just wondering how many have either met or atleast talk with people from this board on the phone and such.
how did you connect?
was it just a post that really spoke to you or what?
I have had the pleasure of personally meeting in person:
Seven006
Onacruse
Bikerchic
Songmistress
Mistla
Onacruse, Bikerchic and all you in my area,
Hope to see you all at the meet-up at Barnes and Noble this Saturday!
Buster,
I hope you try to make it to the meet-up....I'd love to meet you!!
Bernadine
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i'm here at work (oops smelly old shoes.
tonight i'm off to the store for some new shoes!
It may not just be your shoes.....
My Ex hubby used to have that problem. His feet would get wet....and WHEW!!!
Dr. Scholls Medicated Foot Powder eliminated that problem. I thank you, Dr. Scholls!!!!
hello, ive been disfellowshipped for being with my boyfriend who is a witness also, i'm sad and dont know what to do now, so ive been looking around for answers, and found this site.
i don't want to go back because the people i thought i loved, the fellow brothers and sisters , didnt seem to care when i was having problems, and i wondered where the "love" was in the organization.
so there is my problem.
WELCOME!
I felt exactly as you did....once. I now know that life does go on and it does get better. I hope you find some comfort here.
just out of curiosity, now that it's been 6 weeks since we had our visit from the elders..... how many of us have been called on by the elders??
what have been the results of the visit?.
love, scully
Wednesday,
Yes, sneaky indeed! I almost felt as though I was being stalked and harassed during my weakest moments....how dare they!!! I am still not sure how they found out I was there and that I was once associated with the JW's.
i was reading something bout bashing the org unfairly...i disagree with doing it to a degree but did you get an unfair bashing by jws after you left?
i was accused of marrying a sister (who i helped to leave at the same time as me), she was twice my senoir and had sons the same age as me...pure lies and gossip.
and i was accused of smoking some drug, and thats why i disassed.
Hell yes!!!! It really shocked me back then.....now I'm not suprised.
i'm a deskside support guy working for a service company, at one of their contracts.
i enjoy fixing things, although some of the customers could use a good knock on the skull sometimes.. i make pretty decent money for what i am doing.. for me, it's what i've wanted to do my whole life.
i had a computer from the time i was born, and love it since then.. what do you guys do to bring home the bacon?.
I work in the reception area for our county's Parole & Probation department. I have numerous duties...too much to list. Basically, I'm the one the clients see first before they meet with their PO's. I am also a back-up for the Intake Officer, in which I check for warrants and assign cases to the appropriate P/P Officer according to the client's crime and then I take their "mug" shots. I really like my job, and the pay/benefits are decent. My co-workers are great and a very fun bunch of people. The clients are not the most positive people to be around, but I have more compassion for people since I've worked with Community Corrections. I have learned that a lot of these folks have just made some very bad choices in their life.
I am also currently going to school for Drug and Alcohol Counseling. I hope to be a Counselor/Probation & Parole Officer in the future. I have a lot of support at work, so hopefully this materializes for me.
just out of curiosity, now that it's been 6 weeks since we had our visit from the elders..... how many of us have been called on by the elders??
what have been the results of the visit?.
love, scully
I faded away in 1999 and have never been contacted by the elders, until..........
This last week when I was at the hospital, on my second day there, I got a phone call from an elder of the local congregation from the town I was in. I have never heard of this elder nor have I ever known a JW from that town! I haven't got a clue where he got my name and how he knew that I was once associated with the JW's. I was so way out of it, that when he asked if he could stop by I said YES!!!
I later realized what I had said so I requested the nurse to not allow visitors unless they were family members or my co-workers. She happily agreed and put a "Stop, See Nurse Before Entering" sign up on my door. This elder continued to stop by twice a day, and every time the nurse told him the same thing....I wasn't up to visitors whom I didn't know. He even brought in a lady with him one day. Fortunately, as she was walking in my room calling out my name (as if she knew me!), the nurse stopped her dead in her tracks and asked her to leave. I was so annoyed at their persistance! At one point, my nurse told me they were sitting in the waiting area and watched as she left my room. The nerve to keep coming around when I was so ill and unable to communicate well after being told I was not up to having visitors. This kind of creeped me out!
It makes me wonder why after all these years, they find me during my weakest moments and start to harass me. Perhaps they wanted to snoop and see if I was taking a blood transfusion? I don't know.....but I found it very very strange!
as witnesses, we were admonished to never look at horoscopes because they are demonic.
many jw's that i knew of would not even look at a fortune cookie because they could be "demonized".
i read my gemini everyday.
Soledad...LOL!!!!
My thought exactly......
as witnesses, we were admonished to never look at horoscopes because they are demonic.
many jw's that i knew of would not even look at a fortune cookie because they could be "demonized".
i read my gemini everyday.
I'm a GEMINI
Born June 18, 1966. This is pretty scary.....my birthday has 6's all over it!!!
I wonder if this means anything?
this last week has been very freaky for me.
last saturday i went to bed feeling just fine.
i woke up sunday morning with a very high fever, chills, headache, sick to my stomach, and i couldn't really stand up.
Sorry for not responding quicker....I have been away from the computer and just taking it easy with my kids.
Thank you all for your support...it means a lot to me. I feel so much better and back to normal. It's amazing thinking back at how sick I was, and now I feel as if I am almost fully recovered.
It was very scary for me. I just can't get over how quickly the bacteria can take over if not caught on time. I am very lucky and am so grateful for seeing my kids again!
Again, thank you so much for your kind words. My Mom is going to spend next week with me, although I don't think it is necessary. I feel so much better that I am planning to go back to work on Tuesday. I'll see how it goes.
Bernadine
