Mamacat

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  I know it's early, but HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY...

  by Tatiana in

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  ...i have to work tomorrow.

  so, to all the mother's and mr. mom's out there...happy mother's day.. http://wickedmoon.com/mothersday_heyma.php?k=702905.

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  Mamacat

  Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there!
  
  Today, I was in Kmart with my youngest son looking for a birthday gift for a friend's son, and these two teenage boys came up and wished me a Happy Mother's Day! They were going around the store saying it to all the women who had kids with them! I thought it was sweet. My husband had to leave this morning for a business trip, so we did Mother's Day on Saturday.
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  Last JW meeting

  by greendawn in

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  when you finally came to the jw meeting that you knew was your last one, what were your thoughts, feelings or actions?

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  my last was the summer convent of 1986. i stood there until everyone left and then i took a picture with my new camera of the empty stadium, the wish being that the wts would collapse and never fill up again stadiums with people.

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  I don't remember the last meeting. I know it was around July 1993. I was 17. I had been slowly winning the battle with my mom over having to attend...and then one day she stopped harping on me about it, so I didn't go again. I do remember going to the District Convention that June and skipping out on the last day to hang out with some friends.
  
  Well, I went to the memorial in 1996. I don't remember anything about the talk...but I remember what I wore. That was the last time I've ever wore a dress. I had my then one-year-old son with me, and everyone kept coming up to tell me how cute he was.
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  Compiling List-Trivial Items People Are Counseled Against

  by love2Bworldly in

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  i hope this is not a repeat of past threads and i hope to get a lot of response.

  i am compiling info of how people are treated within the wts.

  i just read the post about a person being counseled for having baby shower games.

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  I was told my hair was too short (it was just below my ears). The elder told me this was a wordly sign of lesbianism.
  
  I was also counseled for eating lunch at a District Assembly with a mixed group of boys and girls as a teenager. We were told we should be eating with our families instead of socializing. It ended up getting blown out of proportion and twisted when it got back to the elders at our hall. They seemed to think it was just me and 6 or 7 boys!
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  Were you allowed to play sports?

  by love11 in

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  i was never allowed to play sports, because it would be too much association with worldly people.

  no skating, dance class, racquet ball, softball, nothing.

  in my kingdom hall, only the "spiritually weak" played sports.

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  No sports for me. My mom let me try out for soccer in 9th grade, and I made the team. Then, she said I couldn't play, and my dad didn't help me. The only things I was allowed to be a part of in school was the honor society and S.A.D.D.
  
  I don't recall any of the other kids in our congregation playing sports either.
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  What are some weird things that you do?

  by love11 in

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  everyone has their own idiosyncrises, mine is- .

  when i get a new book, i'll open it up to the middle of the book and stick my nose in the binding for about ten seconds, and smell how the glue, ink, and fresh paper smell.

  ahhhh i love that smell.

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  I sort M&M's and Skittles too and eat them in color order. I wish there was the same number of each color in the bag, but that never happens.
  
  I hang up clothes in the closet in rainbow color order red through purple, then white, grey, black.
  
  I unroll foods like the little debbie cakes...boston creme rolls and the devil rolls, and then I eat them that flat.
  
  I'm sure there are more, but those are all I have been outed on and realize. lol
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  If you have an ACCENT how are you treated?

  by ChrisVance in

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  i have lived in mexico for almost two years.

  i have always been fascinated by languages so when i retired from the state of washington at age 50 and had the opportunity so go to college i majored in spanish.

  i didn't go to college when i was young for the usual dub reason.

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  Oh no Chris :( I am sorry about your thesis. I am sure you spent a lot of time on it, and that just sucks! I hope you can get credit for it.
  
  I don't have an accent except on a few words. I grew up in Baltimore, and it took me a long time to realize that nobody actually pronounces the name of the city like "Bawlmer" except those that live there. My parents are from the applachians, and my mom says "Worsh" instead of "wash" and "orange" as one syllable instead of two. I did too until I got teased for it, so I've fixed it over time. The one word I can't say at all: roof. I just refuse to say it because either way I pronounce it, I get funny looks.
  
  I talked to a friend on the phone I met online who lives in Texas, and I honestly could not understand half of what she was saying. I really tried too, and I think I offended her. :( When I lived in Germany, we got cable stations from the UK...it took me a while to figure what was being said..especially if they talked fast.
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  Has any wife hosted a party and her husband got all the credit?

  by codeblue in

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  how did that make you feel?

  could you believe how "invisible you were made to feel" after you did most of the work, and received no recognition or appreciation?

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  Ugh Codeblue, that stinks :( I hope he makes it up to you...I've had that happen with my ex. He'd invite people over...I'd cook and clean up everything, and they would thank him for the evening.
  
  Aude...that reminds me of when my husband and I go out to dinner. He doesn't have a check card to our joint account...the card we have only has my name on it. About half the time, when they bring back the charge slip to be signed, they will hand it to him. My first name is only a girls' name...but I know it is just a case of habit to assume the man is paying.
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  Demons and the World's Largest Garage Sale, eBay!

  by VM44 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  remember the watchtower and awake!

  used to print articles with experiences of how people bought items at garage and yard sales, and after bringing them home, were bothered by unseen spirits or demons?.

  well, what is the world's largest garage sale in existence?.

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  LOL!
  
  My husband is going on a business trip, and we needed a medium-sized suitcase. I found one at the Salvation Army last week in new condition for $5. So much better than paying $20 or more for one. I'd never been in there, and a friend took me along to look.
  
  Anyway, I told my JW mom about the suitcase, and she said "I'd never shop from there. You don't know who used to own it. It could be possessed." I couldn't help it...I just started laughing at her. I told her I'd take that chance, and she quickly changed the subject. Maybe she realized how silly she sounded.
  
  She's never reacted like that to anything I bought off of Ebay though. She's even had me buy a few computer related things with my paypal account (she won't set one up) for her. I guess they aren't pushing the idea that Ebay is bad in dubland.
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  Car Wash Con Trick

  by Englishman in

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  2. friends

  just recently, i've been taking hl's car down to the car wash and giving it "the works".. that's multi-coloured foam, wheel wash, hand wash, screen wash, under wash, under protection and finally, dry and then hot wax!

  all for 6.80. whoo hoo!.

  hmm..the hot wax certainly does make it gleam, i thought.

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  I worked at McDonald's in high school. There was a young male cashier who would add to the total. Not on simple orders like one of the combo meals, but when people ordered several different things or on a big order. A few people over time complained, and my manager sat in the office with a calculator and a headset. He added up the orders and listened to what this guy said was the total...he was skimming 50 cents to a dollar on each one. When the manager confronted him, his pocket was full of change, and he confessed.
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  Toddlers

  by JW83 in

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  hi, does anyone have tips on how to get a 2yo to dress herself or let me dress her in the morning when i am in a hurry & her dad has left her shoes at her grandmother's, and we are late, and my thesis is due in 3 days, without completely losing it?!!

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  Mamacat

  I don't know if it would make any difference, but I let my 3-year-old son pick out his clothes...well just his shirts as he doesn't care what pants he wears. I give him a choice of two different ones, he decides, and then puts it on. It doesn't always go smoothly though, but it is getting a little better. Luckily, since I stay home with him, we rarely are in a hurry to get somewhere.
  
  Hang in there! Toddlers are trying!