i don't know if any of you really want to hear this, so if not please stop reading here.. i told a few of you about a guy i have been seeing for the past few months.
well, i found out that he has been seeing other women, and i spoke to him last night and tried to break it off with him.
he didnt want to hear it.
lilacs:
wtf???? he commented that you were 'always well groomed'???
That has to be one of THE most shallow comments I have EVER heard.
If he had said it to me, his ass, and various other body parts, would be in orbit somewhere between here and Timbuktu.
Glad you got rid of him, sweetie. You deserve MUCH better than that.
Love you lots, Scully
today, while on the phone with my jw mother, she drops the, by the way do you want to come to the memorial thing for the first time in i don't know how many years.
i was kind of taken aback and said that i would think about it.
obviously, i have no intention of going, but should i just say nothing, say no, or just say i don't agree with the jw doctrine at all and to attend would be hypocritical of me?
woohoo Nathan...... your light sabre awaits you!! two more posts and you'll officially be a JEDI....
come and get it, babe!!
dins: I haven't received an invitation at all. Must be all the deeminz hanging around the house... A polite "thanks but no thanks" will do nicely. Personally, if I do get an invitation, I'd love to get up the nerve to say something like "My life is so wonderful right now, and I'm so happy, I wouldn't want to interfere with that. If I ever get desperate enough for companionship that I feel like going back to meetings, I'll shoot myself first."
Love, Scully
UADNA-C (Unseen Apostate Directorate of North America-Canada)
while doing a little surfing this morning, i stumbled onto this site.... http://home.earthlink.net/~michaelhenry/.
and while the information presented has been covered here before...i wanted to bring it up again, for the new members, and to all of us really.
even now, being "out" , i still wonder as i got to the doctors for various tests and proceedures, what if?
Haereticus:
I had a serious accident about four years after my DF'n. While still recovering in hospital my JW mother visited me and told me that they had given me blood. She was the first one to tell me? She revealed that the source was a JW doctor who's name was familiar to me (but this man had nothing to do with my case), that my mother asked to check my file. The way my mother told this news was as this behavior of JW back scratching would be most natural way to go. I do not mind my mother knowing it, but she did not see anything wrong her asking and another JW prying out without authority nor the doctor.
What the JW doctor did was ILLEGAL and UNETHICAL. He had absolutely NO business looking at your chart with or without permission from you or the physician handling your case, and he should not have used his position to obtain confidential information from your chart which he then passed along to your mother (who, unless you specifically authorize, is not legally entitled to that information either). Had you sued him, he would have lost his job and his licence to practice. Because this does not fall under the definition of malpractice, his malpractice insurance would not have covered his legal expenses. As well, the breach of confidentiality would not be supported by the hospital. He would have been out on his butt SO FAST, and would be stuck for all legal costs, fines and judgements against him. The fact is that you were DF'd and no longer under the jurisdiction of the WTS in any way, shape or form. Even if you were a JW in good standing, the breach of confidentiality is completely unprofessional; however the fact that you no longer were a JW is even more compelling reason to keep them out of your medical records. It's none of their business, and never was in the first place.
I don't know if there are any statute of limitation on this kind of thing where you live, but I seriously think JWs need to be put on notice that people will not tolerate this kind of meddling. The WTS will not support individual JWs or elders who break the laws of confidentiality, either financially or legally. The congregations will not provide legal or financial support either.
Once JWs realize this, they'll have second thoughts about divulging confidential professional information. Most JWs don't have an extra $25,000 laying around to pay the fines that will be levied against them, and most of them couldn't afford to hire a lawyer if they needed legal respresentation of this magnitude.
It would be very interesting to see whether the trend would change or not, or whether there would be "new light" if people whose patient confidentiality was violated by JWs would start suing the informants for damages. I really think this issue is important.
Love, Scully
UADNA-C (Unseen Apostate Directorate of North America-Canada)
while doing a little surfing this morning, i stumbled onto this site.... http://home.earthlink.net/~michaelhenry/.
and while the information presented has been covered here before...i wanted to bring it up again, for the new members, and to all of us really.
even now, being "out" , i still wonder as i got to the doctors for various tests and proceedures, what if?
Hi Zev
I wrote a paper for my Ethics class while in Nursing School about this very subject. The trouble with WT policy is that while elders get information they want and DF people on the basis of confidential information, few JWs in the position of "informant" realize that their "loving organization" will not provide a single shred of support for them when they lose their job, face huge fines (in 1996, the amount was about $25,000 here in Ontario, Canada) or other penalties, including jail time. As a matter of fact, because a JW in the position of "informant" has committed a crime, they may end up being DFd if they get caught breaching patient confidentiality. Sucks to be them, huh?? You're damned if you do, and damned if you don't.
Solution for JWs?? Don't do work of any kind in the medical profession. Period. Don't even clean doctors' offices.
If I find my term paper (which received a grade of 98% by the way), I'll be happy to post it.
Love, Scully
UADNA-C (Unseen Apostate Directorate of North America-Canada)
march 22, 2002 .
calgary jehovah teen who doesn't want transfusions seeks move to ontario.
calgary (cp) -- a teenage girl who has been ordered to receive blood transfusions against her will wants to leave alberta.
This is a heads-up for folks in the Toronto and Ottawa area. If she is allowed to transfer to Ontario, the most likely places of treatment are Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children or to Ottawa's Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario.
Thanks MA. I'll be watching for more news about this.
Love, Scully
i'm pretty excited about the re-release of e.t.
the extraterrestrial, because i distinctly remember not being allowed to see it when i was a child.
as i recall there were too many parallels between the life of e.t.
Interestingly, many have noted parallels in the story to that of the life of Jesus Christ. Said Professor Albert E. Millar, Jr.: “I think the thing that struck me most was the idea of the capacity to heal, and then when E.T. died and was resurrected.”
As if E.T. is the only story that has parallels to Jesus' life, ability to heal, and resurrection.
Isn't it true that when someone gets baptized as a JW, they make the same kind of comparison?? C'mon Governing Bawdy, get a freaking grip!! [8>]
Love, Scully
UADNA-C (Unseen Apostate Directorate of North America-Canada)
got a call late this afternoon: "your daughter was in a car accident along with four other girls.
you need to come to the emergency room.".
daughter not there yet.
Alan:
My thoughts will be with your family. I hope your daughter, and her friends, make quick recoveries.
Love, Scully
emu oil is fast becoming an accepted alternative treatment to help relieve pain caused by:.
arthritis .
sore muscles .
plm:
Is that something that can be safely taken with anti-depressents?
both vioxx and naproxyn are non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). You need to be careful with these if you're taking SSRI-type antidepressants (prozac, zoloft, paxil, luvox, celexa to name a few) because they increase the risk for diminished blood clotting capabilities, which means if you get a cut, you might bleed longer, or you may find that you bruise more easily. Check with your doctor first, ok?
Love, Scully RN
i went w/ my ex to the hall tonight, don't remember much except walking in, hiding in the bathroom for half hour, and dodging all the schmoozing when trying to exit the building.
i also remember my ex holding my hand and smiling at me.
it was a happy smile, like "i am so glad you're here w/ me", but it hinted of evil intentions.
butalbee:
hon, i just read your initial post in this thread and wanted to respond before i rush out the door. hopefully i'm not repeating something that's already been said.
if you want to have some incentive for dumping this guy like a bag of warm doo-doo, just remember that in 20 years' time, he's going to be EXACTLY like your "friend", Elder WartNose.
Lots of Love, Scully
new boy posted information about an event at bethel that occured.
many years ago - that you won't read about in any publication -.
an internal reform movement led by three ex-circuit overseers.
metatron:
How would you react to a brother, in charge of sisters, who wanted to know their PERIODS so he could put them on a calendar and schedule production accordingly?
Well, let's see. Maybe he needs some "presents" on his desk every day for a few weeks. I can get a huge supply on the maternity ward where I work.
Love, Scully
