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  couples therapy

  by zeb in

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  2. friends

  i have often wished i knew better words to give here when i see couples 'bleeding'.

  1. avoid letting the children take over your lives.

  although you need to love and care for your children in the very best ways that you can, it’s also important that they don’t dominate your entire relationship.. children are an important part of your relationship.

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  EyesOpenHeartBroken

  Thanks for this well thought out post and helpful advice. Right off, I see a few that I definitely could do some work with in my marriage.
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  I've had enough..

  by raven in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so last night, after thinking "wow those pesky elders have finally left me alone, maybe since i skipped out on their jc invitation back on august 1st they've given up" wrong.. i go to check the mail and there's an envelope at my front door- lo and behold, another letter from from these elders.. why won't they leave me alone already?

  i'll attach a picture of the letter.. again, same letter as the first one inviting me to a judicial committee on august 15th - and signed by all three elders.. should i just continue to ignore?

  quite frankly i don't give a rats arse i've been enjoying life free from the mind control of the organization, and i just wish they would drop it and let me live life.. like i mentioned before, i am moving to a new home next week, the only reason these elders have my current address ( which happens to be over 100 miles away from the cong ) is because my mother gave it to them, after i gave it to her in confidence to forward me my mail.. so lets just say she won't be getting my new address... i don't have any contact with ones from this congregation (i'm an ex pioneer, so i'm sure if they've gotten word on what i'm doing, i must be satan himself!

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  EyesOpenHeartBroken

  Get a PO box
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  Interracial Relationships and JWs

  by HiddlesWife in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've noticed that within the past couple of decades, i don't see a lot of interracial relationships (ir, for short) in the org.. i, myself, was involved in an ir over 2-3 decades ago and was engaged to get married [my ethnicity is: african-american and latina; my ex-fiance's ethnicity is: scottish and italian].

  he broke off the engagement, after three years of friendship and two years of dating, because his uncle and another brother (who was a temporary volunteer at bethel) pressured him to end our relationship [p.s.

  : his mother was quite close to my mother, one of my sisters and one of my close cousins.

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  EyesOpenHeartBroken

  I am in one and I have seen a lot of IR marriages in JW land and it has not been an issue. Of course, we are west of the Mississippi....

  Almost 2 decades ago, I visited the Deep South (USA) and I was shocked by the undercurrent of racial prejudice. So I'm sure geography plays a part.
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  Wife having lunch with her nosey Mother.

  by Darkknight757 in

  1. social
  2. family

  so my wife is really nervous about having lunch with her mother today.

  she is an über-dub who is always asking probing questions as to our spirituality.

  i think she knows that we are fading out.

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  EyesOpenHeartBroken

  @ Dark Knight

  So how did lunch with Mother go for your wife?
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  What is it going to take for her to wake up? 2016 convention was the biggest display of B.I.T.E

  by goingthruthemotions in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so i went to the convention this past weekend.

  not, because i wanted to....but, because i had no choice.. i took myself and our son's out walking every chance i had, i made it so we missed the bunker video, the drama, the stupid dream squashing video with the violin.. but, while in there sitting.

  one of the speakers said this:.

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  Marked
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  Fading: The One Year Mark

  by Hadriel in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  after fading for roughly a year now there's some good and some bad.

  the bad.

  it is becoming increasingly difficult to go to meetings.

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  EyesOpenHeartBroken

  Wow! Sounds like you have had a very successful fade. If I remember right, your wife is also awake. Are your kids awake?

  I am happy for you, but oh so jealous. I am coming up on a year of fading, but in the last 5 months pretty much every thing has gone wrong. I don't know what's gonna happen. I suck at this and the mental strain is taking its toll.

  If you can give more details in your strategies, I would be grateful. Or PM me.
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  WT uses new Technology ... the Governing Body in 3D

  by RubaDub in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am not sure how the wt does it or what technology is used.

  but when i look at the jw.org website and look at pictures in the recent publications from the lord's evening meal / last supper, it seems very strange.. i turn on my tv, put on 3-d glasses and the apostles now appear to be current and former members of the governing body.. i turn the tv off, restart it, and it appears to be the same members but now they have changed seats.. very interesting.. rub a dub.

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  EyesOpenHeartBroken

  Thanks for the clarification. I guess my extremely hopeful thinking caused me to be duped.....once again🙁
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  WT uses new Technology ... the Governing Body in 3D

  by RubaDub in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am not sure how the wt does it or what technology is used.

  but when i look at the jw.org website and look at pictures in the recent publications from the lord's evening meal / last supper, it seems very strange.. i turn on my tv, put on 3-d glasses and the apostles now appear to be current and former members of the governing body.. i turn the tv off, restart it, and it appears to be the same members but now they have changed seats.. very interesting.. rub a dub.

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  EyesOpenHeartBroken

  Are you serious? Can you please give more specifics? What videos are you referencing? I am desperate for my spouse to see this. If it's true, this could be crucial to "waking up" loved ones.
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  What The Org Teaches: #2 THE GREAT TRIBULATION

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  every single bible student/jehovah's witness who has ever lived, has been indoctrinated to believe that a catastrophic great tribulation would very soon engulf the entire earth, causing untold death & destruction.

  this spurious teaching is drummed into every j.w.

  's head and used by them as a major recruitment tool.

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  EyesOpenHeartBroken

  Thanks for this. Very nicely put together. I'll be filing this away for a rainy day.
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  Wife having lunch with her nosey Mother.

  by Darkknight757 in

  1. social
  2. family

  so my wife is really nervous about having lunch with her mother today.

  she is an über-dub who is always asking probing questions as to our spirituality.

  i think she knows that we are fading out.

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  EyesOpenHeartBroken

  There are 3 options with a nosey JW mom (I have one):

  1. Lie

  2. Tell the truth

  3. Avoid (physically, verbally or a combination thereof)

  All of the above carry consequences, so she will have to decide which consequence she can live with. If she isn't clear on a strategy yet, then I would strongly recommend cancelling or postponing lunch. Mothers have a way of getting to their daughters in a core shaking way. 😉