Posts by candela

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How can I prevent harrassment to my kids from self-righteous dub relatives?

by candela in

i live with my hubby and children outside of my native country.

we will be going home for a vacation soon after many years.

we're faders and most of our jw relatives have adopted a don't ask-don't tell policy about our decision and we are perfectly fine with it.

candela

Well, thank you all again for your good advice!

How crazy is it that my own brother ended up giving me some advice! I know I can always count on him, but they usually avoid being around when he is around. You know, he's DF'd so no socializing...

The sad thing is, this other brother and I were always very close too! I hate the fact that this trench has developed in the family because of this horsesh*T religion...

Anyway, I'm focusing on enjoying my trip and the company of those who put family and friendship above religious lunacy...

I'm off like a prom dress...!!!! hahaha :)

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For my Birthday = I will break 10 of Jehovahs Laws in one day! Ideas?

by Witness 007 in

yes, i plan to break the 10 "witness commandments" on my birthday!

any idea's...did i miss any?

i can't think of ten!.

candela

Register to vote

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Were you shocked about MS that you know of that got appointed as an Elder?

by asilentone in

you might be thinking wtf he should not be an elder or something like that.

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candela

Too many times to count, but especially when they started this trend in the 90's of appointing 21year-olds as elders!

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How can I prevent harrassment to my kids from self-righteous dub relatives?

by candela in

i live with my hubby and children outside of my native country.

we will be going home for a vacation soon after many years.

we're faders and most of our jw relatives have adopted a don't ask-don't tell policy about our decision and we are perfectly fine with it.

candela

Thanks for the suggestions.

I'll start working with the kids.

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embarassing fs moments

by jehovahsheep in

what are some strange things that have happened to you in fs?i remember accompying a sister 20 years my senor in the door to door.she started slipping on the ice=i reached out to help her and got 2 handfulls of breast.she proceeded to hold my arm and give me this lustful look with her tongue showing.talk about uncomfortable..

candela

I had this friend who had snuck out with some friends from work to go to a male strippers joint on a Friday night. She still lived with her parents at the time. During the show, there was this one dancer that came up to her, she put bill on his g-string, grabbed his ass while she french kissed him.

Next morning, she had no choice but to get up to go to fs. We asked to be placed together, all we did was really talk about her night out. We were in her neighborhood that morning. Towards the end of the morning, We call on this particular house one block away from where she lived. There is a guy washing his car. Who was this guy? The stripper from the night before!!!! He looks at her and asks her, do I know you from somewhere?" She's panicking going all "NOOOOOOOO - we come around here often, maybe you've just seen me around"

I don't know why she's saying this, so I say "plus you live in this neighborhood too". Then I proceed to give him an invitation to the meeting. By then, she's all red and just aching to get out of there.

When we finally do, she tells me who the guy is...I was laughing so hard. I was hoping he would show up to the meeting and remember where he had seen her before, but he never did. It would have been funny, though!

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No Emotion at Funerals

by DiscoSandy in

i was a chaperone for my daughter's out-of-town volleyball tournament last weekend - got to meet another mom that had grown up in the same area i grew up in.

she proceeded to ask about my childhood, etc.

and i had to spill the beans on my jw background (i usually keep this to myself!

candela

This is so bad, you will probably think I'm making it up, but I promised you it's the absolute truth.

Years ago a brother in our congregation had a 19 year old daughter who never baptized, although she was raised in the "truth". I was younger (about 13) at the time and I remember her particularly because she was always really sweet, but also because I've never met a more beautiful woman in my life. She was simply stunning! Imagine a Halle Berry type girl, but taller with eyes like Angelina Jolie's!

Anyway, she was not active but everyone in the congo knew her very well. God knows why, this girl decided to take her own life...his father found her hanging from the shower with her own belt. It was a real tragedy!

Here comes the funeral. First, some elders were opposed to give any kind of talk because she had killed herself. In the end they agreed to give the talk out of consideration for the dad, regardless of the terrible sin she had committed. When the time comes to give the talk in the funeral, the elder did the usual funeral speech and THEN continued to clarify that the hope for life in paradise probably did not apply to her, because what she did was a sin greater than most. And the family should find comfort with each other because there was really no hope of eternal life for this particular daughter.

Lovely, isn't it? Can you feel the love?

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How can I prevent harrassment to my kids from self-righteous dub relatives?

by candela in

i live with my hubby and children outside of my native country.

we will be going home for a vacation soon after many years.

we're faders and most of our jw relatives have adopted a don't ask-don't tell policy about our decision and we are perfectly fine with it.

candela

I live with my hubby and children outside of my native country. We will be going home for a vacation soon after many years. We're faders and most of our JW relatives have adopted a don't ask-don't tell policy about our decision and we are perfectly fine with it. We get along fine, no pressure.

That is except one elder brother and his snobby pioneer wife. They hardly have any contact with us because of our "status", but on the rare ocassion they do, inevitably comes the lecture and emotional blackmail they do so well. I deal with it, so does my husband. But now that my kids are older, I have the nagging suspicion that they are going to go after them with questions and lectures. I just know it!

I want to enjoy my trip with my parents and the rest of my family without having this tension. I don't see them often and our parents are getting up there in age and I don't want to create a scene. But I have no clue how to prevent the inevitable from happening when it comes to the said brother/wife hollier-than-thou tag team.

Suggestions please! Especially about how to protect my kids...thanks!

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Funny experiences while a JW

by donny in

do any of you have any funny experiences while you were part of the jw machine?

back around 1986 i was the ministerial servant in charge of running the sound board in the kingdom hall for our congregation.

we were the last ones to meet in the hall on weekdays (friday) and the first ones to meet on sunday.

candela

Another story: There was this brother who was bald as a cue ball and he was a WWII veteran, so he had some "issues". He would always sit on the very front row, smack in the center.

One day he shows up with some kind of roadkill on his head and sits at his usual place. Of course, none of us could stop looking at it! So everybody notices when he suddenly starts scratching his head with one hand on one side, then the other on the other. First, gently and gradually more and more vigorously! All of a sudden, he takes the wig off and starts banging it against the edge of the platform!!!

The brother in the platform is baffled staring at him, everybody is laughing their a$$e$ off! Then suddenly, he stops and puts it back on! Just like that!

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Funny experiences while a JW

by donny in

do any of you have any funny experiences while you were part of the jw machine?

back around 1986 i was the ministerial servant in charge of running the sound board in the kingdom hall for our congregation.

we were the last ones to meet in the hall on weekdays (friday) and the first ones to meet on sunday.

candela

That one is funny...on the same line one time this brother, who was up there in age, had the closing bit for the song and prayer at the end of the meeting. When he's up there he announces that we're about to sing "Song 159". That was the wrong song, it was supposed to be Song 59, so more than a few people start signaling from the audience that is "59" from all directions. He didn't get it, he still thought that they were saying "159", so he was baffled and kept saying "that's right song 159".

People kept correcting him and some of us started giggling so he started getting irritated. After one of the sound guys yells at him from the back "SONG 59" one more time, he threw his arms up in the air and said "GODDAMMIT, THAT'S WHAT I SAID!!!!"

Everybody started laughing so hard, nobody could sing a damn thing!

I loved that congregation there were so many old people and they would do and say the funniest things, and nobody would mind because of their age.

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Worst Rules

by DoomVoyager in

what are the worst rules you've ever heard being dispensed from the platform?

"christians do not dance to ymca, as it promotes homosexuality.

"hairstyles that defy gravity also defy joe hoobie.

candela

How about no facial hair below the mouth for men? -the elders fancy way to say "beard"

Isn't facial hair a physical trait of grown men that GOD put there? I truly never was able to make sense out of this one.