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  marrying younger spouses

  by ssn587 in

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  my wife passed away 2 years ago we had been married over 30 years, i have since remarried and my new wife is younger than 3 of my children from my first marriage.

  i just wondering if there are any more like me out there.

  i stay in excellent shape for my age, work out almost daily eat good and have absolutely no medical problems or at least none i can do anything about, bad knees, but my vitals are excellent, and i am known as the teenage because of them when i have my yearly medical checkup.. so was wondering if there are others out there like me, and what some may think about it, just for the record i am extremely happy once again, and we have a 18 month boy who delights me, have a whole new outlook on fatherhood and child raising.

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  If it makes you happy, then go for it! I do think it would kind of bite for the younger spouse, though. Health concerns and random incidents can happen, but chances are the older one will die long before the younger one. There's also the fact that the older one will probably be running out of energy at a time when the younger one still has loads of it. If they're willing to live with it, though, it's obviously fine.

  For me, though, the idea of being with someone who could have been playmates with my dad when he was a kid really grosses me out. Unless it was Viggo Mortensen. He can creep me out all he wants.
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  NEW video on Youtube MUST SEE! the elder's meeting is ridiculous!

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  brother of the hawk, newly enlightened & gojira, recorded an elder's meeting on 5/7/03.

  both does a great job of defending me and making the elders look foolish!.

  thank you raypublisher/jj and jwstruggle for the awesome job you did on it.. follow up story was not recorded but we will post it here hopefully over the weekend.. enjoy, it's pretty hilarious how they try to control us and come after me on a work of fiction!.

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  Did he say that Europeans have low standards? haha
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  People who pioneer on government assistance

  by ilikecheese in

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  i had a chat with my boyfriend about this, and he said that he knows quite a few pioneers who are capable of working but prefer to pioneer with government assistance.

  his thought was, "well, it's kind of bad, but at least they're doing something useful/good with their time.

  " i know from reading this board that it's a pretty widespread thing.

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  ilikecheese

  Hey, thanks for all of the replies, guys! Lots of interesting info.
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  Cancer Research Worthless?

  by metatron in

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  http://www.hangthebankers.com/evidence-suggests-that-up-to-90-of-landmark-cancer-research-may-be-false/.

  a surprizing and shocking report, if true.

  tends to confirm some of my biases about how medical research is grossly distorted.. .

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  Big Pharma makes SOOO much money off of all of the cancer patients out there. It wouldn't really surprise me if they tried to suppress any healthier, cheaper, or less devastating treatments. Our world is run by corrupt people who are all about the buck. I've seen family members go through cancer, and the amount of money shelled out for drugs during the process is absolutely insane.

  One other thing that I find interesting is that tons of studies have shown that the birth control pill increases your risk of breast cancer. I've read stories about many doctors who want this to be more known, but you don't hear much about them in general. The go to answer for any issue in "lady land" is "go on the pill." Headaches during your cycle? Pill. Really bad cramping? Pill. Irregular? Pill. Heavier flow? Pill. Even if you're still in high school and not even thinking about sex at the moment, that's the answer. You ask if there's anything more natural, and the answer is always no.

  Thanks for that link, talesin! It was interesting.
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  People who pioneer on government assistance

  by ilikecheese in

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  i had a chat with my boyfriend about this, and he said that he knows quite a few pioneers who are capable of working but prefer to pioneer with government assistance.

  his thought was, "well, it's kind of bad, but at least they're doing something useful/good with their time.

  " i know from reading this board that it's a pretty widespread thing.

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  "People who pioneer on government assistance = Satan subsidizing Jehovah's work which is to discredit and destroy Satan!

  Yep. Makes perfect sense to me!

  Farkel"

  Ha, yeah, that's one thing that I brought up. "Aren't you supposed to despise governments? Then why don't people have a problem living off of government money?" "Well, we pay taxes, so we help support the government..." Apparently "Satan" is returning the favor.
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  People who pioneer on government assistance

  by ilikecheese in

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  i had a chat with my boyfriend about this, and he said that he knows quite a few pioneers who are capable of working but prefer to pioneer with government assistance.

  his thought was, "well, it's kind of bad, but at least they're doing something useful/good with their time.

  " i know from reading this board that it's a pretty widespread thing.

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  I had a chat with my boyfriend about this, and he said that he knows quite a few pioneers who are capable of working but prefer to pioneer with government assistance. His thought was, "Well, it's kind of bad, but at least they're doing something useful/good with their time." I know from reading this board that it's a pretty widespread thing. What were your thoughts on it when you were a JW? What about now? Do you think it's an abuse of the system at all? Or do you agree with my boyfriend, that at least they're doing something good?

  Just curious.
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  GOOD NEWS! 2 Girls kidnapped in separate incidents found ALIVE in Cleveland Ohio

  by PaintedToeNail in

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  two young girls, one, amanda berry, kidnapped at age 16 or 17, ten years ago in april and the other gina dejesus kidnapped a year later at the age of 14 were recovered alive, along with another young woman, michelle knight.

  they were abducted by a man who is now 52. they were recovered, along with some little kids, from a house in cleveland when amanda made a dash for the door and screamed for help.

  a man passing by called 911.. can't imagine what those poor young women have been through!.

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  Sorry, they changed the video on that link. It's now the 911 call. Here's a video of the rescuer...

  http://www.thesuperficial.com/charles-ramsey-amanda-berry-cleveland-found-ariel-castro-05-2013
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  GOOD NEWS! 2 Girls kidnapped in separate incidents found ALIVE in Cleveland Ohio

  by PaintedToeNail in

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  two young girls, one, amanda berry, kidnapped at age 16 or 17, ten years ago in april and the other gina dejesus kidnapped a year later at the age of 14 were recovered alive, along with another young woman, michelle knight.

  they were abducted by a man who is now 52. they were recovered, along with some little kids, from a house in cleveland when amanda made a dash for the door and screamed for help.

  a man passing by called 911.. can't imagine what those poor young women have been through!.

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  Have you guys seen the interview with the guy who saved them? It's really funny. Meme worthy! Check it out....

  http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/three-women-missing-decade-found-alive-234338530.html
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  40% of Americans Believe in Strict Creationism

  by leavingwt in

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  four in 10 americans believe in strict creationism.

  four in 10 americans, slightly fewer today than in years past, believe god created humans in their present form about 10,000 years ago.

  thirty-eight percent believe god guided a process by which humans developed over millions of years from less advanced life forms, while 16%, up slightly from years past, believe humans developed over millions of years, without god's involvement.. a small minority of americans hold the "secular evolution" view that humans evolved with no influence from god -- but the number has risen from 9% in 1982 to 16% today.

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  I've generally gone to churches that are "evangelical" types, but I'd say that most of the people who go to those churches either accept the possibility that God could have used evolution as a tool for creation or definitely believe that it was his means of creation. Most of the people who don't are typically older. Either way, they don't get too upset if someone dares to disagree. They may give you that, "Oh, that poor idiot" look, but the feeling is probably mutual. ;)

  My JW boyfriend says that he thinks it's a possibility evolution was the tool, but God actually expressly created Adam. So he doesn't follow that staunch creationism thought, either. There's hope for him yet! Just don't alert the elders...
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  Why Do You Come To This Site?

  by minimus in

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  i believe that this site, jwn, serves many purposes.

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  some are here almost, out of need.. others are here because they want to know the latest in watchtower world.. still others come here for the entertainment.. why do you frequent this place?

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  ilikecheese

  I come here because you guys are all so funny, but I'm not really one to post much because I don't feel I can sufficiently match the hilarity. :P I was thinking about maybe going to a meeting without my boyfriend knowing and posting my thoughts. I'm scared they might sniff me out as an interloper, though, because I plan to wear trousers. :O Maybe if I go, I'll post about it. ;)

  I also like reading whichever things are being discussed at the weekly meetings so that I can "casually" bring up topics related to it when I'm talking with my boyfriend. He'll say, "We were JUST talking about that!" And I'll say, "Wow... what a coincidence..."