PaintedToeNail

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  Is unhappiness a reason for divorce ?

  by caliber in

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  here are some sample expressions i found on-line.

  my spouse is not abusive, mean, a bad person, an adulterer or any of those other labels.

  my spouse refuses to grow up.

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  How bizarre! I was just looking up 'marriage dissatisfaction', then switch to this site, and lo and behold this topic!

  I am unhappy in my marriage. I've changed so much and my spouse hasn't. It is very frustrating. The other week, he was angry that while he was at the Sunday meeting with the kids, I went to see the movie "Lincoln" by myself. He acted like a baby when he got home and I wasn't here. My son said he was looking all over for me and when he read my note, he told my son 'our family is falling apart'. My whole married life I have waited and waited and waited for him to acknowledge my existence. When I finally stop waiting, and start trying to live, he is upset. I know longer care one way or the other, and he is feeling frightened, and is clingy and annoying, with long overdue declarations of love...it no longer matters to me.
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  The privileged Bethel speakers and the rest of us Jamokes.

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  cicero,illinois 1970's.

  our four day assemblies in the 1970's through the 1980's were pure torture.. they were held at a horse race track in cicero,il in the smoking hot and humid month of july.

  they charged around $2 for parking.

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  blondie-I remember one of the GB dying at a convention. Not that long ago, maybe 10 years? Was he in Hawaii? Can't remember which one it was though.
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  DIY laundry soap

  by Satanus in

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  a search for the best laundry soap turned up that it was tide.

  tide is very expensive, though.

  baking soda.

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  scary21-Funny you mention Aldi's soap, that is what I am currently using, and it works good too. I couldn't find washing soda, so I haven't made any of the above recipe in a while. Now that the above recipe lists how to make washing soda, I'll make it eventually. But, in the mean time, Aldi's does have good detergent.
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  DIY laundry soap

  by Satanus in

  1. jw
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  a search for the best laundry soap turned up that it was tide.

  tide is very expensive, though.

  baking soda.

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  PaintedToeNail

  I've used this recipe. It makes a lot of detergent. It worked great in my front loading washer, minimal sudsing. It cleaned my clothes really well, I was impressed. We kept it in a big spackling bucket and transferred it to a laundry bottle as needed. You do need to stir the mixture up every time you transfer to the smaller bottle, as it settles. Also, give your laundry bottle a shake before pouring out the detergent, just to mix it back up again.
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  Mouthy needs a hug

  by carla in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi grace,.

  i'm sorry about your family not being around (seeloubelles christmas plann thread) so i thought we could give you hugs here!

  not the same but..... a merry christmas to you!

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  PaintedToeNail

  Red, Darling, Red! Is there any other color?
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  Mouthy needs a hug

  by carla in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi grace,.

  i'm sorry about your family not being around (seeloubelles christmas plann thread) so i thought we could give you hugs here!

  not the same but..... a merry christmas to you!

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  Remember the illustration of the jar filled with golf balls ?

  by troubled mind in

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  our co gave the illustration about a jar filled with golf balls ,pebbles and sand ......it was suppose to illustrate how if we put theocratic things first other things like family and entertainment will fit .

  blah , i like this explaination much better....... .

  a professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him.

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  I remember this illustration, but used with marbles. The 'brother' that was giving the talk actually used large marbles in a jar, he then added small marbles, but misjudged pouring them into the jar, the marbles rolled all over the stage and down into the audience. True Story. We all said that he lost his marbles...hiss, boo, hiss.
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  First time back to the king dumb hall in a year!

  by BreathoftheIndianNose in

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  hey everyone,.

  so it's been over a year and this saturday i'm going to the hall.

  can you help to prep me for what sort of emotions and feelings might come rushing in?

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  Be prepared to NOT sit in the family row, if they have one. You don't want to be invited to move out of the row in front of a bunch of self-righteous people.

  The wedding talk is tedious, boring and down right embarassing. My teenage son was totally turned off when he heard one this fall, which is a good thing.
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  Do Witnesses Ever Talk About Their Living Forever And Never Dying?

  by minimus in

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  my 86 year old mother stopped believing she was going into paradise earth without dying first, about 10 years ago.

  my aunt used to think she was going to make it through the great tribulation.

  even a week before she died, she clung on to this fairy tale.. do you think jws believe they will never die at all and will, in their lifetime, be on a paradise earth to live forever?.

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  My dad talked about getting into the Paradise by 'underground' recently. He was a true believer in 1975. He relocated his family across the country to save his brothers and sister from being destroyed in 1975...it is almost 40 years later and he is still gung ho, and broke, as he was never going to get old in this system.

  My husband sometimes brings up that he always expected to live forever with me by his side and he is now sad that I won't be there. I told him not to worry, as armeggedon isn't coming anytime soon, and I'll be dead long before then...and being dead, I'll qualify for resurrection since someone like King Solomon, who was given everything by divine intervention, extreme wealth, wisdom and women, and he turned apostate and led an entire nation away from serving Jah, was getting a resurrection...surely an inconsequential woman with no special blessings from god would be too.
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  Final prayer after fieldservice today.

  by El_Guapo in

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  2. beliefs

  hi guys,.

  i was asked to give final prayer today after the field service meeting.

  i asked for jah to bless and comfort the families of the newtown, ct massacre.

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  PaintedToeNail

  Unbelievable. True colors are showing, and it ain't pretty. Pray to convert them, but do not pray that they have comfort in the midst of immense heartbreak. Sick.