Happy Star Wars Day to all...
I have had the Imperial March as a ring tone for Mom...for a while now as it seems appropriate for her 'shepherding calls'
I will be adding "I am your father" that I just found on Android market for Daddy, at least for today!!
thanks to all for this thread it has made me smile
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i recently informed my wife of 25 years (the love of my life) that i just cannot go on any longer with this facade.
My hubby started his fade a while back and didn't push me...he would make comments from time to time that would make me think even when they made me mad, and when I was leaving for the meetings he would be 'busy working and can't go tonight’ or something of the like. He focused on our family, just the 3 of us, especially when our parents were giving me a hard time about missing meetings...he made time to show how much he cared for us and we started doing family things to replace meetings. It was the best thing for me…I was still not going to ‘leave’ but I was not one to go with the kid and leave him at home, meeting stopped being enjoyable…I got tired of everyone asking where he was and how he was doing, and if there was anything that they could do to help (him) it got old, especially when I was the one there with a toddler by myself…what about how I was doing. It finally was the end for me when an older sister told me I still wasn’t doing enough. If you go a bit slower perhaps she will come to your side in time…I wish you the best.
if I was trying to make the point that he had a happy fulfilled life as a JW then I would have made him smile more!!
last night, i watched an r rated movie that featured violence.
at least 30 people were shot in the first 45 min of the movie.. while i was in and an elder, i watched r rated movies all the time just didn't talk about it.
so how many of you watched r rated movies even though "mother" said not to?.
wow empty inside...were we in the same congregation...I remember several conversations about PG-13 having questionable content. my favorite though was a mom that was irritated at me for letting her kids watch the disney princess and the frog movie while they were over playing with my son. "that's so demonic...I didn't buy that one" this from the person that was calling me wierd for not wanting to watch harry potter with their "ENTIRE" family.
and yes I watched R rated movies, just not in the theater, I was told to set a good example as I was a Pioneer...I can only imagine with Netflix and blockbuster online and never going to a store how many watch what they want under the radar.
Yes, I went, and drug hubby and the munchkin. Had to keep shushing the little one and felt bad about threatening him, as he was being quite good for a toddler just not as quiet as the regulars. My skirt was just to my knee, hubby was happy with that, and we met some friends at their hall with the offer of dinner out together. All 3 of us looked forward to that. The talk was given by a brother that we knew, and he is a good speaker, but yes it was the same old thing. The brother passing our emblems gave me a look when I handed the plate across hubby to avoid the baby...like it was not the wife's place to bypass the husbands opportunity to touch the precious plate, he didn't seem to mind when I did the same with the wine...perhaps the carpet was new?
At dinner a comment was made about it being “the best memorial talk ever” I was preparing to kick hubby if he dared to make a smart remark but found myself surprised to hear it coming from these two...as younger girls they always made fun of the older ones making comments like that. Maybe it was for me as they know “I'm weak” and Maybe they thought it would be encouraging for me...Maybe next year I'll be able to stay home and not have to put on the show for the family.
hi, i'm not new here, been lurking forever, just a new poster.
i was a jw for 25 years, did it all,been out now for 7 years, for the most part have healed pretty good.....but some things can't seem to shake.
the thing i'm most regretful of is raising my children in that cult, if i could just re-do that, i think i could be totally over the trauma of the 25 years i was in.
welcome...from another new poster
u2b
she's 77 and both mum and dad have been witnesses for nearly 30 years.
they've been pretty hardline in their time but just recently things have changed.
today, to my joy, mum wanted to celebrate her birthday so i bought her a big bunch of flowers and a box of chocolates (yeah i know, not very imaginative) and intend to take them out to lunch tomorrow when i've got more time.
I am thrilled for your family!!
i hate assemblies.
i can't stand the contrived, rehearsed, robotic sound of the interviews and experiences.
i can't stand the repeated references to the fds, and i especially can't stand the college education bashing that seems to be thrown in there in just about every other talk.. here's my assesment of the assembly:.
oh goodie!! makes me dread it even more...have to go to save face with the parental units, thought I was getting out if it but now mom wants to go with...I can't even think about the impending weekend without the start of a panic attack. when I think about seeing people i know and having to answer all the 'where have you been?' and 'Missed you" fake interest...i need a drink!
we've all known those fanatical witnesses who are guilty of pdf (public display of faith) and always have to make a big song and dance to the whole world and let everyone and their dog know they're a faithful witness of jay hoover!.
1) when my mother first came in 'da troooof' this wacky, over zealous 'sister' was studying with her - you know the type.
this woman was one of those not so subtle individuals who would always talk loud in conversation and say the name jehovah a million times even when the conversation could have been about basketball.
as a child there was an older brother in our bookstudy, in his 80's and out every saturday, always talked about his boxing as a youth and that explained A LOT about his mental issues late in life. he would strike up a conversation with the HH and when it came to offer the mags. he would reach in his bag and pull out a stack sometimes 3 inches thick and fan them out...usually on the hood or trunk of the car in the carport...'just pick out whatcha like they all got good stuff in them' this would follow with assorded suggestions and descriptions. On more than one time I looked at the stack to see many in yellow'd status with dates prior to my birth...and yes he usually had several 'placements' at each house...I'm sure they all went in the trash after closing the door.
here's mine :.
back in the early 90's we went to the sunday talk and wt study.. lo and behold, a friend from the 70's who was df'ed ( he had just been reinstated) was there along with his parents.
i had no idea that they would have been there.. one of my kids was getting sick, so my wife and i were up-down the entire meeting walking him around.
mine was Field Service...well break during, I was taken aside by the PO's wife and told I was doing just enough to make my toddler hate Jehovah and the meetings, and to be even more rude added that I hadn't been to enough meetings to be going out in service...and this was when I was active but due to illness and family issues had missed several in the past few weeks, Why I had been missing meetings was never asked. until this day I had always liked FS, a nice way to get to know others since most of the time you spent collecting 'not at homes'... after that I took the group back to their cars and went home, so much for caring about the ‘flock’.
