Topics Started by 2pink

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advice for throwing a first-ever birthday party
by 2pink in
1. jw
2. friends
we are having a first ever birthday party for my daughter in a few weeks.

i have never been to a b-day party, as i grew up jw.. my daughter is turning 5.. any advice or party tips?

how many kids should i invite?
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the unthinkable....college!?!
by 2pink in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm 30-something, newly out of the org.

my spouse is also on the way out.. both of us were raised in "the truth"....aka no college education.

we have 2 small children, soon to be 3. we both want to go back to school.
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Need help disproving 607BCE
by 2pink in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i hope i am posting in the right board.. anyway, i am newly out of the org, and have a dear friend who i've been speaking to all along about my thought process/decisions.

she has been hesitantly receptive (how's that for confusing?!

lol) and when i brought up 607bce to her yesterday, she was truly intrigued and had not heard of this as a false date before.. she is still half in/half out, so i know she isn't going to do a lot of naughty independent research on her own.
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Elder wants to come for shepherding call
by 2pink in
1. jw
2. friends
we are newly fading (actually, mostly disappearing).

i haven't been to meetings in about 3 months maybe and hubby hasn't gone in a month or more.

i certainly don't plan on returning, hubby is still undecided.. anyway, an elder called and wants to come do a shepherding call.
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Fading fast and not sure how to proceed with the JW relatives...
by 2pink in
1. jw
2. friends
firstly, my apologies for all the posts i've written over the past few weeks asking for help with all the issues that come with leaving the wt.

i realize i am all "take" and no "give" at this point, but i'll pay it forward at some later date, i promise!

so, as the title of this thread suggests, i'm fading fast....more disappearing than fading really.
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Help! Leaving the WT and realizing I'm a social misfit!
by 2pink in
1. jw
2. friends
so, i'm 30-something and have been a lifelong jw, born and raised.

(yeah, i know double points against me on the social scale!).

i'm on my way out (and moving at a fast pace with that, lol) and um, am now realizing that outside of the kingdom hall, i am a bit of a social retard!
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How many XJWs went onto another faith....?
by 2pink in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm just curious here.. as i am exiting currently and trying to find my new place (and belief system) in this world, i am wondering what the experience was like for other xjws.

did you go onto a new faith?

i'd love to read your responses.
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Newly fading and having morbid thoughts about dying....is that normal?!
by 2pink in
1. jw
2. friends
i have been having doubts for years about the org, but it's mostly been just the past couple of months that it's really all unravelled for me.

i'm at that stage now where i don't know what i believe about anything...esp about what happens when you die.. and maybe it's just cause i never had to think about death before (was always countin' on that resurrection in paradise earth!

), but lately i can't stop thinking about it!
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Pondering the Flood...
by 2pink in
1. watchtower
2. bible
this is only my second thread here on this forum, so forgive me if i put this on the wrong board.. i'm a jw on the way out....past few years and esp past few months of thinking have pretty much sealed the deal for me.

i'm done.. so anyway, as i allow myself to think more and more and question more and more of the bible, something i have always wondered about is the flood.

did god regret doing that, hence the rainbow promise??
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On my way out of the "organization" and feeling very lost...
by 2pink in
1. jw
2. friends
firstly, thank god i found this forum!

i've spent the better part of today while my kids were in school reading many threads.. some background...i am in my mid 30s, married, 2 kids.

i was born and raised a jw...came from "good" stock...elders, pioneers, etc.