Posts by happpyexjw

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why am i scared?
by highdose in
1. jw
2. friends
ok heres somthing i don't understand, may be one of you will be able to give me some insights?.

a really nice decent guy i know just asked me out, i said yes, hes taking me to the best resterant in town.

should be great.... so why so i feel terrified at the thought of it?
happpyexjw

Scarred, you have received some wonderful advice here. Your feelings sure bring back memories though. When I was asked out by someone (who I later married BTW) it felt really weird. I had been married in my teens and was divorced after nearly 25 years, so I had NO experience on the dating scene. It is a little scary, but if you take some precautions as others have mentioned, you will be just fine.
Try to think of this as a way to get to know someone better. You are not considering a lifetime commitment here. You also won't owe this man anything, so don't feel obligated to him for anything more than you really wish to do. You can do this, it just takes a little practice.
Relax and have fun! I guarantee it will get easier with each date.
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Confession from my JW wife
by freeman in
1. jw
2. friends
she has been buying my unemployed son his cigarettes.

how nice to know where my money goes.

1) turn her ass in to the elders, while blowing smoke in their face from a nice cuban cigar.
happpyexjw

Oh come on Daniel - despicable seems a little strong to me. At least she is willing to go against the JW rules and that could be a good sign.
If I chastised her at all, it would be from the standpoint of aiding and abetting his addiction to something harmful for him and not throw in the business about going against JW rules - she already knows that.
I would talk to her calmly and quietly about being disappointed that she was doing this behind your back. You didn't mention your son's age - that would be a factor to me in the whole thing.
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Time, Why Do You Punish Me?
by AllTimeJeff in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
(hopefully, this will be on freeminds soon).

so what do you want to write about today?

do you have some time?.
happpyexjw

AKJ - I enjoyed this essay.
One of my biggest regrets is all the time I wasted over some 30 years on a big fat lie. I raised three kids while in. Between working full time, being a Mom and homemaker (JW husband did not help at home) I was really overwhelmed and never felt like I was doing enough.
It sure is nice to call my time my own and to sit on the back porch with my hubby of 18 years on weekend mornings and chat about what is important to us - Family, politics, where to go on our next vacation - normal stuff.
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Why were you baptized?
by bluecanary in
1. jw
2. experiences
inspired by another thread.. i was baptized at 12 years old.

i had a cousin, two years older than me, who was prettier, more outgoing and more popular in the hall than i was.

i couldn't beat her at any of that stuff, but i figured i could be a better jw than she was.
happpyexjw

Low hanging fruit. Things were not good at home and the witnesses really love-bombed me when I started going to meetings with my Mom at age 9. I was a very outgoing precocious kid and commented at my very first meeting, which really wowed them. I got all the strokes I wasn't getting at home there and I was hooked.
Over time, I also became a true believer and tried hard to meet the standards set out by the WTS. When I was 12 I got baptized, Dec. 16, 1961. I thought I knew what I was doing, but I sure didn't. Biggest mistake of my life.
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Seven-Year-Old Utah Boy Makes His Getaway From Church (he stole a car)
by Yizuman in
1. social
2. current
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlegu017kee&fmt=.

plain city, utah police in utah say a 7-year-old boy led officers on a car chase in an effort to avoid going to church.. .

dispatchers received reports of a child driving recklessly on sunday morning.
happpyexjw

The kid drives better than some of the farmer and rancher dudes where I live! Amazing clip...good that no one was hurt.
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how are the dubs reacting to swine flu?
by highdose in
1. watchtower
2. medical
i'm just curious as the offical govement advice about swine flu is to stay away from public areas if poss and if you have swine flu to stay from everyone full stop!.

but my experiance of jw's is that they would go to the hall wether they were infectious or not.

many is the time i've sat behind someone coughing or spluttering away!
happpyexjw

welcome xcellxior
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I Got My G.E.D.!!
by palmtree67 in
1. jw
2. experiences
happpyexjw

Congratulations! Keep going now while you've got the momentum!
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Out of the Closet
by darkl1ght3r in
1. jw
2. experiences
hi everyone... you might remember me from the username 'darklighter' ... if you don't, no big.

i used to post on here about a year ago.

i was stuck inside the watchtower corporation, with everone around me still believing.
happpyexjw

Benjamin, thanks for sharing your story with us. I admire the courage it took for you to take a stand and leave. It sounds like you have truly started to move on with your life. Good for you! You are still a young guy and have plenty of time to live your life fully and with joy. Many of us here wish we had known the real truth when we were younger. I look forward to your comments in the future.
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Hello everyone.
by vilot in
1. jw
2. experiences
i'm new here.

i da'ed myself a few years back.

hope to get to know you..
happpyexjw

Welcome Vilot. Spent about 30 years in, since the age of 9. Been out about 19 years now. We look forward to hearing more of your story.
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Raising Children In The JW Cult Is Child Abuse
by George Yurich in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
raising children in the jw cult is child abuse because the jw cult is the most dangerous organization on earth.

the jw cult is totally satanic.

anybody who is a jw is insane and psychotic and incapable of logical and analytical thinking.
happpyexjw

Anybody who is a JW is insane and psychotic and incapable of logical and analytical thinking.
What? Back up a bit here. I doubt most of the posters here fit this description - not even close. It is OK to be in pain and be angry, but making such blanket statements is way out of line. This is the same kind of extreme statement most of us found so offensive when the WTS made them.