hopfully many of the older ones do.
since our move to wild's of pa many things have happen to my wife and i. our donut business went out the window.
we closed it last july.
ADD-It is so good to learn that you and your wife are happy and well. Sorry about your donut business, though. Being a master gardener is wonderful! Congrats on that new endeavor. You must be treating your kitty right to still have him/her. Could you let me know where in the PA Wilds you are? I'm not far from them.
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this past saturday, i was watching the georgetown/syracuse game, and a nike commercial was played during one of the breaks.
i couldn't locate the exact commercial, but below is a variation of it that has scenes from the same one that aired on saturday.
man did i feel some heavy resentment towards the wt during and especially after the commercial aired.
Roberta-That is so very sad! To have such promise in a sport and have it ripped away! Ice skating was a salvation for me too, I skated every time I had the opportunity, the outside rinks were free where I lived. I wasn't good, but I loved it. My brain made up fantasies that I was good enough for the olympics...To have been of competing calibre and to be denied, how horrible and depressing that must have been and still is. So very, very sorry.
so my husband (who was never a jw) saw a christian bumper sticker today and asked me if the witnesses have any.
i said no (not that i know of anyway) so here are a few he came up with.. 'honk if you're a zombie'.
'my other car is noah's ark'.
JWRU12-I know someone who has this as a vanity license plate.
this past saturday, i was watching the georgetown/syracuse game, and a nike commercial was played during one of the breaks.
i couldn't locate the exact commercial, but below is a variation of it that has scenes from the same one that aired on saturday.
man did i feel some heavy resentment towards the wt during and especially after the commercial aired.
I was asked to be on the track team after running timed sprints in gym class...I didn't even bother to ask my parents, I knew what the answer would be. Being a cheerleader would have seemed like heaven to me, as well as taking the SATs...I knew what the answers to those queries would be too. I was stupidly obedient to my parents.
i'm a born in, baptized as a young teenager, whole family is jw.
i just recently woke up after the new understanding of the fds was announced and it seemed to me to smack of power-grabbing.
i started looking at all the websites we're not supposed to, and now i know why.
Let me add a welcome too! I'm in the same boat as you, my hubby wasn't a gung-ho JW either, but became one when I abruptly stopped going to meetings. It is annoying to say the least. However, he does occasionally agree with me on select points brought into general conversation...so I do have some hope for him.
Wishing you the best, maybe his redoubling efforts won't last long and he will forget about everything.
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i have been lurking here for about a month or two.
it is really awesome to read so many similar experiences.. for example, when i was still 'in' i wondered if i was the only one in the hall that really hated the meetings.
Welcome! I enjoyed your post and the questions you were asking yourself while 'in'.
just a (slightly) quick introduction for now.
i am a 4th generation born in.
father an elder since i was an infant.
Welcome MoS-Enjoyed your introduction.
on friday the 1st of march, i went to my cousins 21st birthday celebration - she has never been a jw.
my other cousins (twins) were introduced by my mother to the faith over 20 years ago (they are now 38) and got baptised when they were about 19. they both weren't that "strong" in the faith and married "worldly partners" and stopped going to meetings.. they knew i had left and i presumed they knew i was disfellowshipped for apostacy.. at the party the one twin came over to me and we chatted about life etc and she says "oh carl is going to start studying" - i looked at her a little odd and asked what it was as he already had a financial degree.
"no silly, he is going to study the truth" my face must have been a picture and in a very high voiced squeaked why would he ever consider that, he is an intellecutal guy....... she continued about how the people had changed and were so much better than when we were younger.
LouBelle-How sad for you, to lose your cousin again. So sorry!
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me - me - me!!!.
just lois.
Sitting here having coffee, waiting for hubby to get back from D2D so we can go out for lunch when he gets home. This will probably be his only time out this month, getting it over with early...at least I hope so. It is wonderful to not have to race around early in the morning, in a groggy state, trying to get to the FS meeting on time. The FS meeting here is at 9:00 AM, the poor householders are not even up and dressed at that hour, especially in the cold winter weather.
i am the organizer of the chandler, az ex-jw meetup group.
last year our group organized a "shun run".
nine of us walked and ran to bring attention to the issue of shunning.
rawe-Have you thought of calling local news outlets in the area prior to the event? There are probably boat-loads of Mormons, as well as JW's, that would show up, plus you just might get televised publicity.
