Posts by notperfectyet

There is another awful scam going on out there. You should send this to any women you know and care about. I don't normally forward warnings about scams, but this one looks important.

If a man comes to your door and says he is conducting a survey and asks you to show him your boobs, DO NOT SHOW HIM.

This is a scam.

He is only trying to see your boobs.

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Another New One

by notperfectyet in

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i have been reading this site for a couple of months.

last night i stayed up all night, (not unusual for me though) and read the posts by ......well you know...the new kid on the block...who created so much fury.

at first i thought she was a fake, and i still do.

I am so happy now with my life, I know what my faults are, and have been. With that comes acceptance that I am human, imperfect, and loved and forgiven by Jehovah. I have to try very hard to remember the guilt, depression and anger I felt trying to live up to "mans" interpetation of who or what I should be. I am very happily married now, to a man who was raised in the "truth" also. We accept each other, but sometimes our upbringing gets in the way...:)..I had a sister-in-law who DA'd..she use to tell me the only thing she regretted about leaving the "truth" was she couldn't turn her husband into the elders when he was mis-behaving...LOL....Strange life when you have to take care of your own problems, makes you grow up real fast, and finally become whole and human. But what a wonderful feeling it is, and I think that's what Jehovah always wanted us to become, Human, and think for ourselves.

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1975 ???

by Scorpion in

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the end of 6000 years is 1873. wt 7/15/1894 p.1675.

"in what year, then, would the first 6,000 years of man's existence and also the first 6,000 years of god's rest day come to an end?

the year 1975.

notperfectyet

Let's see...1975...don't remember much about it, do remember 1973, taken out of high school, didn't need an education, reading just the Awake, I could get a college education and pioneer. International assembly in Hawaii, that was fun. Turned 16 that year, didn't need a drivers license, the end was near, didn't need to go any where except in the service, wanted a job.....nope, didn't need one. 1974 found out my sister in law was pregnant, cried myself to sleep, ( woe to the pregnant one )Luke 21:23 was quoted over and over. Stay alive 'till "75" was a phrase coined in our household.
I got married in 1974, at 16, got pregnant immediately. "woe" again. It was scary times. Well, I'm still here, was left with 3 kids, no education. Went back to school, raised the kids, sending them through college. One is a regular pioneer, his own choice.

No choices when you're under parents authority, or an Organization, that gags me.

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Too much spiritual food? Too much faith?

by ianao in

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hello all.. this is a quote from an earlier conversation in the 1975 thread.. are you saying that the garden was weeded from those who put too much faith in "god's spirit-directed organization"?

did these people listen to too much of their "food at the proper time"?.

unfortunately, i never received a response from smartgirlpw, only insults of "boo boos" and truth hurting.. i would like to know if you personally (yes, i am asking for your opinion here, your pearls, or two cents) believe that you should not take very seriously what is stated in the wt publications, and if so, or even if not, please explain.. this was my original question before i lashed out at you for claiming we were having a pitty party and you began to lash out at me, java, pathofthorns, trevor, etc.

notperfectyet

I knew she was a fake!....causing trouble and leaving with "Guilt for every one"...

I meant a fake "looking for answers"...not a "Witness"...:)

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Another New One

by notperfectyet in

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i have been reading this site for a couple of months.

last night i stayed up all night, (not unusual for me though) and read the posts by ......well you know...the new kid on the block...who created so much fury.

at first i thought she was a fake, and i still do.

notperfectyet

Wow! What a warm welcome, Thank you.

I enjoy this site for it's acceptance of all humans, the one thing I have always been uncomfortable with "in the Truth" ( I hear you happytobefree :) ) was, and is the conditional love put on us. I have gone through years of therapy, trying to find out what was wrong with "me", why I always felt like an outsider, why I couldn't love enough, hate enough, at command. I wasted a lot of money, they all told me I was normal, I had a right to my feelings, going back to meetings, I was told I didn't have a right to my feelings, it was

their feelings, ( the organizations ) or I was wrong. I couldn't shun someone who was df'd if I liked them, and didn't know what they did. My husband and father of my 3 children constantly cheated on me, but my ex father-in-law who was very well known, kept it all under "cover" and said it was my fault, never being submissive enough, not enough sex, sex was important to keep a man...( now don't get me wrong, I love sex but that's not what were talking about here ) I kept getting pregnant, and after 3 kids in 10 years, it is normal for a man to wander. My ex- mother in law was always very loving in taking me shopping to buy sexy lingerie, even at 8 months pregnant. It was always my fault. Of course it was, I had gotten fat, gained alot of weight, went from 105 lbs, to 130 after 3 kids. I am 5'5. In the '70's anorexia or bulimia weren't popular yet, but my daughter who became a teenager in the "80's discovered it, and her father noticed, and appreciated it.....

...to be continued...I have to go see my therapist...Sara Lee...

Edited by - notperfectyet on 23 January 2001 14:17:32

Edited by - notperfectyet on 25 January 2001 7:19:17

Edited by - notperfectyet on 25 January 2001 7:26:24

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Another New One

by notperfectyet in

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friends

i have been reading this site for a couple of months.

last night i stayed up all night, (not unusual for me though) and read the posts by ......well you know...the new kid on the block...who created so much fury.

at first i thought she was a fake, and i still do.

notperfectyet

waiting,LOL
I will go with "not yet" , being female also, I can relate.
Thank you for the welcome. the reason I decided to join, is the loving respones given by the regualr posters. It is so refreshing. Raised in the truth, by parents who hated everyone, I find it refreshing, and what I strive to become, a lover of all Jehovah's creations. I have a grand story of who I was and where I am now. I will tell it soon, but is is great to be amongst such loving ones.

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Another New One

by notperfectyet in

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friends

i have been reading this site for a couple of months.

last night i stayed up all night, (not unusual for me though) and read the posts by ......well you know...the new kid on the block...who created so much fury.

at first i thought she was a fake, and i still do.

notperfectyet

Hi Logical,
I like your name.
:)

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Another New One

by notperfectyet in

jw
friends

i have been reading this site for a couple of months.

last night i stayed up all night, (not unusual for me though) and read the posts by ......well you know...the new kid on the block...who created so much fury.

at first i thought she was a fake, and i still do.

notperfectyet

Hi everyone,
I have been reading this site for a couple of months. Last night I stayed up all night, (not unusual for me though) and read the posts by ......well you know...the new kid on the block...who created so much fury. At first I thought she was a fake, and I still do. I was raised in the truth, Elder dad, pioneer mom, stood by the organization through two marriages, first elders son, match made in heaven, elders daughter, :) Nightmare after nightmare followed, being active in the Organization. I have been inactive for two years now, never one shepherding call. But the ex's who cheated are doing great.....and have their privelages restored.

I enjoy this site...thank you everyone for your honesty.