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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Been away a long while...
by Aussie Oz init 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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needs of the circuit
by hoser inthe 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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finally awake
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 ini 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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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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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 inhello, 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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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.
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Now I'm not a JW, is it ok for me to...
by Julia Orwell in...drink a lot?
gosh i love wine.
i like a good bottle of wine each night, and i have a high tolerance to alcohol, though i never drank much (except for a couple of times with the vodka, but i don't keep that stuff in the house anymore, way too dangerous) as a jw because getting slightly happy is a 'sin'.
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IMO, an entire bottle of wine in one go (even over several hours) is too much if done on a regular basis. Once or twice a year, like when you are on vacation is OK. But weekly or monthly would be too often. But that's just my personal opinion.
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Feeling Disfellowshipped
by meep5 inlet me briefly explain my back-story: i grew up in a jw household and was technically a jw until 20 years old.
i stopped attending meetings in 1998 and told my parents i was done in 1999. i'm not sure where i saw my future when i was 19 but i know for a fact i didn't see myself as a "witness" then.
i hated the hypocrisy and the extreme gossip.
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finally awake
It's hard when you are rejected by a parent. It is a huge thing to come out of the Borg and thrive, maybe your wife would understand a little better if she came on here and read some of the experiences.
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Tough Day At The Office In Japan
by metatron inhttp://www.businessinsider.com/raptor-chase-prank-in-japan-2013-8.
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metatron.
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we had an armed intruder at my office today. luckily no one got hurt.
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Was Your Leaving The Witnesses A Very Gradual Process Or A Quick One?
by minimus infor me, it took many years.. even when i would read all the changes over the years from the "truth", i still would ignore it and "wait on jehovah" and try to be a positive force in the congregation.. eventually, i just couldn't take it anymore and resigned as an elder, and slowly but surely made my fade.. what about you?
were you out, in a short or longer time?
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I had one moment of clarity during a convention where the thought "I don't want to be here" popped into my head. I promptly shoved that thought down and carried on. Years later, after my 3rd son was born, I stopped going in field service. It started out that it was just too difficult with a small baby, and I just never got back into it. I still attended meetings regularly, but was always grateful for a good excuse to stay home. Finally, after a disasterous attempt to attend the special assembly day where my youngest vomited all over the car on the way over, and an infuriating "shepherding" call that just pounded on my lack of service and how we missed the assembly, I finally admitted to Just Ron that I didn't want to be a witness anymore. And until that moment, I would have sworn that I believed it was the "Truth". I never attended another meeting, and it wasn't long until I found this site and discovered TTATT and the last of my illusions about the Borg were totally shattered.
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Drunkess
by d ini went with some coworkers to a bar and got very wasted.
has anybody else experienced blacked out drunkess..
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yes, I've been that drunk before, when I was a teenager. I recommend not doing that again - especially around people you work with. Drinking to the point of blacking out is really not healthy - just like eating to the point you are in pain would be.