK-YOU JEHOVAH FOR THIS AMAZING APP
ok, i've had a couple o drinks...started out as jack and coke, now have just had a shot of crown ;-) happy monday.. just want to say, i love this community!
it is such a great place to come to for support and to be able to vent every now and then.
it saves me the cost of therapy.. simon!
nah not sloppy drunk....a good alcohol buzz just makes me happy, and lovey (as my wife calls it)
seriously, I love this board. wish I could post more...but often times, I am frantically typing in 'incognito' mode while my wife is in another part of the house.
:-) Cheers y'all
Je suis TD, over and out.
ok, i've had a couple o drinks...started out as jack and coke, now have just had a shot of crown ;-) happy monday.. just want to say, i love this community!
it is such a great place to come to for support and to be able to vent every now and then.
it saves me the cost of therapy.. simon!
Ok, I've had a couple o drinks...Started out as Jack and Coke, now have just had a shot of Crown ;-) Happy Monday.
Just want to say, I love this community! It is such a great place to come to for support and to be able to vent every now and then. It saves me the cost of therapy.
Simon! Thank you for all you do to keep this board up and running. You've truely helped many people! Also thank you to all the productive members of this board that share their experiences and opinions.
Have a good week everyone! "I love you man..."
if you want the short version, scroll down to "short version".. .
so i am at 1200 posts or so (only about 6 were probably of note), and i still havenlt told my story and probably won't for some time.
basically, i was a born in who has served in other countries, as an ms, and given talks etc... my wife and i were in foreign language, have co's we have counted as close family friends, and were basically the golden boy and girl of their respective areas.
So happy for you!!! I hope the same happens to me someday soon. Realistally I have my wife on a 10 yr plan :-) Very slowly inserting things here and there to expose the men in the ivory tower.
Once again, congrats Bro.!
