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  Written Reviews...what did you really do during them?

  by xeracia in

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  remember these silly tests they make you take?

  i don't remember how often they were, but thinking back on them, boy does it seem silly!

  sitting there for half an hour trying to remember stupid stuff as if you are in school.

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  Does anyone have a sample of a review to download? It would be fun to pick at it...
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  QFR..Feb 15 2010. RE Shared Living Accommodation??

  by BluesBrother in

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  if this has been posted, then i missed it... .

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  They're absolutely mad. They make it seem like ANYTIME you're in the presence of someone of the opposite

  sex you're clothes are going to fly off and you're going to have sex. Their views remind me of the old Victorian

  principles! What a bunch of BS!!! ARGH!
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  Need your feedback please! Relationship question.

  by MisfitMeL in

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  ok i'm not sure where to put this thread, but seeing as this section is the one that is most frequented by members, i hope to get some feedback asap.. i am a person that has issues with depression and fairly recently i have started paying a bit of attention to my 'mood swings' and have noticed a sort of high in addition to my lows.

  this has made me a little worried that i might have some mild form of bpd.... but then i do tend to worry over nothing!.

  i do not have therapy because i currently cannot afford it.

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  I have suffered from depression for several years, up and down, and know what you are going through. It is best

  that he know now what is going on. It's hard to see someone for what they really are when you live close, but

  far away, is even more difficult. I am an American that married a British man and lived in the UK for nine years. I moved

  there knowing little about him....fortunately, he's a good man but my depression did get in the way. You're in Scotland,

  I see. I am sure that you can get counseling and all that on the NHS. Your GP may be able to make a referral.

  As to this bloke, I think that if he is running from something like this, you'll have a load of hassle down the road when

  you have serious issues to sort out. He's obviously not mature enough or ready for a commitment. My advice would be

  to just sit it out. He's got your email and explanation. Let it go at that and let it take its own course.

  As for suicide, if your thoughts get any stronger, please talk to someone. You can even email me privately if

  you want to.

  Good Luck.
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  My Wife is demanding that I stop coming to this board.

  by garyneal in

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  2. family

  okay, i am in a bit of a dilemma.

  since i believe in honesty between marriage mates, i have been telling my wife about this board and my participation on it.

  i feel it is only right so that she won't feel like i have anything to hide.

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  You said it very precisely...just tell her that you respect her decision to stay in the organization but she should

  respect yours to follow this website. Fair is fair. JW's always pat themselves on the back for their "tolerance."

  It's about time they live up to that. I was raised as a JW so I can speak to this quite well. Good luck!
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  No windows

  by BlackSwan of Memphis in

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  2. beliefs

  a couple years back i read posts re the lack of windows in the kh.

  i think at the time i was still so close to the situation that i thought it was a bit extreme and surely it couldn't be anything like it was being made out to be: conspiracy on the part of the organization.. flash forward to recent days.

  i have been attending our local unitarian universalists church (or universalist unitarian?

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  Windows....The Common Dangers.
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  when is the memorial this year? and will you be going?

  by highdose in

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  i won't be going if i can help it, but id like a heads up about it, just to be forewarned.

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  Last time my mother asked me was about five years ago. I laughed and asked, are you serious?

  Haven't been asked again!
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  God will end all suffering! when?how? Dec 1/09 wt

  by bobld in

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  over 2,600 years ago habakkuk asked god that q.what does the wt have to about this q.

  "god really cares how we know.

  do you like good food?

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  So what are we supposed to do? Tell the 800 million people

  that go hungry every night that eventually (probably not in their lifetime)

  they'll be fed, that they need to trust in God? I don't know about you lot,

  but God certainly doesn't pay my bills. Yes, you can argue that God put lots of

  varities of food on the planet, BUT you need money to buy it.
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  JW members and 401Ks...

  by diana netherton in

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  i just would like to open a little debate here on retirement and jws.

  my mother, who is the breadwinner of the family, (dad's quite pathetic) is socking away money like mad for retirement.

  i can't blame her, since i know she'll need it, but she's convinced that the end is so near.

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  Yeah, you're all right, of course. I should be glad she's saving but I guess it does mean that she has doubts.
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  JW members and 401Ks...

  by diana netherton in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just would like to open a little debate here on retirement and jws.

  my mother, who is the breadwinner of the family, (dad's quite pathetic) is socking away money like mad for retirement.

  i can't blame her, since i know she'll need it, but she's convinced that the end is so near.

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  I just would like to open a little debate here on retirement and JWs.

  My mother, who is the breadwinner of the family, (dad's quite pathetic) is socking away money like mad for retirement. I can't blame her, since I know she'll need it, BUT she's convinced that the end is so near. So if the end is so near, why bother? I feel like asking her this question but don't want to add salt to the wound. But if the end is so imminent, why save? Do you think this is a sign of doubt on her part?

  Anyone want to add their two cents of retirement to this?
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  New sex offender in my hall

  by Iwonder17 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just found out that there is a sex offender in my hall.

  the "brother" that i was with said " the brothers will make sure that he is not put with any kids in service".

  wtf !!!!

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  It's public knowledge..just look on the Megan's Law website to see what sex offenders are living near you. Those who are in denial can

  check for themselves....or not. Scary. We had a few suspicious men in our hall when I was a kid. Weirdos.