So a couple of months ago, I talked to my mom about the new generation teaching, and she gave me the explanation of how generation could mean contemporaries, blah, blah, blah. Anyway, yesterday she sent me a new shipment of literature. I got the latest public WT, the 2 new brochures, and the Jeremiah book. I just realized today that ever since I talked to her about the jw only April 2010 magazine and pretty much told her that this new meaning sounded ridiculous and too unbelievable, she doesn't send me the jw only editions anymore. Only the public editions for me. I just thought that was interesting. She probably talked about it with other people, and they told her to stop sending me those editions. I guess I'm too "spiritually weak" to understand.
doublelife
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Confronted my mom about the new generation change and now she no longer gives me the koolaid edition WT
by doublelife inso a couple of months ago, i talked to my mom about the new generation teaching, and she gave me the explanation of how generation could mean contemporaries, blah, blah, blah.
anyway, yesterday she sent me a new shipment of literature.
i got the latest public wt, the 2 new brochures, and the jeremiah book.
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Ran over my dog today
by BurnTheShips inshe was chasing my car up the road.
i didn't notice her.
she is gone.. bts.
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So sorry, BTS!
When my boyfriend was younger, he watched his mom back up over his dog with her van. He was so traumatized over it that he can't have a pet dog anymore. He had to convert to being a cat owner.
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What did you really want to be?
by serenitynow! ini'm trying to impress upon my sister the damage this cult has inflicted on our lives.
it really affected the decisions i made.
i'm a nurse but i never really wanted to be one.
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I always wanted to be either a writer or a model or an actress. Now that I'm 27 and left the borg last year, I can finally pursue whatever I want. But, it makes me angry to think of where I could be in my career right now if the WTS hadn't held me back.
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Watchtower Attorney and new contract for deceased?
by Dogpatch ini'm passing on a question and wanted input on it please:.
recently an xjws mother passed away, when it came to settling the estate.
a watchtower attorney produced a form that she had filled out and.
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Marking this thread too!
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Were You Good At Field Service?
by WalkTall ini used to be in awe at the jw's who were so good at the doors.
they were conversational, informative, and knowledgeable.
i sucked.
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WalkTall, it sounds like I could've written that post. I feel the same way.
White Dove, I too went through PI school and was still horrible at it.
When I finally confessed to my non-jw aunt that I wanted out, she said that she thinks somewhere deep inside, I've always known something wasn't right about this religion. I'm pretty sure that's why we were all so bad at it.
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My update
by doublelife init's been a couple of months since i posted anything.
i finally have internet in my apartment.
some of you may not remember me, some may.
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Thanks for all the nice comments everyone!
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My update
by doublelife init's been a couple of months since i posted anything.
i finally have internet in my apartment.
some of you may not remember me, some may.
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It's been a couple of months since I posted anything. I finally have internet in my apartment. Some of you may not remember me, some may. There's a lot of newbies on here who I don't know. My divorce it almost final. It shouldn't be too long away. Things have been great. A little lonely at times, but for the most part great. I've been dating the guy I talked about before who's in my acting class. Things are going good with him. It's very interesting dating in the real world versus the cult world. I like it a lot better. For one, he can pick me up for a date, and we can ride together in his car ALONE. We don't have to meet in a public place or have chaperons. Of course, my mom is trying to convince me that all "worldy" men will give me aids and rape me. Neither one of those applies to him, but my mom won't believe me. He's very respectful, very intelligent, funny, cute. He knows about my jw background and it's okay. I don't feel embarrassed about it. I can be myself with him. He had a birthday about a month ago, so I got to celebrate a birthday for the first time. I just baked him cookies. I tried shopping for a birthday card, but it felt so awkward. I ended up not getting him a card, I just told him happy birthday myself. I'm starting to learn a lot more about myself now that my time is not being consumed with cult activities. I can take the time to just sit in my apartment, be alone, and just think. And I don't feel guilty about it or feel like I'm wasting time that could be used to read a Watchtower. I can do whatever I want now. And I feel a lot better about myself. For the first time in my life, I'm not in an abusive environment or relationship. I'm learning how to be normal and happy. Well, now that I'm back, hopefully I'll have more time to read and post on here.
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How to be alone
by mrsjones5 inone of my groups on facebook posted this video and i'm posting it here cuz i thought it was sweet and poignant:.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7x7szzsxys.
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Awe, I like that. It reminds me of this book I just finished reading called Introvert Power.
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It's done. I did it. I moved out.
by doublelife ini'm officially living on my own and it feels great.
i was worried that once i move out i'd regret my decision but i knew right away that i made the right decision.
i was nervous about telling him.
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I'm officially living on my own and it feels great. I was worried that once I move out I'd regret my decision but I knew right away that I made the right decision. I was nervous about telling him. I had him meet me at a restaurant so we'd be in public. He was calmer than I thought he'd be. He said he expected it. But, I think he was surprised at the way I did it without telling him first. Then, he said that he wished I would've told him so that we could've stayed together a little longer to save money so that we would've had more money to split. He also asked me if I left the apartment clean. I was a little surprised he asked me that. I was too busy packing to clean. I feel bad for him though. Yesterday was a bad day for him. After I told him I moved out he said that he just found out that his grandma has alzheimer's. He's still on my facebook but we've both changed our status to single. A lot of his friends commented in shock. None of them were expecting this. They didn't even know that I was inactive. We're not going to go through a messy divorce though. We've both agreed to just split things ourselves so that we don't have to involve any lawyers. We're just going to do a no fault divorce. But, he did ask for the ring back. I asked him what he'd do with it, give it to another girl? And he said yes. I couldn't believe he admitted to that. I told him that was wrong and if he did that and she found out she's be pissed. He just said, "She'll never know."
So I get home and my moms calls me. I was going to wait til the next day to tell her but since she called I thought I'd get it over with. I was shocked by her reaction. I really thought she was going to freak out but the first thing she said was that she wasn't crazy about him. She blames him for my spiritual decline. But she went through emotional abuse from my dad so she understood. But, she didn't waste any time in telling me that I have to stay single forever. She said that if I start dating that I'll be sinning in Jehovah's eyes. She said she knows it's a decision that I have to make but she hopes I do what's right. And of coarse she said this is the perfect time for me to come back to Jehovah and I that I need him right now.
She also said something else that bothered me. I deleted all my jw friends from facebook and my mom saw one of my friends a few weeks ago and she told her that I blocked my email from her.(I guess she didn't want to admit in the kingdom hall that she had a fb account) Anyways, this friend wasn't my best friend and she's done a lot of things to hurt me but she was also there for me when I went through a lot of hard times. I feel bad for rejecting her like this but I can't have her on my fb because then it would get around to other jws that I've pretty much become worldly. I've thought about calling her to explain my situation to her but I'm just not sure how she'd react. I'm pretty sure that she'd tell others. I just feel so bad for hurting her without being able to give her an explaination. This cult sucks!
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Ugh! I just got a package in the mail from my mom
by doublelife inshe sent me about seven magazines including the april 15, 2010 study cult edition.
it's the one with the new definition of generation.
i wonder if she's read it yet.
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carla: I certainly won't be sending her COC but I've thought about finding a source they quoted from and sending it to her to show how they either misquote or take things out of context.
aSphereisnotaCircle: Lol.
Heaven: I think I've learned that I can't look through them anymore either.
snowbird: I agree.
sacolton: Lol.