i was thinking about my friend opening the door and something falls down, how can i set that up?
he will be here in few weeks.
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Is your friend driving? One thing I saw done with crunchy peanut butter. You take a disposable diaper and place a bit of peanut butter in it like its been dirtied and then wad it up and set it down by the door to their car. Then you take more of the peanut butter and place it underneath the door pull to the car door so that when they put their fingers in it, well, you know what they think...
lol
have fun
Ada
today my 15 year old daughterand i went to the local craft fair, went to olive garden for lunch, then ran over to ross to shop a little, and as we were walking out of the store, low and behold, who was coming straight at us??.
(my daughters grandmother.
) she was headed straight toward us.
Ok Mr. Perry, you are overlooking one important fact here. In an ideal world you might very well be right to say that these parents are all deceived and would practice unconditional love if the rules were different. But your "all" is not any less damaging than anyone else's generalization and it leaves out something that is pervasive within congregations, and that is mental illness. With psychiatric treatment and therapy demonized as it is, many times this goes undiagnosed, but not, I'm afraid, less prevalent for that fact.
My mother, for example, has borderline personality disorder. I have known many with bi-polar, even schizophrenia. And the ranks are teaming with the seriously depressed. Now I am NOT saying that all JWs are mentally ill. Many are decieved, as you noted. But when this type of behavior and the history discussed with how her daughter has been treated, and others who have made comparisons, you can't just call people abusive that tell their story or state their opinion.
Here's what the National Institute of Mental Health says on their website about borderline personality disorder:
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a serious mental illness characterized by pervasive instability in moods, interpersonal relationships, self-image, and behavior. This instability often disrupts family and work life, long-term planning, and the individual's sense of self-identity. Originally thought to be at the "borderline" of psychosis, people with BPD suffer from a disorder of emotion regulation. While less well known than schizophrenia or bipolar disorder (manic-depressive illness), BPD is more common, affecting 2 percent of adults, mostly young women.1 There is a high rate of self-injury without suicide intent, as well as a significant rate of suicide attempts and completed suicide in severe cases.2 ,3 Patients often need extensive mental health services, and account for 20 percent of psychiatric hospitalizations.4 Yet, with help, many improve over time and are eventually able to lead productive lives.
There are also people that are just hateful people who thrive on drama and causing friction and division. Many are passive aggressive types who like the pain caused by their actions.
So, in my case, my mother shuns me and my son, and I allow her to do that without trying to make an attempt to out "love" her. Because she will never be treated for this, nothing I can do will help or alleviate it, and all she causes me is heartache, grief, and stress. Do I forgive her? Absolutely, but I cannot be around it. Perhaps in the next life.
Ada
today my 15 year old daughterand i went to the local craft fair, went to olive garden for lunch, then ran over to ross to shop a little, and as we were walking out of the store, low and behold, who was coming straight at us??.
(my daughters grandmother.
) she was headed straight toward us.
But she would probably return the envelope unopened!
As far as that goes, you can solve that problem by not putting a name or address on the envelope. You might get creative by putting something like "from your neighbor." I sometimes get "witnessing" mail that way (only they send theirs with a PO box in case I want a study). She can't return it because there is no return address, and she might be curious enough to open it.
Ada
long time lurker (like half a decade), first time poster.
it took a post about assembly food to get me to register here.
i think we need to start a project to piece together the menu from an early nineties circuit assembly...would be strangely nostalgic.. i got myself a "worldly" education and took that opportunity to leave "the troof".
I was raised in, third generation, and can still remember when they had cafeterias. They actually had pretty good food once. But of course all that money they spent on us just couldn't be sustained, it had to go to better use. ... like court fees and lawsuits.
Ada
today my 15 year old daughterand i went to the local craft fair, went to olive garden for lunch, then ran over to ross to shop a little, and as we were walking out of the store, low and behold, who was coming straight at us??.
(my daughters grandmother.
) she was headed straight toward us.
See how this whole thing backfires? Same thing happened to me when I left. All of a sudden none of the witness kids would talk to my son at school, and he got it from the relatives too. Now who do you think hates the WTS worse? He does, and rightly so, he had no reason to be shunned, same as your daughter. Can't you just see that tough love working for them?
I am so sorry that your daughter had to experience this. One thing about it, if there is a bright side, there isn't much danger she'll succomb to the witness religion after today.
Ada
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the white house has released an official photo of the first family, a fine portrait of the obamas that is just as notable for the photographer who took it: annie leibovitz.. .
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2009/10/620000361/1.
Annie has a way of capturing the soul of whoever she is photographing. I'm sorry to hear of her legal battles and I hope she can come through them, her talent would be very much missed.
Ada
http://friendlyatheist.com/2009/10/21/which-religion-should-i-follow/.
It said I should be a Wiccan. In the broadest sense of the word I already am.
Ada
hmmm, I guess Spokane WA would be the closest city to Libby Montana, which is where I grew up. Attended for years in Tri-Cities WA. I may have met a couple of you, who knows.
Ada
Speaking of old school:
I'm surprised no one put this one down:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKLvKZ6nIiA
Old school western, Gary Cooper was one of the best.
Ada
