publix?
whole foods?
etc.......
Many community colleges have culinary arts classes... meant to educate cooks and restaurant staff for the local eaterys. In my town there is a small sit down restaurant in the college. They serve about 10 tables (white tablecloth and flowers). Love the meals, but it can be a long wait, everything has to pass inspection by the chef and it is delish.
Last week they had surf & turf. It was finals for the students. The students learn a lot. Our complete meal for two was under $22.00.
ok, so my husband worked for this slave driver jw boss in a factory, and injured his back on the job.
so my husband has launched a compensation claim against the jw boss's worker insurance for unsafe work practices.
so the jw ex boss has responded to the claim with this mega statement affidavit thing.
Please let us know how things turn out. Good Luck!
i am trying to talk to a women at school i like.
i have emailed her but she did not respond back what i should i do?
i still get nervous around women..
Do give groups a chance, if you have an interest that you are interested in! You will get involved with people who also have that interest and if you find that a gal also is in the group, all the better. Social interaction helps you grow. Chess, recycling, politics; any hobby or even another class.
We were told to avoid all those things of the "world" Expsure to that world will give us an idea of what we really like and what what others can contribute to our lives.
Your thread title shows you aren't ready... it will come. When you are comfortable, you will be ready.
background: my wife and i are inactive, we stopped attending in 2005. raised as jws, were pioneers, i was elder etc... .
our kids are in college, also inactive but are baptised.
my wife went back to college, getting her degree this month at age 48!
Something hit me about the text message, graduation will not be attended by other JWs and anniversary party likely to be attended by many JWs (being that is about the only thing they can celebrate.... Probably she figures that no witness at the graduation to gossip about it at the hall. Pretty likely the lady is also very conflicted- as mentioned previosly.
i want to start by saying i will not participate in discussion here about my resignation as a moderator at jwn.. simon please consider this as my resignation from that position.. i have been posting on this board for almost 12 years.
i know some of you a lot, others a little and some not very well at all.
i have remained here for those of you who have needed support as you make the transition out of the wts, who needed someone to listen to your experiences of abuse at the hands of jehovah's witnesses, and to both laugh and cry with you as you progress out of the watchtower society.. we know that we have all experienced the cruelty of abuse of one kind or another.
Good luck dear "Lady Lee"
not sure if this is the place to say hello and im new but hello and im new here.
i was a jw years ago but not for many years now.
i joined here because i was kicked off the last jw related board i was on.
If the rules at the bottom of this page are followed and privacy issues are kept out of posts you will likely be ok. But check the rules, they keep us safe.
Oh, Welcome to the site.
i believe that this site, jwn, serves many purposes.
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some are here almost, out of need.. others are here because they want to know the latest in watchtower world.. still others come here for the entertainment.. why do you frequent this place?
"I am not addicted. I could stop at anytime if I wanted."
ya sure, I'm addicted. And I don't want to stop!
i hate to see people get banned or silenced - even the people who are causing trouble.
when it comes to regulations, i could almost be described as libertarian.
because of this i would like to make a proposal - instead of leaving the banning power in the hands of a central authority, i propose that banning be placed in the hands of the individual.
And we still don't have an ignore button..... Someday maybe.
i'd like to offer a public apology to nathan natas for making a wrong decision when i deleted him.. i allowed a combination of previous issues we'd had and input from other forum members to bias my decision which lead me to what i now, in hindsight, believe to have been a mistake.. whether you want to come back and post here or not i wanted to at least say sorry and will reactivate your account..
So glad you are back!!!
question to you intelligent jws and exjws.. does the wt, through its knowledge book or whatever, make sure new recruits know who the scarlet coloured wild beast is or disgusting thing is (ie, the un), who is part of the great harlot etc before becoming full blown jws?.
like should new recruits know this off by heart thanks to the rote teaching?.
hawk
So, for those of us who have been out for a long time, any changes in the last 10 years?
