Posts by daringhart13

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I HAVE JUST BEEN APPOINTED AS A MINISTERIAL SERVANT.

by african GB Member in

after being reinstated in 2008, i was finally appointed ms last night.. i am so excited now that i have a certain measure of 'power'.. ex-ms's/elders, what types of challenges come with this priviledge?.

what will be expected from me?.

daringhart13

I'm going to say you're drowing in crap.....

You can't be appointed to service privileges only 2 years after being reinstated.

I'm going to call liar.

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why are women so forgiving in jehovahs witnesses ?

by looloo in

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i saw a jw girl i used to work with a few weeks back who was married for about 8 years and has 2 children , she was in a right state and told me her husband had just left her for a work collegue and said he no longer loved her !

within a month i see her again and she took him back within a wk of him going to live with this other woman , she told me she blamed herself for not having sex often enough !and they were working on their marriage !

why would you want someone who said they no longer loved you ?

daringhart13

There are a ton of 'sisters' that are just as bad as this guy.

But sisters go through HELL in the org. They wait and wait to marry some 'prince'.....read 'servant'....who is then just some dude that could ride around in a mini-van for 10 hours a month...... they marry him....... they start making babies. Keep in mind they rarely can support themselves since they didn't go to college.......so they start weighing out the 'benefits' of taking the loser back.....

...a lot of them take them back. Then cry and cry due to unhappiness.

Its truly a criminal situation.

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Was it EX JW literature / WT's or the BIBLE which woke you up? Post scriptures if any....

by EndofMysteries in

i considered myself immune to ex jw stuff.

no amount of old watchtowers or anything would change me.

it was seeing treatment of others by elders and the bible itself, which woke me.

daringhart13

As an elder....it was a sister we had DF'd.....when I called her to tell her we were reinstating her the next night....she cried and said thank you....and said she was going to kill herself the next day

I woke up.

Disfellowshipping....something I NEVER agreed with....is what did it for me.

Next came the GROSS lack of love among JW's..... especially the elders and CO's.....some of them are just terrible/dysfunctional people .....

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JW Woman dies refusing blood....

by iknowall558 in

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wendy cloete louwwe lost a sister in our congregation today, had severe depression and tried to take her own life.

sad thing is if the doctors stopped being petty and insisting on bloody and just gave her alternative blood volumiser sooner she might have been fine.

it took the elders hours to get her transferred to a new hospital.

daringhart13

Do you know what only makes this even sadder?????

Because she attempted suicide...she won't "qualify" for a memorial at the Kingdom Hall.......despite her stand on blood.

Yep.....she is a 'loser' in their eyes anyway.

It just gets sicker and sicker.

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Are any of you addicted to your new sexual revolution?

by Coffee House Girl in

now that i am free from my bonds to an organization dictating to me what i can and cannot do (in bed included), i cannot stop.....i feel like an addict on coke or something, i have been with my bf for eight months now, and perhaps it is a combination of the newness of a sexual relationship with the release from my spiritual bonds, but....i feel like a cat in heat 24/7.

of course my bf is not complaining even though i see he is physically tired parts of the day that i actually leave him alone (to go to work or sleep after hours of lovemaking).

i wonder if anyone else has gone through similar experience.

daringhart13

Wow....I'm with AWildFlower......I didn't know you had such an age gap.......share :)

(I happen to be 40something.....and have had a couple of girlfriends in their late 20s......)

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How Did You Move on to Relationships with non-JWs?

by daringhart13 in

this is a really fascinating topic for me.....mainly because i'm single lol.

but what was it like to navigate through the waters of other people while getting into relationships?

did you wonder what to do about holidays?

daringhart13

Great feedback....thanks to all.

dgp.......you TOTALLY lost me.......can you explain?

Coffegirl,

Good for you. That you have not only found a nice man that is patient, but on going back to school and enjoying some hot sex :)

Like Kristina, I'm fascinated by what adjustments some may have had to make.....all feedback appreciated.....

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How Were YOU Viewed By Other Witnesses?

by minimus in

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what was your reputation?

were you viewed as "mature", "worldly", or "exemplary"?

?.

daringhart13

It sounds arrogant...but

..highly respected young elder.......all the way up to convention level, KM School, etc.

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How Did You Move on to Relationships with non-JWs?

by daringhart13 in

this is a really fascinating topic for me.....mainly because i'm single lol.

but what was it like to navigate through the waters of other people while getting into relationships?

did you wonder what to do about holidays?

daringhart13

LOL....great stuff people......I'm just getting back online.

Ynot,

You're killing me.....LOL, hilarious. I love it. First...... I was roaring about the Uncle Freddy's oral sex comments....AWESOME....I can't stop laughing....however, no worries there..... I have a Master's Degree in that area ;) ....... and I enjoy giving :)

I was more curious what other people's experiences were. To be honest, I love the ladies..... and the only thing that has seemed awkward was the lack of college. But then again, that bothers me too (I have no idea why this is in bold)....... that is one thing I have a problem with.....

I've wondered if the other gentlemen have had any awkward experiences meeting people after being indoctrinated....especially if they were raised a JW.

I don't plan on talking about it.....but I'm not naive enough to think it isn't somewhat of a hurdle to get over.

Misery,

Lets just say I LOVE being an "adult" now....dating an attractive woman no matter her background is like being let out of jail.....

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How Did You Move on to Relationships with non-JWs?

by daringhart13 in

this is a really fascinating topic for me.....mainly because i'm single lol.

but what was it like to navigate through the waters of other people while getting into relationships?

did you wonder what to do about holidays?

daringhart13

This is a really fascinating topic for me.....mainly because I'm single LOL

But what was it like to navigate through the waters of other people while getting into relationships? Did you wonder what to do about holidays? How to explain your history of religion? Your lack of college?

I've been dating quite a bit....but most of them were fringe 'sisters'..... a few were non-JWs......I would love to hear how difficult it was for you....or not difficult....and what were the challenges and the rewards.....

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To help my cousin..maybe if you used to be an elder..

by hereiam! in

i have a cousin who has been away from the meetings 5 years.

she was baptized only a year before becoming "inactive" and moved to another state.

then after some time she moved back to the area all the family is from, but wouldn't say a word of anything having to do with the religion.

daringhart13

Glad I could help Hereiam......YES,.....always remember......silence is golden. Tell them nothing. Give them nothing. You owe them nothing.