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  The ideal JW Brother is....

  by highdose in

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  again please fill in the blanks.... in my experiance, a window cleaner, skinny to the point of skin and bones, no real education but belives that everything he tells you is true if it comes from the borg, views the sisters as toliet cleaning minons and gets a real kick out of climbing the jw rank ladder!.

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  wantstoleave

  ....hard to find.....

  That's my answer....lol
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  What percentage of males to females in the congos?

  by 1914BS in

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  i have heard that there is way more females in most congregations.

  it seems the males are doing 12 hour a day window washing jobs and have no more energy left to attend a mind control session.

  has anyone else noticed that trend?

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  wantstoleave

  Magwitch...that's so true, we feel as if we don't get hitched the second we're 18, that we're 'past used by date' as some sisters used to put it
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  What percentage of males to females in the congos?

  by 1914BS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have heard that there is way more females in most congregations.

  it seems the males are doing 12 hour a day window washing jobs and have no more energy left to attend a mind control session.

  has anyone else noticed that trend?

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  wantstoleave

  I thought in general, earthwide there are more females anyway? Not just with witnesses. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, just going by something I heard once.
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  My First Christmas

  by excito-are in

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  hey everyone.

  i have decieded to celebrate my first christmas this year.

  i was a born in jw and now aged 32 and having not been to a meeting in a year this is a big step for me.

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  wantstoleave

  I'm still debating whether to celebrate or not. I'm really torn at the moment. Before xmas though, my oldest will have a birthday - which I'm still struggling with whether to celebrate or not. I wouldn't know where to start! Have never had an own birthday before, let alone one for anyone else. I'm glad you started this topic, because yesterday when I dropped my oldest off at kindergarten his teacher took me aside, asking what to do when the class talked about xmas. I chickened out and replied 'let him do a different activity in another room'. Gulp. It was a robotic answer. It's all I've ever known, so just came out.
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  How Many Here Actually "Studied" The Publications?

  by minimus in

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  when i was a teenager i extensively studied nearly every publication.

  i especially enjoyed looking up the root words meanings in the hebrew and greek of the bible language.

  it gave me the flavor of a word and its origins.

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  wantstoleave

  I only pre-studied when my parents made me. Other than that, never opened a publication on my own accord.
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  It looks like I will become an elder this week!

  by outofthebox in

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  that's right guys.

  as i told you before, they boe have been considering me for the eldership.

  which i don't care for, but since my family is stuck in this cult, i guess i can use the new position to help them see that the holy spirit has nothing to do with me being an elder.

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  wantstoleave

  So is he an elder anymore? Does he still post here? Did he leave the religion?
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  wife took it pretty well i guess...it's over...

  by oompa in

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  i guess it only took three years, but they were hell in so many ways for both of us...she was not happy and lived in denial as much as possible...i was not happy and lived in a bottle as much as possible and glad that is over for me....but it was one of the saddest things i have ever experienced in my life....as was the visit to my parents before i told her....but yes...she said she kind of expected it...was thinking something was going to happen soon as she noticed i had more and more trouble saying i love you back to her when she said it on the phone at the end of goodbyes...and when i was leaving the house...i had noticed it for over a year and it was killing me..... i told her how sorry i was for changing so much again....and that she still walks on water...and is a great person and so pretty....and that she will be ok because she was happy single before me for many years and had all she needs for that again...her closeness to jehovah and her freinds in the congregation...she is very close to both and will be ok i hope...it was very surreal....very calm...very sad.

  my bitterness and disdain for wt rules came through when talking to my parents and i was very open about how i feel as to their upcoming shunning of me, and how it feels to my son since he was just 17....and how the fear of losing them had kept me trying in my marriage for the past few years...dad was firm in his position of future action....mom said they will still always love me...and will still talk to me until i get dfd.....oh how this hurts.....dad said there is a name for people who only live for themselves and deny god but could not think of what it was....i told him i was not living just for myself...that i am a good person and there are values from him and the bible i hope i always have....i cry so hard as i type this and tell you just so you can know how painful this is....i told him i so loved the rule of treating others how you want to be treated and have always done that...even allowing myself to be wronged on so many occasions to keep peace....... he said that was a good rule....i agreed and said it was a big one too....and that while i could do it...treat him the way i would like to be treated...he would not be able to!.......left as i became emotional...big hug from mom, but i just barely put an arm on dad............oompa.

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  wantstoleave

  I'm so sorry Oompa :( ((hugs))
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  A Hypocritical Witness Story

  by tryingtoexit in

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  so i have this girl i've grown up with right.

  she's about 4 years younger than me and always had a crush on me in our teenage years, but i never dated her cause i looked at her like my lil sister or cousin.

  i get married in 2006, and she doesnt come because she was too hurt to see me make that step and it not involve her...because of this we lost touch for a while.

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  wantstoleave

  I'm with Nelly, how on earth did she think she had a chance with you? Man oh man, weird!
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  18-Year Relationship Ended Today...

  by jamiebowers in

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  ...when i had my dear old cat, puss puss put down this morning.

  i had her for 18 years.

  last night i bathed her and used the blow dryer and brush on her matted fur, and she didn't even try to fight me.

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  wantstoleave

  Aw :( So sorry to hear about your cat ((hugs)).....At least you gave her a comfortable life with lots of love. Now she's at peace.
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  bought my first lottery ticket today

  by John Doe in

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  my state now has a lottery, so i decided it was time to buy one.

  i paid $2 for a powerball ticket, so now i need to figure out how to spend my winnings.

  i've never even looked at lotteries before, but the woman at the counter was nice enough to explain the different ones to me.

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  wantstoleave

  I've not bought any yet...but am considering it!