i see that this board/forum has many serious, and what i consider to be meritous posters, that can usually be found dispelling the wtbts shyte.
since my foul arrival here in may, i have read and taken in volumes of great information from this site and it's links, which would have proved (and are) extremely helpful, and valuable to me had i felt the need for justification in my decision to leave the borg in the first place.
i saw the holes, the self preservative techniques, the speculations, the stupid protocols, the 'prophecies' that had outlived their shelf lives, and simply walked away, never really having looked back, always having felt justified because it just didn't feel right to me.
Naebs hon - do you go around sniffing ducks? (place mental pic here) If so, do ducks smell different than other ducks? And what DOES a duck smell like?
Hmmm, perhaps you have uncovered a fetish for the feathered kind that quacks.
Btw... Naebs... get the story done on the canadian taliban. I will haunt you
Bad seed - Hope to see you around. Don't be a stranger.
hugs to both,
Mimilly
if...... you had to choose just one to have for the rest of your life, which would it be?
affection or sex?
by affection here i mean snuggling, kissing, hand holding, all the little things.
I NEVER, in my wildest dreams thought there would be such a response to this thread! Wow! Yet I see a few trying to combine the choice.
Comf asked, 'eating or breathing'. Nope, not same question.
Case in point - What if you are happily living with a significant other for a number of years and leaving them is not an option. What if due to age, medication etc, they lost the need and want of sex, but was still affectionate? OR - What if they had an accident with a brain injury that left them incapable of affection as before, but accepted sex?
Moe hon - no, I don't mean the mushy kind
Keep on keepin on.....
Mimilly
well, in between my last post on corporate brainwashing an hour or so ago and now, i just managed to get myself a new role within the charity that i work with on a daily basis (http://www.selfdirection.org).
although not full time, i am upto 26hrs p/w.
my job title is enabler and trainer for individuals with severe handicaps and/or severe learning difficulties.
Sing on Celtic Mark - and mighty big congratulations.
hugs,
Mimilly
wear your love like heaven (wear your love like).
wear your love like heaven (wear your love like).
wear your love like heaven (wear your love).
ummmm ok, I'll bite - WHERE are the picies? I've looked, and I wanna see em!
Help!
Mimilly
i remember years ago after giving a public talk, the sister who was playing the piano had to rush to the front of the hall to get ready to play the opening song for the watchtower study.
what she didn't realize was that her dress was neatly tucked in to her pantyhose for all to see,since she had just come out of the bathroom.
the attendant was trying to literally run behind her to tell her of what she was exposing, but couldn't keep up with her.
This has nothing to do with the kingdumb hall, but it WAS the funniest thing I've ever seen.
Hubby #1 and I were entertaining an elder and his wife (during good times) one day. Our girls were 3 and 1.5yrs old, and they were upstairs. Hubby was talking to our guests and I was watching a certain cloud creep into the livingroom. Although I pretended to be listening, I was searching my brain for what that cloud could be and FLASH! I excused myself and ran upstairs. As I reached the top of the stairs and turned to the girls' room, I saw Beth, holding a monster sized baby powder container and when I looked at Shelene (1.5yr old), all I saw were two blue eyes) Beth had dumped the entire contents over her sister. This still isn't the funniest part, mind you it took forever to clean up Shelene and forever and a day to get the powder off the hardwood floors all over the house.
The baby powder set off the smoke alarms, which, in the PMQs (military family housing) are attached right into the electrical system. Hubby and I spent a LONG day fanning the darned things cos they kept going off. We stayed up late and watched a movie. Around midnight (the elder and his wife occasion was in the morning), the smoke alarms had been silent for just over an hour and we were beat, and thought it safe to go to bed, and we did.
2am. Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep! Amazingly the girls didn't wake up, but as I started to roll out of bed to fan yet another smoke alarm, hubby groggily sat up (so I layed down) and instead of going to the smoke alarm, he went to the alarm clock and sat on the bed with this thing on his lap - pushing all the buttons with the confused face of 'why won't this thing go off?' Well, when he realized it was the smoke alarm again, he walked into the hall with a large book and smacked the thing right off the ceiling. I was nearly pissing myself laughing in bed but didn't DARE let him know I was awake. LOL.
When the repairman came he looked at me and said - "you know, all you had to do was turn the breaker off" to which I replied, "you don't know my husband".
I still go into tears when I remember the look on his face with the clock on his lap pushing buttons. And I still laugh when I remember Beth being caught turning Shelene into a blue-eyed snowgirl. By far, it was the funniest and irritating day of my life.
Mimilly of the still giggling class
IF not for you Simon - all us wonderful people would not have a cyber home. You've allowed it to be a safe place. After all we all have been through - this site the calm in the storm.
hugs and love to you and your family -
Mimilly
ok...3 days ago, i found out that i was going to be a father!!
good new right?
well then she says that she is considering having an abortion...which i am totally against....so we discussed it...then she started to think that she might have the child....so she talked it over with her twin sister...and she told her to get the abortion...now she says she wants the abortion...now i am upset...not onlly does she want the abortion...but she wants me to pay for the entire thing...so not only am i going to be terminating a developing life...but i have to pay for it????
Sex is for procreation. NO birth control is 100% effective. If one doesn't want a baby in their life or can't handle one at the time - they shouldn't have sex, plain and bloody simple. Abortions should be for people in danger of losing their life.
I was 16 when I found out I was pregnant. Lots of people tried to get me to abort. Nope. I was deemed a 'risk' pregnancy but delivered a 10lb baby girl who was the biggest and healthiest in the nursery. I've never regretted my decision.
My 19yr old daughter was 7 weeks pregnant and wanted the baby. Of course there are doubts and questions in the beginning. Unfortuneatly the fetus was in her fallopian tube, and she nearly bled to death. THAT's a reason to abort. There are also pregnancies caused by rapes.
I get incredibly annoyed at people who deem themselves responsible to have sex, but abort babies because it will interfere with their life. Lack of responsibility and selfishness.
Abortion is not contraception. There are too many people walking around who do not understand the consequences of their actions. And to the poster who said that pregnancy is a 'side affect' of having sex - get real. Sex is fun and fulfilling - but copulation by nature is intended to make babies.
Mimilly
a day for world outcry!.
it's time to end the suffering!.
join me sept 1 and 2 (labor day weekend 2002).
you said "we are responsible for our condition"
NO. If there is one scripture in the bible that is hard core truth - it's that time and unforeseen occurance befall us all.
I am not responsible for being raised by a psycho father who abused me in every way.
I find opposites in your plea. I know you mean well. Yet, when you mention Jehovah and then astral plane - well, it screams confused at best. You want to change a cult by this prayer and meditation etc. Not gonna happen. Cults do not change into mainstream religions that offer real spirituality. Then you mention getting rid of your own demons. You are speaking of two different rituals. Getting rid of your demons (JW), would require a purging or healing ceremony. I hope you learn to drop Jehovah. It is the imaginary god of a cult, and prayers would be a waste of time.
I do admire you for your intentions and efforts. Yet you say if this one time does not work - then you will walk away.
And we are not being inactive. Silentlambs is shining the light on the JW cult. Now THAT's action.
My hope for you is that YOU find some sort of peace out of your plea.
meaning well,
Mimilly
as most of you already know, the jehovah's witnesses are covering an article in their august kingdom ministry to be discussed the weeks of 8/19 and 8/26 which details how they are to shun and avoid those who are no longer members of their organization, even immediate family members.. .
undoubtedly this article has been written to reinforce to the rank&file jehovah's witnesses the shunning policy, so as to tighten the ranks and prevent members from having the opportunity to learn the abundant contradictions and hypocrisies found within watchtower doctrine and practice from any who may have left.. this policy also serves to divide families and attempt to shame or abuse those whom have chosen to no longer be jehovah's witnesses, for whatever reason.. that much is obvious.
in recent days this topic has been discussed in detail in various threads.
I was shunned for a long time on the basis of a rumor - no reproof or reprimand. After Dfing, I was isolated for 10 years. No friends and the 'family' I thought I had - all rejected me. I had already suffered rejection at the hands of many of my own family for disclosing the abuse I went through and I also lost two Junior High (and on) friends due to the effects of it all.
This site is one of the biggest sunbeams in my life. It's hard to explain to a person who hasn't researched the dubs or been there what it's like.
I had my husband, three children, mother (sometimes) and that was it. Hubby was too busy with legal crap from his X and his addictions; you don't go crying to your children; and mom has the attitude of just get over it. Ten years is a long time.
To find something positive about my situation, I had plenty of time to work on myself; therapy for the abuse I went through; raised my kids - but damn it was lonely until I found this site.
Mimilly
we are going to have an extensive article in the new york times this sunday.
there is an early addition that comes out in most cities around on saturday.
i encourage one and all to get your copy and do not miss the important piece of history.
Bill - and ALL the silentlambs and their supporters........ standing ovation! Our efforts have NOT been in vain and once a silentlamb starts to speak -
THERE'S NO STOPPING THE ROAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mimilly a silentlamb no more
