Being told not to have worldly friends but didn't really get along with witness kids. Haveing to explain every school year why you can't celebrate holidays. Being told at the age of 14 if I talked to my df'd brothers and sister Jehovah would kill me at the big A. Being told constantly that demons will attack you if you don't go to the kingdom hall like you should. Having to sit through hours and hours of mind numbing meetings.
KKLUV155
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What Was Lousy About Being A JW For You?
by minimus inwas it that you never got holiday candy until the day after?.
that you couldn't be a "normal" kid?.
that you always were feeling restricted, depressed and angry???.
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Graduation and elders meeting!
by why??? inhi everyone, i'm not new here just haven't posted in a while.
for those who remember me i'm graduating from college on wednesday!!!!
i'm very happy but there's still a dark cloud (pardon the dramatic-ness) i am still with my non-jw boyfriend of almost three years and i've let my parents know that we want to get married (next month) and they went and told the elders(they did it kinda behind my back) who now want to meet and talk with me!
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KKLUV155
I was in a simular situation 16 years ago. I didn't graduate college but was dating a worldly man. The elders found out about it. My mom was so upset because they came to our house ( I was still living with Mom and Dad ). I never got a call from them the whole month I was sick in bed, but when they found out I was dating they wanted to meet with me. I told my mom that I will not meet with them cause if they can't see me while I am sick and unhappy then they can't see me when I am well and Happy. I never got df'd. They had no proof. I would not meet with them if I were you. Congrats on your graduation and upcoming marriage.
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For those that believe in the power of prayer/positive thoughts/reiki....
by LouBelle ina friend of a friend has been in a horrific car-crash.
he has an extremely slim chance of survival as his body has stopped reproducing blood.
if he does survive, he is expected to be a "vegitable".
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My prayers are with Him and his family. May God heal him and give his family peace during this time.
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Embarassed at school for being a Witness - Did this happen to you?
by Witness 007 inwhen they played the national anthem everyone stood up...except afew of us witness kids who stood out like a saw thumb....a brother two rows ahead of me had a teacher physically drag him to his feet as he struggled to explain himself...i would sweat like a pig as others pointed and laught and told me off...from then on i would hide in the toilet till i heard the anthem finish then come out.. then theirs birthday holidays, sex education, religious studies which i wanted to do since i would be a star but i was banned by my family.. do you have an embarassing hide like a rat in the toilet moment..
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KKLUV155
Yea I was picked on terribly. Not only was I a JW but also very poor. I got teased for both. I remember once in second grade the class was sitting at the craft tables coloring christmas pictures. I didn't want to stand out once again so I colored a santa picture. My teacher put it my backpack. I forgot about it until my mom found it. I got one of the worst spankings. I got picked on until Jr. High. My brother never really followed the JW way and a girl was teasing me. I walked off and my brother grabbed me and said " you kick her a$$ or I kick yours" I was scared of my brother so I laid into her with all I had. I was never teased again. Thats when I learned to live a double life.
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Do you have pets? What kind? Names?
by White Dove ini do believe that introductions are in order.. ok, me first.
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waaaaa!!
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KKLUV155
I have a toy poodle named Patches who loves my hubby to death. I have a avery outside full of Zebra finches. I have a beta fish named Hank and a hermit crab named Hermie.
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CT Scan
by Princess Daisy Boo ini have to go for a ct scan - i saw the machine - it looks scary!!!.
how long does the scan last?
do you just lie still while they take pics?.
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Don't worry about it, it is nothing. I had one a couple of weeks ago on my heart. I almost fell asleep. It was very relaxing. You have a pillow under your head and a wedge pillow under your knees. The machine kind of sounds like a jet engine starting up just a little more quiet than a jet. If they use contrast it will make you very warm. The tech told me I will feel like I tee tee on myself. It was kind of weird feeling like I tee teed but not really doing it. The contrast did not burn. It will be ok. Don't worry.
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~~kids say the darndest things~~
by chickpea insometimes they really form a crystalline thought..... yesterday provided this evidence.
the 17 yo, total slacker, barely passing his classes because he wont do the work..... watching an advert for the new indiana jones movie and hears a line, " looks like a dead end".
the quip: it is only a dead end if you make it one...........
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KKLUV155
The men will like this. I was sitting with my 6 year old grand-son and he seen cheerleaders on television, he commented how HOT they were. Well wanting to know what goes through his head I asked what makes a woman pretty to him? Thinking he would say hair or eyes. Well I got my answer, he said "their bathing suits" I thought I would choke. LOL.
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Possums , roaches and assorted Critters
by wednesday inwe discovered we had possums.
i called animal control and they have provided us with traps.
so far we have caught 3. many more to go.
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I will never knowingly eat a possum after what I seen as a little girl. My brothers and I grew up in the country. As country kids do we stayed in the woods alot. Well one day we came upon a dead cow. My older brother Andrew said that he bets there is a possum in the cow. I said no way. He ran and kicked the dead cow and sure enough a possum shot out of the butt of this dead cow. I screamed and ran all the way home. Had nightmares for a while because of this experience.
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Funniest Meeting Memories
by YoungAmerican inthere are always so many bad memories related here i thought it might be nice to change it up a bit.
what are some of your funniestmemories of the meetings, or even field service?
things that happened things said?
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KKLUV155
Once when I was about 16 at the monday night book study, this one elders wife was giving a comment. She was trying to quote the verse woe to the woman with a suckling (spelling?) child. Instead she said woe to the woman sucking a child. She never even realized she said it. I thought I would die laughing.
Another time I was at a Kingdom hall remodel. There was this really nice looking young guy. He was trying to impress us young sisters and decided to jump off the roof but didn't notice there was plywood leaning against the eave of the roof. As he jumped both of his feet caught the wood and he hit the ground flat on his chest. Really knocked the wind out of him. I don't remember seeing him at that kingdom hall anymore.
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Does this happen to you?
by dogisgod inlets say you are just happily reading a book or newspaper and on the next page the word "jehovah" will jump out at you (and i mean that it's really there but it just kinda magnifies itself).
samething with kingdumb halls.
you'll be in a foreign community and drive by one and it's like "oh my god, a kingdumb hall!!
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My husband laughs at me when we pass a kingdom hall. Cause when I see one my index fingers instantly go up into a cross shape and I hiss. Just something I feel like doing,lol.