1. sing a duet of the national anthem with your gay life partner.
2. smoke a cigarette after donating blood.
3. join the high school football team and have sex with a cheerleader.
LOL, Hahahaha, y'all are cracking me up! I am not offended by any of this stuff, I think some of it would be funny to do to anyone who disturbed me by knocking uselessly on my door, and some of it I just plain don't get, i.e. references to smurfs (which I have read several references to on this forum, but still have no clue), and eating girl scout cookies? WTH?? I just can't stay away from this forum!
best regards,
Wordly mlj
i am new here because i want to ask a question that my friend couldn't make me understand why.
i hope your members can.
my friend of over 16 yrs lives several states and 1,000 miles away from me.
Yes, I will write him. Thanks to all
i am new here because i want to ask a question that my friend couldn't make me understand why.
i hope your members can.
my friend of over 16 yrs lives several states and 1,000 miles away from me.
His sister and I both feel he has been brainwashed. That precludes rational thinking.
i have to ask a personal questions.
do you think it is ok to have a friendship with someone of the opposite sex if you are in a serious relationship or married?
nothing intimate just friendship.
yes, of course, just don't keep secrets from your spouse or significant other. Include your spouse and let him/her be friends also. I am an equal opportunity friender. I need all the people loving/liking/appreciating me that I can get!
i am new here because i want to ask a question that my friend couldn't make me understand why.
i hope your members can.
my friend of over 16 yrs lives several states and 1,000 miles away from me.
Well, I got a phone call late last night from older sister and it is not good news. My friend along with his younger sister has been "studying" to be a JW since last December.
They were approached by an aunt who is a JW for the last few yrs. The aunt talked to 3 of the siblings...... at their mother's gravesite and told them they could see their mother again if they became a JW. That they could live forever with her as a family, they just had to be a JW.
Sue did not fall for it, and now they won't talk to her or their other brother. My friend shaved his beard he has had for over 25 yrs. These are people in their 40's, not gullible youngsters. Sue said he was upset with me because I made a joke about my cat being possessed. I remember him talking to me about spirits and demons a while back, but I thought he was joking or had been drinking or smoking something. Oh boy, I really remember that conversation, and I didn't think he was serious. It sounded like a crazy joke or something. I also can't believe he shaved...he was so self conscious about the shape of his face and jaw and chin, that he started growing it in highschool.
My friend was really close to his mom. She died a slow death from cancer and I really worried about my friend then, worried about him committing suicide or something. I am really mad now about the way this was done. It was the 10th anniversary of their mom's death and 3 of the 4 siblings were there having a "picnic with their mom" when the aunt came approached them.
I know I said I wasn't mad at him yesterday, but I feel mad today. And hurt. My logical side says he is a grown man and can make his own decisions, but my heart says, how could he do this to us especially after all we have been thru. And I wonder what happened to his brain? Did he leave it on his bedstand when he got up that morning? My husband says just to forget him, don't write him, don't call him, he made his own bed, hurt my feelings, let him come to me. Sue wants me to keep my vacay plans and come visit them and try to talk face to face with him. I just don't know. Well, thanks for listening all.
i am new here because i want to ask a question that my friend couldn't make me understand why.
i hope your members can.
my friend of over 16 yrs lives several states and 1,000 miles away from me.
Hi All,
Thanks for the responses. I am beginning to get a complex, no one has called me back. So I think I am going to see if I can find his older sister's phone number or maybe the number where she works. Maybe she will call me. No matter what, I will be there for my best friend. Even if I didn't hear from him for 10 yrs., if he contacted me after that length of time, I am sure he would need my friendship more than ever. I am not mad at him, I understand shunning after doing some reading, so I don't blame him, but it makes me sick that it is done under the guise of religion. But my heart is still hurting, nonetheless. Hope it is ok if I hang out here sometimes. Best regards to all. mlj
i am new here because i want to ask a question that my friend couldn't make me understand why.
i hope your members can.
my friend of over 16 yrs lives several states and 1,000 miles away from me.
Hi All,
Thanks for the responses. I was reading different topics on this board this morning and let time get away from me. I had to hurry off to work. This sure is an interesting board, but way over my head. I don't understand most of what is being discussed, and you probably don't want to know some of my guesses at the meanings of the abbrev. used. lol But I do appreciate all the responses.
I called my friend's sister and left a message, so I am waiting for a return call. Hoping she can shed some light as to what may have happened, like y'all said, something may have happened in his life.
Thanks so much for the concern, but I don't think I am vulnerable to "being sucked in" or whatever it is called, no disrespect intended. I just don't know the proper phrasing.
I hope it is ok for me to hang around here for a few days. I will post again when I hear back from sister.
best regards to all
i am new here because i want to ask a question that my friend couldn't make me understand why.
i hope your members can.
my friend of over 16 yrs lives several states and 1,000 miles away from me.
What is KH? And when you said "cult", that is what I was thinking.
i am new here because i want to ask a question that my friend couldn't make me understand why.
i hope your members can.
my friend of over 16 yrs lives several states and 1,000 miles away from me.
Thanks for the replies. Wow! So much to take in, and I really know nothing about that religion. I just can't seem to wrap my simple mind around why a religion says we can no longer be friends, (which in the last five yrs has only consisted of talking on the phone). I met him in Cincy about 6 yrs ago, we had lunch, went antiquing, haven't seen him since. But I was planning a week vacation to drive down and see him and his brother, sisters, and niece. He told me not to come and don't call him again. He doesn't have a computer, so I guess I will just have to wait for him to contact me. Hopefully. I am going to try to read some of the links y'all provided, maybe that will help me understand. Thanks again.
Best regards, Merry
i am new here because i want to ask a question that my friend couldn't make me understand why.
i hope your members can.
my friend of over 16 yrs lives several states and 1,000 miles away from me.
Hello everyone! I am new here because I want to ask a question that my friend couldn't make me understand why. I hope your members can. My friend of over 16 yrs lives several states and 1,000 miles away from me. We talk on the phone 2-3 times a week on average. We lived together as roommates for over 3 yrs, I consider him my little brother and I am his big sister. We are (were) very close.
I hadn/t heard from him in over 2 wks, despite my leaving 3 msgs and one text to call me. He finally called me and told me he couldn't talk to me any longer or be my friend, because I am "worldly", and he is studying to be a baptised Jehovah's Witness. He said I would be a bad influence on him and that is why he is not allowed to talk to me. I have never wrongly influenced him, in fact, he told me he has quit smoking due to his religion, and I have been trying to get him to quit for yrs. How is that a bad influence?
Can someone pls explain this to me? He is/was my best friend and my heart is hurting bad. I cried all night.
Thank you for any insight.
Best regards, MLJ
