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  Name some silly things you couldn't do as a witness

  by sweet tee in

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  put your hand on your hips.

  switch when you walk.

  do popular dances where you shake yo money maker.

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  Mamacat

  Couldn't donate to the Red Cross.
  
  Once, our school wanted everyone to donate at least a dollar to them for some flooding around the Mississippi. We would get a flower for making the donation. My mom forbade me to give anything because they support blood tranfusions.
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  Ruined marriages

  by greendawn in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i just wish to know does the wts have a deliberate policy of splitting married couples if one of the spouses leaves the org even if adultery is not involved?

  do they at least indirectly encourage this to happen?

  and if yes is this a fairly recent policy?

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  Mamacat

  My mom has been baptized for over 20 years, and my dad is a non-JW. He has went to a grand total of two meetings, both about 5 years ago. I don't remember there was ever anyone trying to break them up, and my dad was staunchly opposed for many years. He would try to keep my mom from going to meetings, and sometimes he suceeded. He would hide the car keys, take the phone off the wall, etc.
  
  However, I do remember the elders wanted to come over a few times and have a family meeting with us and requested my dad to be present. Daddy wouldn't agree to it, though. He used to complain about how much time my mom spent at the meetings, but now she pioneers, so I guess he just lets her do what she wants.
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  Name some silly things you couldn't do as a witness

  by sweet tee in

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  put your hand on your hips.

  switch when you walk.

  do popular dances where you shake yo money maker.

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  Mamacat

  As a kid, I couldn't wear a shirt with writing on it or own any thing with a character on it. My mom got this in her head (a little after the Smurf thing) and went out and bought me plain folders to use for school...She trashed my Strawberry Shortcake ones! She said it was idolizing a character.
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  Name some silly things you couldn't do as a witness

  by sweet tee in

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  put your hand on your hips.

  switch when you walk.

  do popular dances where you shake yo money maker.

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  Mamacat

  I remember, at a circuit assembly, there was a whole talk about not saying certain phrases, including "hang in there." The brother said that if you were just "hanging in" you weren't secure...or something screwy like that. I was sitting there like WTF, but of course, my mom took it as the word of God.
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  I BEAT THE SPEEDING TICKET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  by zman in

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  2. friends

  thanks to all who responded to my thread last month!

  i had been busted for 79 in a 65 this ticket made ten in three states so i decided to fight it.

  with your help i had planned out a masterful defense that would have got charles manson off.

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  Mamacat

  Way to go, zman!
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  Have you made "true friends" over the internet?

  by JH in

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  let it be this forum or any other, have you made "true friends" over the internet?.

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  Mamacat

  I met the man who is now my husband on the internet in 1999. I also have some good friends I have talked to for years on a message board. Then, I recently met some great moms to hang out with on meetup.com.
  
  It is tons easier for me to get to know someone on the computer and start talking to them than in person.
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  Debased Lyrics

  by diamondblue1974 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  yes i know its a music thread and it might get posted elsewhere....but what are your favourite lyrics from the jw proverbial list of banned music...one of mine personally is the following:-.

  these are the days of the beggars and the choosers.

  this is the year of the hungry man.

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  Mamacat

  I heard this one today on the radio for the first time in years. My mom told me it was a song sung by the devil. lol
  
  Danzig: Mother
  
  Mother
  Tell your children not to walk my way
  Tell your children not to hear my words
  What they mean
  What they say
  Mother
  
  Mother
  Can you keep them in the dark for life
  Can you hide them from the waiting world
  Oh mother
  
  Father
  Gonna take your daughter out tonight
  Gonna show her my world
  Oh father
  
  Not about to see your light
  But if you wanna find hell with me
  I can show you what it's like
  Till you're bleeding
  
  Not about to see your light
  And if you wanna find hell with me
  I can show you what it's
  
  Mother
  Tell your children NOT to hold my hand
  Tell your children not to understand
  Oh mother
  
  Father
  Do you wanna bang heads with me
  Do you wanna feel everything
  Oh father
  
  Not about to see your light
  And if you wanna find hell with me
  I can show you what it's like
  Till you're bleeding
  
  Not about to see your light
  And if you wanna find hell with me
  I can show you what it's
  Yeah
  
  Not about to see your light
  But if you wanna find hell with me
  I can show you what it's like
  Till you're bleeding
  
  Not about to see your light
  And if you wanna find hell with me
  I can show you what it's like
  Mother
  Yeah
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  Update on whyamihere and the little guy

  by HadEnuf in

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  good news.

  whyamihere and my son's little guy will be coming home from the hospital (hopefully) later this afternoon.

  he has regained 2 lbs.

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  Mamacat

  Yay! I am glad to hear Brooke's son is on the mend. I hope he continues to improve quickly!
  
  My little guy had pnuemonia last month, and he was so not happy with the IV they gave him.
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  who remembers their first day at school

  by tijkmo in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i remember mine...it was in the days when all pupils gathered daily for a service to start the day even though it was not a religious school...anyway my sister had started the same school the previous year and my parents had informed the school that she would not be attending the daily service..not a problem..except for some reason they assumed that because i was the same surname the school would make the connection that i wasnt to go into service...but they didnt and so i found myself right at the front of the hall on my first day not even 5 years old in my new blazer and short trousers with all the other pupils behind me knowing i shouldnt be there..so i started crying..and first my teacher came to see what was wrong but quickly got frustrated because i couldnt explain myself..so she smacked me for crying and kept smacking me to get me to stop crying and then got the headmistress to smack me to get me to stop crying until eventually time was up and they had to cancel the service.....result...still loved school though...tijkmo

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  Mamacat

  I remember my mom didn't want to leave...she kept hanging around. Finally, I told her she could leave, and she burst into tears! She used to tell me how bored she was all day too when I was at school. I think that was the first time my mom had even left me anywhere. I never had a babysitter when I was little, not even family.
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  JW Mother Mourns Pope's Death

  by homme perdu in

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  2. beliefs

  i was surprised to discover how my mother felt about the passing of the pope.

  she mentioned even though he is different (regarding religion) he is still human and death is always something painful.

  i overheard her discussion with my grandfather and she said he did good things and jehovah can grant him resurrection.

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  Mamacat

  My mom was complaining about how the news is all centered on his death and will be for the next few weeks.
  
  I told her it's sad when anyone dies, and she didn't agree that applied to the Pope.
  
  I'm glad your mom has common human decency and compassion.