GLTirebiter

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  Temporarily tired of JW boyfriend. Should I: a) leave

  by SEL in

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  or b) continue in my plan of eventually getting him out with steve hassan's help?.

  option b is going to be expensive but not impossibly so.

  but it would require more patience than i think i have.

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  GLTirebiter

  I'm reluctant to do something drastic like cut off contact, which just seems cruel.

  He's likely to do that himself, if he's a loyal Witness. When you say it's over, expect to be treated as a pariah. Beyond a mere cold shoulder, if you were to cross paths with him later it would be as though you didn't exist--especially if other Witnesses are present whom he was trying to impress with his "spirituality". Witnesses are expected to avoid "worldly"people unless absolutely necessary. If you break up with him, you become unnecessary.

  when we met he was in the process of getting reinstated and kept his JW past a secret. Then when he thought he needed to bring it up, he invented this elaborate lie where a couple JWs knocked on his door and he started studying with them and thought it made sense.

  Alarm bells ringing--when else is he not telling the truth? How many more, even bigger, surprises could there be if you stay with him?
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  Does Anyone Know How To Drain Blocked Inner Ears?

  by Low-Key Lysmith in

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  i just got over a bad sinus infection.

  both of my inner ears are filled with fluid as a result.

  i simply cannot get them to drain.

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  Have you tried using saline spray? It can help dilute the thick gunk and start up drainage--without the "rebound" and other side effects of decongestants.

  Sometimes yawning when the plane climbs and descends will ease congested ears, but that may not be enough for a sinus infection.
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  Temporarily tired of JW boyfriend. Should I: a) leave

  by SEL in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  or b) continue in my plan of eventually getting him out with steve hassan's help?.

  option b is going to be expensive but not impossibly so.

  but it would require more patience than i think i have.

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  GLTirebiter

  IMO, the important questions are "Does he want to be out? Is he ready to get out?" If the answer is "no", then your efforts are likely to back-fire. Your best efforts to pull him out can do exactly the opposite, pushing him even further into their grasp. That is how the mind control tactics work, "persecution" is used to "prove" that the leaders really have "The Truth". If he thinks you are pushing him where he doesn't want to go, success is not likely.
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  Ex-inlaws are trying to JW indoctrinate my daughter....need some advice

  by James_Slash in

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  2. experiences

  could do with some help please.. i found out last week that my daughter is being taught how to pray before meals "dear jehovah" and taken to meetings by her mothers family (that are jw's).. myself and her mother are divorced - we live over 100 miles apart.

  neither of us are jws anymore (i haven't been for 5 years - not d/f or d/a) and i am contemplating my disassociation letter as we speak.

  her family played a part in separating me from my daughter during our divorce in 2007 - they even wrote lies to support her.

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  GLTirebiter

  especially after we had agreed that she wouldn't be

  Is that in writing, as part of the divorce's separation agreement?

  If you're serious about taking any kind of legal action, you know who you should talk to about that--a professional well versed in the law where you and your ex live.
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  Memorial - How many on here went and how many didn't?

  by IMHO in

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  feel free to add why/why not?.

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  GLTirebiter

  I extended my perfect record: I never went when I was married to a Witness and I'm not about to start now! Instead, I stayed home, ate some pizza, and drank a beer.
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  Homemade Flat Bread & Red Grape Wine

  by snowbird in

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  this stuff is good for you!.

  stop by my house on monday evening, april 18, 2011.. syl.

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  GLTirebiter

  It's a bit too far for me, Syl. Have a good Passover. Shalom!
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  Why was Rutherford sent to prison?

  by Alfred in

  1. watchtower
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  well that was 93 years ago so well probably never know all the facts.

  but the wt claims that russell and others were falsely accused of sedition.

  the may 9, 1918 new york times article that covered these arrests and sedition charges states that they were charged with spreading doctrines calculated to promote unrest and disloyalty among the men of the army and navy.

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  GLTirebiter

  Eventually, reason prevailed.

  I understand it was not because of "reason" (if by that you mean a finding that Russell et al did nothing illegal). Rather, their appeal was based on errors during the proceedings, and a finding of mistrial--they could have been tried again on the same charges, but because the war was over the prosecution saw no point in spending the time and money to retry him and the other WT leaders (note this was in 1919 and 1920, the first year of Prohibition--and the enforcement problems that came with it). So charges were dropped and Russell was released, being neither convicted nor exonerated: in the eyes of the law, there had never been a proper trial to determine guilt or innocence.
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  Full Moon? Not By My Clock!!!

  by prophecor in

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  my atomic clock has a feature which gives moon phases.

  it won't reach full moon status until tomorrow.

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  GLTirebiter

  Jews agree with your clock, Passover begins tomorrow night. But the WT can't be bothered to get the day right, as Moshe points out in another thread.
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  Three Glass In and Off I Go!

  by headisspinning in

  1. jw
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  well, i've been having some serious anxiety today.

  i just felt like shutting down for most of the day.

  now here it is 6:16 pm and the memorial is at 8 pm.. thank god i'm three glasses in (wine!)...

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  GLTirebiter

  Two words: designated driver! Partake safely, headisspinning, and we'll see you back after the non-event.
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  i just came back from the memorial

  by J. Hofer in

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  it wasn't all that bad.

  met a few friends who also don't give too much about it and had some great laughs afterwards.

  we talked about how we still remember when only about 7000 took from the emblems and now its more than 11000. we also laughed about how it would look like having jesus and his disciples pass around wine and bread on a plate like that.. all in all it was the same procedure as every year.

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  GLTirebiter

  I didn't get any invite, but my neighbors got a door hanger yesterday.

  Skeeter, I'm on that list too--the list of people they don't bothger to ask! I did tell my daughter that I knew it was tonight (in a round-about way), I told her she'd be home in time to be ready.

  @Snowbird--I hope your daughter is scheduled for a few "comp days" later this week, when the tax season madness is over. Congress should declare the third week of April as the official "National Appreciate Your Accountant Week"!