Posts by riz

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Is that a fact???

by link in

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is it just me or does anyone else get really screwed up when they read something here on the board which they know is not factual and is utterly and completely wrong?

im not giving examples because youve all seen it.. what really gets to me is that when someone posts stuff that is completely factually inaccurate it makes all the posters here look like dummies.

i get to thinking about what all the jw lurkers must feel about "the stupid apostates" when they read some of this stuff.. i just wish that some people would do a bit of research before posting statements which they claim to be accurate.

riz

lmao @ avishai

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When You Were A JW, Were You A Pain In The Ass?

by minimus in

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honestly, when you were a witness, were you a pain in the ass?

did you always tend to start trouble, whether knowingly or unknowingly?

were you every elder's worst nightmare?

riz

LOL!

and no.

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Not invited

by dmouse in

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i am alone at home tonight.

my wife and children are busy having dinner and 'spiritual association' with an elder and his wife.. i wasn't invited, even though i am not da or df, just inactive.

and although i've made my position clear in that i'm not interested anymore i've never made any trouble really.. i didn't think it would hurt but it does.

riz

are you having a bad day, heathen?

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Not invited

by dmouse in

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i am alone at home tonight.

my wife and children are busy having dinner and 'spiritual association' with an elder and his wife.. i wasn't invited, even though i am not da or df, just inactive.

and although i've made my position clear in that i'm not interested anymore i've never made any trouble really.. i didn't think it would hurt but it does.

riz

i'm kind of surprised at how many in this thread have mentioned pulling the 'head of the household' move, suggesting to dmouse he could have simply not allowed his wife to go to the elder's house.

if you were joking or suggesting to dmouse he should beat them at their own game, then what i'm about to say doesn't apply. for those who were not joking, are you guys serious? dmouse should forbid his wife from attending?

this is 2003. marriage is a partnership. the idea of my husband forbidding me to do something, and since he is a man and i am a weaker vessel i have to comply, is laughable.

with the concept of marriage being a partnership in mind, if i received an invite and my husband didn't, i would decline the invitation out of common courtesy and loyalty to my spouse.

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Ex-JWs' JW Encounters.

by SpannerintheWorks in

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i find it fascinating when a poster says he or she has just had a visit from the jws.

the recalled encounter is always very interesting.. knowing how the average jw thinks, most of you, who are ex-jws, have the benefit of hindsight.

i think it would be very entertaining to read all your stories of jw encounter of the third kind since leaving the org .

riz

nice one, brummie!

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Not invited

by dmouse in

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i am alone at home tonight.

my wife and children are busy having dinner and 'spiritual association' with an elder and his wife.. i wasn't invited, even though i am not da or df, just inactive.

and although i've made my position clear in that i'm not interested anymore i've never made any trouble really.. i didn't think it would hurt but it does.

riz

that sucks. i'm sorry dmouse.

if i got an invite and my husband didn't, i wouldn't go. and i'd say 'if my husband isn't good enough, neither am i.'

that's just mean.

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Officially Disassociated Tonight

by Princess in

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steve and i attended our very last meeting this evening.

i wrote a thread a few weeks ago about our elder visit and their decision to announce that we were disassociated.

they agreed to wait until we returned from our vacation so i could tell my grandma who still attends via phone link and so she wouldn't have to be alone in her devastation.