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  What did you/do you think about at the meetings?

  by tornapart in

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  2. friends

  if you still go or remember the days when you did what did you think about while you were sat there?

  obviously it's very difficult to concentrate.. lol..assemblies i find impossible and have often drifted off to sleep, listening to the endless same old stuff.. .

  and i want some funny stories.. .

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  Is it too soon to visit the loo again.

  Thursday nights - are we going for a drink after the meeting and if so which pub

  Sunday mornings - how can I get out of field service this afternoon
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  What was life like for you as a JW teenager?

  by highdose in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  in the wt's illistrations they portray jw teenagers as happy, together group.

  my experinace is that the jw teenagers in the cong were some of the bitchyist backstabbing arse holes i'll ever meet.. it was unheard of for us to engage in group "wholesome activity" as show in the wt's illistrations.

  the competition amongst the girls for the handsome, sane and elders sons were cut throat.

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  I had a great time. Travelled to different parts of the country most weekends for parties. Lots of drinking and games. I made a lot of friends. The down side was that us girls were all out to find a boyfriend and the competition was wearing. A lot of bitchiness and back stabbing but I'm guessing that would be the case in or outside the religion. Teenagers are teenagers.

  Prior to being a teenager and then early teens were just as much fun. Lots of BBQ's, picnics and games of rounders with other families. There was a lot of kids my age in my cong so I was very lucky.

  Hated school

  Lost all those friends though when I left.
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  i am a regular pioneer in my cong reading crisis of conscience.here goes...

  by MsGrowingGirl20 in

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  2. friends

  i'm on page 90 right now...the info is definitely new and gives me a totally diff view as to how i used to think of faithful and discreet slave.

  i was thoroughly disgusted with the way the brothers handled the oral sex and leadership problem and the insight on the scriptures book...... still have alot of questions though.

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  Welcome

  Its good to have you here. Take things slowly. Its quite hard to do that on this forum.

  You asked if some of us are bitter. Well I wasn't when I joined this site, then I became bitter after what I found out but I've worked through it and now I'm a very happy person.
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  Observant comment from my Dad yesterday

  by not bitter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  yesterday my elder dad (i think he's still an elder) dropped me home and coming up the hill to my house were two young women strolling along at snails pace carrying what looked like bibles.

  i didn't say a word but my dad started laughing and said.

  ''they look like sisters don't they.

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  yes I am, Newport, South Wales
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  Observant comment from my Dad yesterday

  by not bitter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  yesterday my elder dad (i think he's still an elder) dropped me home and coming up the hill to my house were two young women strolling along at snails pace carrying what looked like bibles.

  i didn't say a word but my dad started laughing and said.

  ''they look like sisters don't they.

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  He is a lovely man. One of the nicest you could meet. He is very well liked in the congregation, his neighbours and his customers (ex window cleaner)
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  Observant comment from my Dad yesterday

  by not bitter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  yesterday my elder dad (i think he's still an elder) dropped me home and coming up the hill to my house were two young women strolling along at snails pace carrying what looked like bibles.

  i didn't say a word but my dad started laughing and said.

  ''they look like sisters don't they.

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  Yesterday my elder dad (I think he's still an elder) dropped me home and coming up the hill to my house were two young women strolling along at snails pace carrying what looked like bibles. I didn't say a word but my dad started laughing and said

  ''they look like sisters don't they. They've got the pioneer walk. They crawl along and the only time he speed up is when they've got their time in''

  I just lauged along with him. He wasn't saying it in a critcal way either. He was just observant of something funny. I was just surprised that he made such a comment to me. As if I was still in. I mean, why admit something like that to an outsider??? I've been out not far off 20 years.
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  Favorite games and toys as a kid

  by littlerockguy in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  one of my favorite toys when i was a kid was my spirograph.

  i don't know whatever happened to it but i wanted to get another one and didn't realize they didn't make them anymore.

  i went on ebay and got a super spirograph (complete except for the pens) for a real good price ($30) - i hit it at just the right time since most are listed for $50 to $100.

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  My favourite was the Fisher Price Snoopy dog that you pull along on his red and white lead. My mum says people always knew when I was coming because they could hear me coming up the road with my wooden dog.

  My mum gave him away when I got older but a few years back she bought me one off ebay to give to my daughter. He's very battered and worn but she loves him - but not as much as I do
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  Do you ever suffer from this in your sleep or is it just me?

  by highdose in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  last night at 2am i was awoken by the sound of cuboards in the room next to mine being opened and iteams falling out of them.

  it terrifiled me, i lay awake listening further for hours in case the burgalars tried anything else.... when the morning came i went into that room, to find it all as it should be... nothing disturbed at all... no break in at all.. this has happened several times to me over the past few years.

  no its not the neighbours i live in a deatched house.

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  nugget - I had a very similar experience to you. And like you I was in a hotel on a course about 12 years ago. I was in bed and felt strange but can't explain how exactly. I could sense someone sitting heavily on the end of my bed next to me. I was too afraid to turn over an look so just kept saying 'Jehovah' out loud but not too loud in case anyone walking past my door could hear me. Didn't want them to think I was a nutter. I had been out for a few years when it happened but was still convinced of demons. Anyway, years later I have realised that its just a feeling I get when I'm dropping off to sleep as I get it quite often.
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  Did YOU Change In Your Personality After You Left The Organization?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  we knock a lot of things about the witnesses.

  i wonder if we're really all that much different in our personalities as exjws.. .

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  I've always loved a laugh, always been rather opionated but now less so. I think thats more to do with being a mum now. I'm certainly no longer judgemental of folk. Live and let live.
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  Stupid rules

  by MrFreeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there was no end to the amount of stupid rules put in place.

  one that always bugged me was "no shirts with slogans when doing kh yard work or at jw gatherings.

  id always get talked to about it when i'd wear shirts with a band on it or whatnot.

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