Posts by crazy2try

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She pulled out a Awake and asked me if I have ever read it.

by crazy2try in

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today, i drove two ladies in a car.

two of my clients.

we usually talk friendly during the two hour drive.

crazy2try

LOL...Yep I did feel like a vampire. But I had to stop myself from showing my teeth.

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At a 2 day assembly ...the point that the brother spoke about that drove me mad....."don't hug your husband, wife or child during prayer".

by crazy2try in

i attended one day of a two day assembly and did ok until the very last talk.

the brother was from bethal and well jw's pay closer attention to their talks, cause that is when some new info is given,,,right.

well anyways i lost focus and began to daydream, cause it became one of those talks that just talks about wasting time.

I do remember opening my eyes as a child during prayer and sneaking a peek around to see who had their eyes open. I remember seeing several nose pickers, kids pushing on each other, parents reaching over and giving their kid a pinch, I received several of those. the funniest was when a sister in front of me lost her slip during the prayer. She just reached down, scooped it up and put it in her bag. I remember watching her action after the prayer. She acted like nothing happened. I thought it was so funny.

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She pulled out a Awake and asked me if I have ever read it.

by crazy2try in

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today, i drove two ladies in a car.

two of my clients.

we usually talk friendly during the two hour drive.

crazy2try

Today, I drove two ladies in a car. Two of my clients. We usually talk friendly during the two hour drive. I have driven them before and they are lively and nice.

The one sitting on the passenger seat pulls out an Awake from her backpack, turns to me and says "Have you ever read these." I was stunned for a second.

I already knew she is not a witness. Turned out, she was on the bus and the lady next to her gave it to her. The witness' were riding the busses that moring.

I told her "yeah, once and awhile."

She thought it was funny that she was given an Awake form 2008. She did open it and start reading an article.

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Hubby is concerned with me being on this site.

by crazy2try in

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my husband and i have been fading for sometime.

we did attend the memorial this year with his parents.

we have had quite a few heart to heart conversations about us leaving the witnesses slowly.

crazy2try

Thanks, I will show him those sites when it is the right time.

He is so funny. I know it is the fear of all of the drama and he wants to avoid it. I am just ahead of him and am so ready to move on with my life.

The last few days, since I posted, he makes comments like "You must be addicted to that site." He wanted to attend the talk on Sunday, but we stayed up late and didn't get up. I didn't set my alarm and neither did he. some brothers stopped by on Saturday when he was working outside and encouraged him to come. He came inside and told me.... I was on this site at the time. I thought that was funny. So did he acutally. I think it is going to take time.

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Most Annoying Things That Happen At JW Meetings

by LittleSister in

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today i was remembering how angry i used to get at the meetings and all the little irritations that in the end would just make my blood boil these included:.

prayers that go on foreverstudy or wt conductors still taking comments when its clear that the point has been covered 20 times alreadymeetings over running by more than 5 minsmy favourite was this one elder who would play guess the point i am thinking of.

he would keep rephrasing the question from the wt until someone would bring up the point he was thinking of.

crazy2try

This is so funny.

I have to say that one of the things that drove me nuts were when the little kids infront of me turned around and stared at me, picking their noses and the parents not noticing. I didn't care so much if they let them look around, but I didn't like the staring.

The other things that made me angry. Mentioned earlier...children getting baptized. That makes me so mad. I don't clap, I don't watch. I can't stand it.

I also went to a Book Study where this brother would describe the pictures. Once there was a pic of the area around Bethal and he gave us a layer by layer 10 min comment about the names off all the buildings, streets, the bridge, river, what it looks like at night. how long it takes to walk from one area to another. It was nuts. My dad was conducting and I asked him later why he let him go on like that. Dad said he wanted to see how long the bro would talk. That was even more nuts.

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Hubby is concerned with me being on this site.

by crazy2try in

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friends

my husband and i have been fading for sometime.

we did attend the memorial this year with his parents.

we have had quite a few heart to heart conversations about us leaving the witnesses slowly.

crazy2try

Thank you everyone....I really appreciate the wonderful advice and the good humor. I think I will poke him in the eye. LOL. I will come back and type more, My wonderful Daughter wants me to check out her messy room. She also just brought me a dead lady bug that she found in her room that is 14 years old....she counted the spots....she said it died from old age. Gotta love her.

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Submission and stupid rules

by Lady Lee in

what a load of crap this stupid belief was.

i'll give you a couple of examples.

i was the sign language interpreter for our congregation and there was about 15-20 deaf who regularly showed up.

crazy2try

LOL...Misery are You joking? I just saw that other post that says you are being sarcastic!

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Submission and stupid rules

by Lady Lee in

what a load of crap this stupid belief was.

i'll give you a couple of examples.

i was the sign language interpreter for our congregation and there was about 15-20 deaf who regularly showed up.

crazy2try

Sorry Misery I don't agree. Women call it like it is and they protect their little ones. Not something the society can say they do well.

I have been around a lot of men all my life and feel that Men are just as emotional and judgmental as any women. They are just quieter and more aggressive about it.

Besides that JW's have taken so much of the loving, kind emotion out of worshiping God.

Many of the older sisters are wiser then a lot of those 25 something elders or even those stuck in the mud older elders. And the mothers have a big perspective as to what life is really like for our children, real issues. Not something most of the men can claim, that don't have any time to even chat with their wives or children. (yes I was an elders brat)lol

I just don't see why it isn't mixed up a bit. They would get the strengths of both sexes.

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Hubby is concerned with me being on this site.

by crazy2try in

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my husband and i have been fading for sometime.

we did attend the memorial this year with his parents.

we have had quite a few heart to heart conversations about us leaving the witnesses slowly.

crazy2try

My husband and I have been fading for sometime. We did attend the memorial this year with his parents. We have had quite a few heart to heart conversations about us leaving the witnesses slowly. I know that I have spent a lot of time thinking about this. I was raised a witness, where he was not. I think for me it is more of a difficult journey. He didn't know that I had joined this site. I haven't hidden it from him, but if you knew our work schedule you could understand why. Anyways, he looked over my shoulder the other night and I explained to him what this site is and how I have been using it to express some of my thoughts and how I have been feeling. He didn't like it. I think it was the first time that he realized that we would be considered Apostate for our true thoughts and feelings.

I was a bit surprised by his reaction and need to take it into serious consideration. I am afraid that he is going to start pushing to attend meetings regular again. He was always the stronger in the faith between the two of us. I have a lot of love for God, but not the man made ideals. I keep picturing Jesus walking into the hall and tipping over things like he did at the temple or calling the governing body hyprocrites.

I can't go back and pretend. I won't pretend, I am not a liar. But honestly I may be just jumping the gun on this and my fears are coming out. We have a great relationship and we have grown up and together all these years.

I appreciate that I can come here and talk about these issues with others who have lived through this and understand what it is like. I know even talking to close friends who are on the outside----they just don't get it.

I also appreciate that I can read what others are going through or thinking about. But I just got to keep it simple. Anyways, just rambling now. I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend.

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Submission and stupid rules

by Lady Lee in

what a load of crap this stupid belief was.

i'll give you a couple of examples.

i was the sign language interpreter for our congregation and there was about 15-20 deaf who regularly showed up.

crazy2try

I must have been about 19 when I brought a kid I knew from my school to our hall. He had known many of us JW kids for years and had finally asked to come and see what it was like at our hall. Since I as a female would never ride in a car with a male. I spoke with my parents and they agreed that we would go and get him. Nice kid, very slow though. He lived and worked on a farm. When we picked him up, he was grateful and happy to join us. My Dad (who was an elder at the time)spoke lively with him and we had a nice drive to the hall.

Upon walking into our recently new quickbuild hall, I introduced him to several elders and friends. They all greeted him warmly. But he jumped suddendly, I looked behind him and there was Elder Mr Clean up hitting the back of his feet with one of the push brooms that picks up dirt as it rolls. I realized my friend had walked in and left a light dirt trail on the carpet. I gave the elder a nasty look. He made a rude comment and walked off. I apologized to my friend.

I guess it is a good thing that he never metioned the hall again or asked to come back.

Later that same Elder pulled me aside and told me that he didn't appreciate me giving him a nasty look. I was stunned. I couldn't stop thinking about how rude he was to do that to anyone, let alone someone who was not from our hall.