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  Ladies, How Big Is Your Diamond Engagement Ring?

  by minimus in

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  i notice a trend that suggests that many ladies either have a one carat or bigger diamond ring or much smaller if any.. do you have a diamond ring and if you do, what size carat is it?

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  finally awake

  I said yes to Just Ron when he presented me with a 25 cent ring from a vending machine. I still have it. Our wedding rings were plain gold bands from a jewelry store's going out of business sale. I would be absolutely terrified to walk around wearing a ring worth 2 month's salary. I haven't worn my wedding ring in over 20 years, I'm just not a jewelry person.
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  Have the borg been to assimilate your street with Kingdom News 38?

  by outinthemeadows in

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  i'm only asking because we haven't seen a single sole......(sole being a living creature not a floaty spirit thing!

  lol) and nobody has had one down our street at all.........

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  finally awake

  Not here, but I think the Christmas lights serve as pretty effective advertisement that we've become raving apostates
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  New Handbill Campaign

  by NoRegrets in

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  apparently the jws are doing a new handbill campaign.

  they were just at my door and offered it to me with one of their heartless and scripted presentations.

  the religion has just become so dumbed down.

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  haven't seen any sign of a new tract campaign around here
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  Be honest. Am I an abusive Father??

  by DATA-DOG in

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  2. beliefs

  i was angry with my kid for questioning me.

  i work, i pay the bills, i provide food, clothing and shelter for them.

  instead of respect, i get attitude.

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  finally awake

  I get the frustration, I've been known to use the line "because I said so, and you don't need another reason" on my kids. However, the speck of dirt thing is a bit too much in my opinion. Your kid, no matter how irritating, is a valuable human being even if he hasn't accomplished much yet.
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  just sat at the sound cabinet postin' on an apostate website.... (whistles nonchalantly)

  by Captain Blithering in

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  2. friends

  bored.

  wondering how you guys are doing, thought i'd say hi.

  hi.

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  So very grateful that I never have to sit through another meeting
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  Been away a long while...

  by Aussie Oz in

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  it has been 5 months since my last post here.

  it has been very nice to have forgotten jehovahs witnesses.

  my life got so busy running my biz that i just had no time to concentrate on anything else for a while.

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  finally awake

  good to hear all is well in your neck of the woods. We've been busy here too, and I rarely have time to visit this site. The freedom I feel now is wonderful, and I am really enjoying my life.
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  needs of the circuit

  by hoser in

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  the circuit overseer ranted on and on today about how parents aren't policing the internet at home good enough.

  i guess the kids and teens are on line too much unsupervised and getting into trouble..

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  I'm so sorry you had to waste a perfectly good day listening to that nonsense. Hope you at least got a good dinner out of it.
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  How Many Enjoy Celebrating Holidays? Birthdays?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i admit that i do enjoy it, especially with my grandkids.

  birthdays, too.. i believe we missed out on a lot of fun and normal activities because we were witnesses..

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  finally awake

  Holidays are a lot of work, and if I didn't have children I'd have a much simpler celebration. But I cheated my kids out of a decade of family memories, so i'm not going to slack off now.
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  Jwtalk: "You can hide the fact that you are gay but you can't hide the color of your skin."

  by The Quiet One in

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  finally awake

  You can't really hide your sexual orientation unless you live your life completely shut off from the people around you. Being allowed to be honest about yourself is critical to mental health and happiness.
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  Looking for advice

  by Liveandlearn in

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  2. friends

  hello, i've finally been approved here so it's time for my first post.

  i got disfellowshipped a few months ago as i was unrepentant in my judicial.

  i'd lived with a situtation for a long time.

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  finally awake

  Your parents are adults. They are choosing for themselves whether to have their hearts broken over your actions. You cannot choose someone else's emotional state. You need to live your life for yourself.