Ken,
That was an awesome post..I always enjoy reading your writings.
before you read the following.
i would like to explain that i in no way hold the jehovah's witness beliefs, so please read the complete thought to fully understand my point.
i looked at all these people that were elders, pioneers, and strong witnesses and figured i did not measure up.
Ken,
That was an awesome post..I always enjoy reading your writings.
hi everybody... i stumbled across this site in my travels and thought i'd say hi.
as mentioned in the subject my name is darren and i'm from melbourne australia.
i was born into the witnesses, the perfect little jw child.
Hi Darren...
Welcome and Congrats on your engagement. I also married a witness and was never accepted by his family. I converted became a witness, even pioneered and guess what...they still didn't like me.
You might possibly want to let your fiance' see some things on this board to kind of give her a feel for the witnesses.Just always assure her that it isn't her that they don't like. I know thats hard after being in the situation myself, I always felt that there was something wrong with me.
Good Luck to You Both!
PS...Now that I am divorced from the witness and no longer a witness.....they really don't like me
if that is the appropriate word for it.
i was walking towards the postal office, and i wasn't really paying attention to my surroundings.
and all of a sudden i stopped dead in my tracks, cause i was in collision course with another human being.
I kind of witnesses just the opposite of this the other day,my husband and I took my stepson into the ER, he had fallen off of his bike and busted his lip...anyway while we were registering I looked up and caught eyes with a ms and his wife from the hall I used to attend. The wife looked at me and smiled and I said hello. She started to say hello and I guess she then remembered I was DF so she put her head down and walked by really quickly. She seemed to really be rattled by this, it was kind of funny actually for a grown woman to act like that.
i heard on the radio this morning that the terrorists believed that once they got to heaven, they each would be given 70 virgins to enjoy for all eternity.
hmmmm, i wonder how long it took the terrorists to figure out virgins in heaven aren't all females!
serves em right i say.
Shutterbug,
That was great...made me smile
so please do share that which you so choose to...good night until in the morning ((((hugs)))) queenie
Let's see...
Newly diagnosed diabetic (type 2) , blood sugar going up and down. Hypothyroidism(also affected by blood sugar going up and down) and just found out I have bone spurs on my spine and neck. Everyday is an adventure
well, the girl can downright sing!
i'm happy she beat out justin (even though he is from my locale).
personally, it should have come down to kelly vs. tamyra, but i digress.. questions:.
I watched all the episodes ( don't know what that says about me or my tv viewing) but I thought it was a great show, always different not the same old , same old. I always said Justin reminded me of they guy on the simpsons too. Kelly clearly had a better voice. A guy I work with said that he heard that Justin wasn't exactly as new to showbiz as he let on , he said Samuel L Jackson was his uncle and that his dad had dated one of the Pointer Sisters. I am not 100 % certain on this but that is what I heard. Either way I loved the show.
into the borg?.
i fortunately was never able to have a bible study grow all the way to the point of baptism.
but for those of you who did, do you feel guilty about bringing another person into what i think of as a cult?
I had two bible studies, one stopped on her own thank goodness, the other I ended when I caught her screwing around with my then husband----- a fine brother reaching out for priviledges....he was reaching out for something I guess!
puts plugs in his ears from the start.. now, it don't seem to be my imagination, but many ladies for some inexplicable reason seem a tad unreasonable at least once a month where anything i do seems to be wrong in their eyes.
most ruddy irksome it is from a guys point of view i can tell ee.
here we are, quite happy in our own right, say something to this here balmpot, and wowwwwww irritable utterances just tumble forth with such degrees of unreasonableness tis almost funny to observe, but dare i laugh in their presence whilst she be in this most unpredictable of states?
One more Mary,
Possible Murder Suspect (You notice thats suspect not victim :)
Guys honestly even though you have to deal with us during that time believe me us dealing with ourselves is tons worse. Our looks change, my husband can tell just by looking at me. Our hair refuses to cooperate. We can't sleep soundly and are so tired we can hardly hold up our head, not to mention cramps. To top it all off we literally walk around wanting to hurt someone, just not sure who or why or do we really care. So mentioning that we are crabby or moody just feeds the fire. Works best for me to be left alone.
this past weekend my husband and son and i went to stay with my jw in-laws.. it was a pleasant weekend.
they were a little subdued this weekend, i think the assembly got to them and they seemed less open to discussing our feelings about the wt.. a very interesting thing happened as we packed to go on sunday morning.
i was in the guest room folding clothes into our suitcase when my father-in-law tapped on the door.
I look at pictures of my boys when they were all dressed up for meetings , ties and all when they were so young, just babes and I think about how utterly ridiculous we must have looked walking around in the Walmart on a hot summer day after meeting. Usually those pictures make me feel sad because it is so unnatural to see a little boy all confined in a suit and tie. I am so thankful that they don't have to do it anymore. My heart goes out to all witness kids.
my family will not be attending the march.
i respect bill and what he has accomplished, but i believe that attempts to control the march and the marchers, are misplaced -- even damaging for victims of abuse -- who have been controlled enough!.
the last thing victims of abuse need is to be told to keep up appearances.
Child molesting is such a horrible thing, I guess sometimes its hard to remember we are all on the same side. We are much stronger together than apart. There isn't a one of us who wouldn't like to make the WTS pay for all the wrongs we have suffered.This time is for the lambs