there's a married brother in our hall {servant} who always hugs and kisses the younger sisiters in the hall....one time i turned around after we walked away from him and he was checking out my wife's butt!
at the bookstudy, he sqeezed himself on the couch next to a sisiter and she jumped up and moved seats {poor thing} did you have a sleaze bag brother in your cong.
There was one MS who would greet your breasts and make eye contact (or shall I say, nipple contact?) with them until you break away. Every now and then, he would look you in the face. His wife was endowed so I don’t know why he had to focus on me (and the other sisters)? LOL
There were others who really enjoyed hugs and hand to hand contact. Any contact they can get. I remember talk given discuraging oppsite sex hugs.
Those poor horny, single celibate men.
here's the text of interviews from the friday afternoon "young people - walk by holy spirit in the congregation" presentation at a 2008 jehovah's witness district convention.
this transcription approximately covers the second half of the presentation.
i've omitted names and locations to preserve individuals' privacy.
I’m so glad my 57 year old mother has a very stable career, but I wasn’t so lucky. By the time I was in high school in the ‘90s they started the anti-college BS. I went to technical school to get an AA and one of the lucky ones who were able to work for Fortune 500 companies and pull in a decent salary. But thankfully, I live in the Bay Area were the San Francisco Financial District and Silicon Valley are just a stones throw away from home. MOST people are not so lucky depending on where they live.
I still have a hard time not having a Bachelors degree and most of the people in my age group are in an even worst position. I remember back in 2000 (when I was already in the work force) the young people in my circuit were getting pressured to work for FedEx, UPS (where a brother was killed on the job mind you), WebVan as a driver (which folded in the dot bomb), grocery stores as a clerk and so on. Young people getting on the job injuries with crappy insurance, having families so two jobs were necessary and so on. Criminal.
Also, how in the hell do they expect us to support and take care of our aged parents when they pressure us in a position where we can take care of ourselves??
i was told by my former book-study conductor recently that a new 'dress code' had been handed down by the wts, because people had been 'getting too casual' with their styles of clothing.
one item he mentioed was a new rule for women prohibiting denim skirts.
and, when a woman wore a denim jacket, she was also told this was not appropriate for the kh.
This is the first I’m hearing about this because I have photos or me visiting BethHell wearing a (dark wash) denim skirt back in 1998. No one said a word.
Sisters always dressed more casually for the BS: denim, sun dresses, tanks, flip-flops, etc.
ok, so i have been thinking about my time as a jw (i'm fading out - read my other posts for background info).
you know how you always hear how the ministry will bring so much joy and contentment, yadda yadda yadda?
i always hated service...always!!
I so hated it.
Going out in hilly territories (Bay Area) with homes that had 100 stairs to get to the door, dogs, having to memorize where all my friends from school lived so that I can avoid their doors (stall, going back to the car to get more mags, etc), HATED getting people out of bed on a Saturday morning. Poor folks coming to the door half sleep, uggh!
no, shes not leaving the borg anytime soon, but she attended my grandmothers 83rd surprise b-day party yesterday.
this was probably the last time we will come together as a family.
there were relatives she neither one of us has seen for decades.
No, she’s not leaving the BORG anytime soon, but she attended my grandmother’s 83rd surprise b-day party yesterday. This was probably the last time we will come together as a family. There were relatives she neither one of us has seen for decades.
Of course she didn’t sing happy b-day, but she did bring food and took photos during the candle blowing, gift opening and so on. It may not seem like a big deal, but it meant so much to the family that she came
something that has facinated me since i started reading and posting on this board was the whole "women must always wear pantyhose" idea... .
the thought sometimes crosses my mind as to whether or not there were any differences in the borg from country to country - but the only issue i have come across is the pantyhose one.
in south africa, to the best of my knowledge, while i was "in", this was not a requirement - we only wore stockings if the weather required it.
I didnt wear then past the age of 14. No one said a word.
because i was a born-in and raised in the wt, i was always told that we don't need holidays to tell us to give gifts to our children.
we give them gifts all year around.. did your parents ever make good on that promise?.
I did. My mom was generous with me in that regard. My mom would hit up the after x-mas sales like mad!
I honestly didn’t miss x-mas or any of the holidays much except for not being able to participate in the school activities.
as has been stated before, large congregational get-togethers, cook-outs, baseball games, etc are now greatly discouraged by the society.
back in the 80s in san diego we had parties, night-time beach bonfires, pool parties and frequent restaurant meals with 10+ people.
do current jws seem to miss these sorts of social activities??
Like I mentioned in another thread, we had annual congregation picnics where the three congregations that met at our hall all got together (easily 500 people) in a local forest/park and had mad BBQs, someone somewhere was having a “gathering” or pock luck every week, skating, bowling, restaurants, going to concerts (mostly R&B and Jazz), take our bikes down to Pebble Beach for a scenic ride, we even had a “prom” for the teens so we wouldn’t miss out on the school prom complete with limo and fancy clothes. Despite what I feel about my upbringing in the BORG, at least we had FUN (at least I have those memories) and it kept the young folks involved in the congregation.
I feel bad for the kids growing up now.
my former bible study conductor has heart problems and very high blood pressure, but doesn't seem concerned about it.
another witness i knew had heart problems but never went to doctors, & eventually dropped dead suddenly.
given that cigarette smoking is a disfellowshipping offense, why aren't jws reprimanded when they otherwise neglect & jeopardize their health?
My JW mom takes very good care of herself, exercises daily and is eating better and better everyday. She also keeps good health insurance through her employer, has a nice retirement account and takes regular vacations.
canadian archaelogist zhichun jing, writing about the decline of the highly creative shang dynasty, said "...after a century the shang vitality slackened.
the initial diversity and creativity devolved into a dull sameness.
by the end we see that things like their pottery, architecture and artwork had become standardized and simplified.
When I was a kid-teen I remember there was always something social going on every week at least:
Potlucks after FS
Potlucks after the Sunday meetings
Snacks and coffee after the (home based) book study
Dinners at a restaurant (that didn’t involve SO/DOs)
Kids would get together and play baseball, basketball, etc on the weekends
Roller and ice skating
Bowling
Camping that would sometimes *gasp!* miss a meeting
BBQs at peoples homes in the summer and a large congregation BBQ at a local park once a summer.
They even threw a formal dance for the teens that couldn’t go to the prom complete with limos, professional photos and DJs.
We had musicians and artists in the congeration. No more.
The older I got, the less people did. Every get-together was a reason to be reprimanded. Everyone turned into drones.
