The guy that got me involved with JW's is 22 or so years younger than his wife. So it isn't always the man that ends up with the young babe. He was on drugs when they met. She straightened him out and convinced him that they'd both be young in 1975. Now he's 45 and she's 67. Yeah that worked out just fine. I never met a more miserable guy in my life.
Posts by LB
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35Difference of age
by JH inso many times in the jw, i saw couples getting married.
but what struck me so often was the difference in age between the man and wife.
often the man was 15-25 years older than the woman.
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Describe Yourself.
by SpannerintheWorks innot everyone feels comfortable revealing details of themselves on this forum, and i've never met anyone on this discussion board (but of course i hope i will one day!
) and i just thought that it would be fun and interesting for all of us to post a little about ourselves!.
i'm 40, own 3 businesses, married to a jw wife (wish i wasn't) and am addicted to a certain website..., .
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LB
Old fart, kind of retired, kind of an ass. Kind of into making me happy.
Planning on moving to Maui and getting out of the cold.
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How Long Does Grief Last?
by Englishman inlast week i was very taken aback to see a recently bereaved (4 months) friend of ours walking along the high street with his arms around a ladyfriend.
i knew how devastated he had been at his wife's death, so it gave me quite a start to see him with someone else.
i then told myself it was none of my business, quit judging sunshine, get on with your own life.. i couldn't shake the image out my mind however, so i discussed it at length with her ladyship to get her thoughts on the matter.
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I'd probably comment on the new lady friend, if he were a friend. Might say something along the lines of "she's a nice looking lady, hope she's a comfort to you" and then smile and let it go. At least it's out in the open that way.
I once talked to a shrink about grief. After several months I felt I was still grieving too much over the death of my father. He and I were best friends. The shrink told me that what is average for a parent is around 2 years. The loss of a spouse you really love takes 3-5 years on average and the death of a child is something you will never stop grieving. Now that I'm older and have lost many loved ones it seems that this is about right. On average.
But I'm still grieving the loss of my youth, and it's been a long time.
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Well We Lost
by LB injust got back from our week long trip at the state basketball championships.
my boys lost and were eliminated.
team that beat us ended up winnning state.
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LB
Thanks for the compliments. I just came back from school and the boys reflect my feelings. Lots of hangdog faces in there. Everyone is town is telling them how proud they are and how they've done better than any other local team in years. Down the road that might be something to appreciate, but not now. I'm allowed to coach two players at a time during the off season. So I have 7 returning players that today signed up for those semi private practices. I thought I was getting time off, guess not. In fact all 7 have decided to skip baseball this year to get ready for next season, which is 7 1/2 months away.
We'll getem next time.
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Pic of my grandaughter and mommy
by LB in.
i was just e-mailed this photo.
i don't think it's that good as both of them are lots better looking that this, but it's a picture.
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Thanks for all your kind comments. The young lady is my son's ex girlfriend. He picks pretty ones. They have lousy taste. I have 3 sons and 3 grandkids. This photo is of the grandaughter I get to see. The other grandaughter's mommy hates my son and keeps her away from us. We also have a grandson by our JW son that we get to see every so often.
I enjoy playing with them and making them laugh, but they'll be a lot more fun once they stop crapping their pants. And yes, Maddie has some seriously huge cheeks.
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Imagine there's no heaven
The view from down here say's there is a Heaven.
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I'm going through a separation/divorce...
by anti-absolutism ini got served with papers last wednesday from my wife for a separation.
it includes her wanting me to leave the house and is full of a lot of hooey.
it should be interesting, but for the sake of discussion here, i was wondering if anyone has advice/experience in this area: what can i control as far as how much the kids are exposed to the witnesses?.
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LB
I can't imagine having a court restrict a childs participation in a religion. I suggest you spend some of your time with the children teaching them what you believe. Maybe some participation in sports such as soccer. Things that JW's don't allow.
Just don't badmouth mom in front of the kids. That's the one thing that will never work. Badmouth her here instead.
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What would happen if there was no more shunning?
by Maverick ini wonder what would happen if the governing body decided to drop the shunning of those who do not want to go along with the program?
how many closet dissidents are out there in j-dud land?
would they lose a million publishers?
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Sure the ranks would swell if they stopped shunning. The ranks would swell if they celebrated holidays, voted, had oral sex, played school sports, dated without chaperones, took blood, arrested child molestors and pulled their heads out of their asses.
But that's not going to happen.
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Pic of my grandaughter and mommy
by LB in.
i was just e-mailed this photo.
i don't think it's that good as both of them are lots better looking that this, but it's a picture.
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I was just e-mailed this photo. I don't think it's that good as both of them are lots better looking that this, but it's a picture.
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Well We Lost
by LB injust got back from our week long trip at the state basketball championships.
my boys lost and were eliminated.
team that beat us ended up winnning state.
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Thanks. We were respectful to the other team, shook their hands and wished them well. We also showed up for that teams remaining games and rooted for them. But, we haven't had much practice losing and it sucked, a lot.
Kids are kids, they recover and they had fun up there. Only the coach was grumbling about what he should have done better to prepare the boys. We will win that thing. I just hate to wait.