Thanks. I watched the short version. Couldn't take an hour of this drivel.
I was wanting to get a feel of the type of crap the wife will be getting over the coming weekend.
Gosh I hate this crap.
there's been a lot of talk on here about the crazy symposium at this spring's circuit assemblies, "stand firm against the devil's crafty acts.
" so, my wife and i decided to attend the assembly, or at least just this symposium anyway.
i recorded the whole symposium.. you can listen to the whole symposium (4 talks, >1 hour) here: http://www.watchtowerletters.com/media/devils_crafty_acts.mp3.
as most of you know my wife was feeling guilty about our pre-marital hanky panky so she got the elders involved and now i guess feels better about it all, yadda yadda yadda.. so now i've opened a previously closed door in our marriage- something i had done in the past with "worldly" girls i dated- but not her.. let's just say it's frowned upon in wt-land but for some reason she's been following me around like a puppy lately.
and she reciprocates.. wonder if she'll be too embarrassed to confess this one.
or too happy.
it has been awhile since i've posted anything, but i got this e-mail from someone who is on the edge of falling out of the borg due to mental stress.
i've attempted to verify the information, even called the united nations, but haven't gotten to a person who can say if this meeting happened.
my gut says this is a contrived experience with many details just not adding up...but you never know.
a few weeks ago, there was a thread started on jw funeral talks and how horrible they are, but what about those wedding talks?.
talks that has nothing to do with the couple itself, but an advertisement about how wonderful marriage in jehovahs organization is.
*eye roll * the worst is when they have to bring up sex in the marriage in a wedding talk *barf*.
sorry to name drop.
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here's a question: if i wrote a letter to any of the current governing body members, what chance would i have of receiving a personal reply?
cold north idaho.
i served as a ministerial servant here for 3 years.
not my car...but that *is* my ex-wife.
it's bad here.
the air is thick, gray and burnt.
my lungs ache.
today at the watchtower on young ones, i wrote a note in the margin during the study.
it was on the paragraph that said something to the affect of, how sad it would be for young ones to loose out so close to the end.
" i wrote "the carrot.
You are doing better than I did when I was in a similar situation with my wife years ago. I was always one who raised my voice whenever I was frustrated. Hard to stay calm. Anyway, keep doing what you are doing and stay calm and love her for the person she is in spite of the ORG. She may listen to you or she may not. She may leave the troof or stay. Mine stayed but we are doing pretty well in spite of the less than perfect marriage. I have seen this sort of thing escalate and it can rip couple apart. Be careful. I wish you the best. Nick
one of the more asinine practices of jws is to turn someone's funeral into a borg infomercial.
every single jw relative i've had who has passed away, had an infomercial funeral.
hardly anything was ever said about them as people, except of course in how they served the borg.. "sister x was a very pugnatious woman, even into her late 80's, as i'm sure her family can attest to.
i used to post here many years ago, back then there was a chat room.
it was good to talk to others instantly.
why has the chat room gone?