Well, I certainly can't top the nuked tadpole story!
My grandmother made delicious fried squirrel and rabbit and gravy.
My granny used to cook up head cheese (cook a whole pigs head with peppercorns and onions and vinegar, take the skin off and put the rest of the shredded meat and broth in a pan where it would set up because of the gelatin, and slice it and eat it cold) that was good. She also prepared her own chitlins, and would cook brains and eggs for my daddy.
The oddest things I liked (aside from the head cheese) that I liked when I was little was summer tomato sandwiches with Dukes mayo and potato chips. They are still delicious.
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Funny/strange things you ate as a kid.
by IP_SEC inok i'll start.. 13 y/o or so.. once it rained for a month straight.
we had an old dry tank dump in the back that filled up with water.
there were tons of frogs that showed up and started breeding.. i was looking at them on the edge of the water through my .22 scope.
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so anxious....first joint therapy tomorrow with jw wife....how much do I...
by oompa inshare on the first visit?
i am ready to explode!
!.....i am tired of the apostaphone and the double life....i feel like a cheat and haven't even gotten to!
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(((((Oompa)))))
Sorry I didn't catch this thread yesterday. You got lots of good advice. Please tell us how it went. I really hope it was productive and not too painful.
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Spouse still a loyal JW? Let Jimmy Buffett help you!
by changeling ini love this song and i've posted it here before.
i think it sums up how a marriage of many years works and keeps on working.
today, while listening to it, i thought the chorus would be a nice thing to say to spouse who is still a witness (if you want to work things out).. here are the lyrics, tell me what ya'll think:.
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Changeling, great advice!
My husband and I love Buffett and find that listening to him can usually make any problem seem not so important. He is our hero, LOL.
That laidback attitude probably helps explain why he has taken my disillusionment so well. I'm hoping that in time, he will see the religion for what it really is.
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do you love me??......
by oompa inthat is what i want to ask my jw wife now.....cause my sister (lesbian who left jw 35 years ago) does.....and several new friends here at jwd seem to as well.........so if she loves me....and they love me.....why can't they love each other too????......................oompa.
and why is my face so damm wet now.......dammit...........
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((((((((Oompa))))))))
There is no doubt about it, you are in a very tough situation. Both of you probably feel very isolated and lonesome right now. Knowing you, Oompa, its impossible to keep all your feelings inside, and you just don't understand why your wife can't see the enormity of JW's betrayal and lies (I don't understand why MY husband doesn't quite see it either). Sometimes the only answer is patience, and you have to ask yourself if your relationship is worth waiting for.
And, yeah, I know its alot easier to say that than do it.
I think OTWO gave the very best advice, in effect to put as much weight on your partner's feelings as on your own. Now, I'm going to try to do that for my own husband.
Whatever you decide to do, you know that there will always be love and support for you right here on this board.
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Called hospice yesterday
by redredrose infor my mother who has alzheimers.
my husband and i made the decision over the weekend.
she is just getting weaker by the day, has no interest in food or liquid, and .
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Thanks all for your wonderful posts.
Yes, they came out the day after I called and they have been wonderful. They had her meds delivered the same day they came out, and CNAs are coming on all the days I need them.
They say it won't be long as she has not eaten any food for about 3 weeks and is not drinking anymore fluids. So they are helping to just keep her comfortable.
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Anyone who joined here in the last 6 months post here
by WT=watchtrouble ini thought it would be interesting to see just how many people have climbed aboard jwd within the last 6 months.
it will give us an indication on how many people are actually coming away from the borg.. i may not be replying all the time but will pop in every day of so.. lets keep this thread going and use it to welcome new ones.
may i be the first to say welcome.
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Yes, Oompa its all your fault I'm here! tee hee
Really, I never would have posted here if I hadn't found Oompa here. Its kind of hard to mistake him for someone else though, isn't he?
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Cussing, swearing, & flippin' the bird....coping techniques?
by Lady Zombie insince my strategy for flying under the radar is to put some face time in at meetings, i found it neccessary to develop coping techniques so the top of my skull doesn't fly off from the insanity that is the jws.. profanity is one of my favorites.. if the bullshit factor gets to the point during the meeting where i begin to feel like barfing (happens a lot), i slip off to the ladies loo and lock myself in a stall.
since no one can see me, i'll sit on the toilet and flip the bird at the ceiling and the cackling jw hens that come into the bathroom.. when the final 'amen' is sounded, i scoop up my purse and books and rocket out the door.
once in my car and with engine started and radio going, i start cussing.
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This thread cracks me up.
Lady Zombie, I so agree with you. Its a great coping mechanism, you can go to the KH, put a smile on your face just knowing what you're gonna cut loose with later.
I myself have found cussing to be very therapeutic, and don't feel that it indicates instability at all. Its just a means of releasing the pressure valve.
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I've seen at least two instances.
My mother lent an antique tablecloth each year for the Memorial. One year it came up missing afterward, and Mother said she would like it returned. They made announcements about the loss several times, and nobody ever coughed it up.
Another time, a friend of mine went to the restroom and took off her 1 carat ring to wash her hands. She didn't remember til after the meeting and when she went back to get it she found it gone. She told the PO and again, a number of announcement were made asking that it be returned and again it never was.
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Why Depression Sucks.
by shamus inbecause you can make jokes and appear "happy" at the drop of a hat, meanwhile, you're being chewed up from the inside out.
because you can't learn to take one day at a time because your good days are always overshadowed by knowing that you're going to just slip back down again.
it's inevitable.
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Everybodys depression is different. The causes are different, the feelings are different. Alot of people are depressed for different reasons at many times in their life.
I've suffered from depression for the greater part of my life. A psychologist I went to at first said that with cognitive behavioral therapy I could figure out what caused it and change my thinking to get over it. In the meantime he prescribed medication. For the first time in my life I felt NORMAL. After a lot of therapy he then told me that he thought my depression was organic (guess he didn't find enough wrong with me).
That was a number of years ago. Since then I have been on medication, trying different ones as they came along and it has made all the difference between being a cripple and leading a normal life.
I suppose my point is that since each one of us are different, then answers and solutions are different for each of us.
I used to feel guilty for not being able to be normal without meds. You know, you just feel like a weak person! Over time though, I looked at it in the same way as I look at taking my blood pressure medicine. Its just one more condition, one more illness that often can be kept under control with the proper treatment. No guilt anymore.
Whatever it takes for us to feel better about life, about ourselves is what we should do. Why should we feel guilty? This damned disease takes so much away from us, why shouldn't we do whatever it takes to get it back!
So we should do whatever we need to, get public assistance, health clinics, ask for cheaper meds...WHATEVER!
And don't feel guilty.
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Called hospice yesterday
by redredrose infor my mother who has alzheimers.
my husband and i made the decision over the weekend.
she is just getting weaker by the day, has no interest in food or liquid, and .
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Thanks guys for your support.
Over the weekend it was difficult, because it meant finally admitting that the end is near. However, now that its done I feel
a good bit of relief.
Now I know that she will be more comfortable. That in itself is a load of guilt off my shoulders.