Posts by PinkPajamasx

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It's soooo hot!

by talesin in

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it's 27 degrees celsius today = about 35 in my flat, which is about 95 degf for the americans.. .

my friends in tx say it's been over 100 degf for about 2 months ... i don't have ac, but a fan on me .... .

how do you deal with the heat?.

I guess I'm lucky. I live a couple of miles from the beach and we stay mid 60's all summer. We get the occaional heatwave during the winter though. It only lasts a day or two. I live in Port Hueneme, CA

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Your baby has been stolen by the angels......

by watersprout in

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i just received this email...... please please stop by ......... boutique and have a go at our raffle??

some of the proceeds will be going to .......... for permature babies who are sadly stole away to be angels in the sky.. this angered me greatly!

babies stolen by angels???.

PinkPajamasx

I saw this post Watersprout and had to get to the nearest computer, I haven't figured out to post from my Iphone yet.

When my daughter passed, I was told all kinds of insensitive comments, "well God needed a beautiful flower for his garden" "at least you didn't get a chance to know her so she won't be missed as much" "you should get rid of all her stuff" the list can go on and on but the one that got me the most was when a woman asked me what was her name, I told her Allana and she said, "what a waste of a beautiful name" I didn't have the strength for an all out assault on the woman. To this day it still bothers me, 17 years and I can't get past it.

People should really think before they speak, especially when it comes to someone who is grieving...

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Hello, Hi and Heys! I'm new

by PinkPajamasx in

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hello everyone, i am not nor ever been a jw.. i'm a 40 year old mother of 2 and i am married to a wonderful man who serves as a naval chief in the united states navy.

we have been married 15 years and life is beautiful.

i knew a little about jehovah's witnesses until recently.

PinkPajamasx

Sorry I haven't responded in awhile though I have been on this forum daily. My computer crashed and was using my iPhone. Thanks all for the wonderful welcome and of course Mr. Falcon, YES!

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Hello, Hi and Heys! I'm new

by PinkPajamasx in

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hello everyone, i am not nor ever been a jw.. i'm a 40 year old mother of 2 and i am married to a wonderful man who serves as a naval chief in the united states navy.

we have been married 15 years and life is beautiful.

i knew a little about jehovah's witnesses until recently.

PinkPajamasx

A little about me,

I was raised in Long Beach, CA. I am Mexican/Apache/White/Cherokee lol. My father is from Tucson, AZ and mom is from Los Angeles, CA. I was raised to give praise to God everyday and to do what is right. I grew up a fighter and didn't let anyone put me down whether it was race issue or the way I looked. I was never a reckless teenager but did enjoy a few parties here and there. I always had self respect and respected others.

In 1995 I suffered a cerebral hemmoraghe and had brain surgery to repair. I also am an Epileptic since puberty. None of these things bring me down, only build me up. I am not a victim nor will I ever play one.

I have a huge heart and give to the needy whenever possible. I love my family, they're my life.

My husband is a naturalized American. He was born in the Philipines and came to the US at the age of 2. His mom was pregnant with his sister and had to leave her in the Philipines for 6 years of her life. When my hubby's sister came to the US she was told all she knew as a Catholic is a sham and the Pope is a bad person. You see while my in-laws first came here they didn't go to church until them DOOR KNOCKERS came around. My husband's whole life changed, no more parties or holidays and everything was worldly and wicked. Most of his teenage years was dressing in monkey suits and spreading their faith. He finally said he wasn't going anymore and of course his dad was angry but my husband stood his ground. It was until after the death of our child he started dabbling in JW worship again.

My sister in-law was accepted with a scholarship to attend UCIrvine where her parents said no. She got pregnant soon after and left the house for good. Now she's in a failing marriage with 4 kids. I blame her parents for that, she did what she had to do to get out of there. Her story is so heart-breaking and I'm afraid I'll start crying if I'm to type it out.

My hubby's lil brother is now a bi-polar schitzo. He did meth during puberty which changed the chemicals in his brain. I now know why he did drugs, to cope with that religion. While he was still a minor, we told his parents to seek help for him but they said Jehovah's Witnesses don't get outside help. Like the elders are quailified therapists. Now he's a major burden.

I have three babies one in spirit. My eldest is 16, SMART kid, handsome and very witty. I get go many comments on how respectable he is. My husband said he is only like that because I raised him that way. He loves his sports and friends and DOES NOT dabble in drugs or gangs like my hubby and brother in-law did. I show him love, real love not what an orginazation say real love is.

My babygirl is a doll. She's 8 and too smart for her own age. She loves volleyball and dammit, BOYS already. She's my long eye lashed beauty with a huge heart. She is a daddy's girl and getting one of the highest marks in her school .

I love my kids and yes, I do push them to be the best. That's my job lol.

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Hello, Hi and Heys! I'm new

by PinkPajamasx in

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hello everyone, i am not nor ever been a jw.. i'm a 40 year old mother of 2 and i am married to a wonderful man who serves as a naval chief in the united states navy.

we have been married 15 years and life is beautiful.

i knew a little about jehovah's witnesses until recently.

PinkPajamasx

Yes Snoozy

Thanks for having me

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Hello, Hi and Heys! I'm new

by PinkPajamasx in

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hello everyone, i am not nor ever been a jw.. i'm a 40 year old mother of 2 and i am married to a wonderful man who serves as a naval chief in the united states navy.

we have been married 15 years and life is beautiful.

i knew a little about jehovah's witnesses until recently.

PinkPajamasx

Thanks all, me being an outsider really appreciates all the input.

Skeeter- From day one my children were to be brought up like my childhood was, parties, holidays and the whole nine yards. They now know they are not to have say in my children's religion. Escpecially after my husband, their son told them that they wasted his childhood. I threw a huge 16th birthday for my son last November and had a DJ and all. The in-laws showed up with food but only after I told my husband it was ok. He initially told them to remember their rules, no birthday parties and they told him that his brother wanted to come. So, I look over at the DJ and see my mother in-law tapping her feet then gets up to ask the DJ to play some song by the Beatles. At a 16 year old party, the Beatles? lol, I thanked her a few days later and she said they were not there to celebrate but to eat only. I felt my blood pressure rise and I told her then she should not of been tapping her feet to the music and certainly never should of requested a song. To me that is celebrating.

They give my kids gifts or money two or three days after holidays and birthdays and say it's just because.

George- I know they are all for themselves and has to be the greediest and burdensome religion on the planet. Why do they use Government schools, financial aid and medi care if they are not part of this wicked world? I always wanted to ask a JW.

I'm happy I made a choice to post, thanks again all and stay blessed

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Hello, Hi and Heys! I'm new

by PinkPajamasx in

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hello everyone, i am not nor ever been a jw.. i'm a 40 year old mother of 2 and i am married to a wonderful man who serves as a naval chief in the united states navy.

we have been married 15 years and life is beautiful.

i knew a little about jehovah's witnesses until recently.

PinkPajamasx

ABibleStudent-he was never baptized. His parents didn't talk to him for 2 months after the initial confrontation on their religion. He knows that pain of being isolated because he grew up in "the truth" and knows never to question their doctrine.

Thank you Mrs Jones I read a lot of your replies to posts. They make me smile.

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Hello, Hi and Heys! I'm new

by PinkPajamasx in

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hello everyone, i am not nor ever been a jw.. i'm a 40 year old mother of 2 and i am married to a wonderful man who serves as a naval chief in the united states navy.

we have been married 15 years and life is beautiful.

i knew a little about jehovah's witnesses until recently.

PinkPajamasx

Thanks Snowbird

It's been a long battle but so happy to have a husband that respects me as an equal. For years I was told I am lesser then and would never be his equal. Thank God he now is finally coming to light about this. I once asked him a question about John 1:1 and he said I don't know the bible. I yelled at him and told him neither does he because the NWT book is distorted to fit the WT doctrine. He said I was right on that.

I hear him walking off calling his mom to question everything I show and tell him. Not questioning me but her. He yelled at her that he never knew the story of Lot and his daughters. It always turns into a shouting match over the phone and the last words she said about me is that I am putting a bad influence on him. He told her that he's seen it with his own eyes and I am there to verify it. She won't speak to me with that anger but calls me to conversate. She's very hesitant like she wants to say more.

I am happy to say the last conversation my mother in-law was asking my husband to find a church for her. I think it's a start and all the info we have shown her is putting a doubt about the JWs in her head...

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The most horrible,Nasty,Mean,Elder,CO,DO, You ever knew???

by karter in

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i had one (elder) who loved to pick on the sisters who had an unbeliveing mate......he had short mans syndrome and got a kick out of it.. co, han hubler...anyone that knew him will know what i mean.. he was so disliked it was hard to get anyone to have him for a meal when he visited..

PinkPajamasx

I'm not nor ever been a JW but my husband tells me about an elder that pulled him to the side and told him never to wear all black again. He said, "you look like a ninja" My husband is Filipino and I took it as a racist remark.

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Hello, Hi and Heys! I'm new

by PinkPajamasx in

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hello everyone, i am not nor ever been a jw.. i'm a 40 year old mother of 2 and i am married to a wonderful man who serves as a naval chief in the united states navy.

we have been married 15 years and life is beautiful.

i knew a little about jehovah's witnesses until recently.

PinkPajamasx

Hello everyone, I am not nor ever been a JW.

I'm a 40 year old mother of 2 and I am married to a wonderful man who serves as a Naval Chief in the United States Navy. We have been married 15 years and life is beautiful. I knew a little about Jehovah's Witnesses until recently. My in-laws are JWs and my hubby grew up one as well. My husband left for Afghanistan January 1st, 2010 and my in-laws have always been there for me but some things started to change. I honestly had a mental breakdown while my husband was deployed and went to see a Catholic Priest for some guidance. He started talking to me and asked if religion is in my life and I told him no because I do not believe all the Catholic Church wants me to believe. He asked if other religion or people putting their religious beliefs on me could be causing such heavy hearted feelings. I thought about it and YES, my in-laws were constantly leaving those Watchtower and Awake magazines around my house. They were also telling me to trust in Jehovah even if I don't call God that. They started telling me my horror stories are inviting evil spirits and I should stop watching them. They try to tell my children how to pray and leaving them text messages about doing Jehovah's will. What the heck is that? So all in all the priest told me to stand my ground and tell them to back off and I am responsible for my children's religious beliefs. This priest has a Masters in religion so I trust his advice.

For years I put up with b/s from in-laws. In 1993 my babygirl passed away from SIDS and a good friend of my family placed a beautiful solid gold rosary blessed by the Pope around my sweet Allana's hand. I caught my father in-law asking my husband while holding the coss, "what is this crap" and dropping it down on my baby's lifeless body. I told my father right away and my pops was watching from then on. My husband would torment me that my daughter wasn't with God and that she was in Haydes. I hated him so much back then.

My husband kinda had the same feelings towards JWs after so many years. On his recent deployment he spent numerous hours looking up what we now call a cult. I was doing the same and both of us didn't tell each other. What I found made me sick to my stomach. I shook my mental breakdown off and knew I was stronger then these people who follow a man made religion.

Ok, hubby is home now and we get to talking about it. Of course me loving the internet have found more dirt on that orginazation than he. I finally confronted my mother in-law. She said JW is only true religion yadda yadda yadda! For years, I had sat through them putting down Catholics and it was finally my turn. I asked her is Catholics are so bad then why do we build hospitals to treat all denominations? Why do we have charities to feed, clothe and house the poor? Why do we have schools to teach EVERYONE? Her response, "Jehovah Witnesses have a school in Long Beach, CA" I was like WTF! So I asked her, "me being Catholic, can I attend or my children attend that school" BOOOOOOM! Just silence!

I have so much more to say and I know i have taken up too much time and space, hehe.

BTW, I have been on this site for awhile as a scared lurker. I can't help but to have compassion for you all and have cried about some of your stories. I do love the wit and humor and I share with my husband.

Thanks for listening,

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