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Sunnygal41
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Anybody know what this is?
by funkyderek in.
the tape measure is only there for comparison.
any ideas, i can win a bottle of wine if i get the answer in the next two hours or so....
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Former "Elder's Wives" reactions to "brief" Elder's Meetings...............
by Sunnygal41 inladies, since maverick posted his topic, i just had to post one for us ladies!
in fact, i wanted to just share a nightmare basically on the same topic, that i had last night.............just a refresher course on my status: i was a dub for twenty-five years, met a worldly guy when i was 18 and he came in to the "truth".
we dated, then got married at 21. we were married for twenty years, then i told him i wanted to end the marriage.
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Sunnygal41
Ladies, since Maverick posted his topic, I just had to post one for us ladies! In fact, I wanted to just share a nightmare basically on the same topic, that I had last night.............just a refresher course on my status: I was a dub for twenty-five years, met a worldly guy when I was 18 and he came in to the "
truth". We dated, then got married at 21. We were married for twenty years, then I told him I wanted to end the marriage. Anyways, last night, I had this nightmare that I was still married to him and that we were at an assembly, and, as per usual, he had responsibilities and did the disappearing act. At lunch, I thought, perhaps he would at least spend it with me..........no such chance.........and we ended up having a huge fight, and I turned to him and basically told him that this was why the marriage would not work, there was no balance on his part. He would prefer to spend hours doing his "elder" thing and I was sick and tired of playing second fiddle to all of it. This man and I had other serious issues along with this one.........he was a cold fish totally and our marriage for the most part was an intellectual/pseudo marriage. As you can probably figure out, I am still in some pain over the many years of putting up with being with someone who never would show an ounce of affection, spend no romantic together time with me, etc. even tho I've been out of the marriage 4 years now. Even tho the man I am now with is basically the total opposite, I still have alot of fear inside me and hurt................I just wanted to hear from some other ladies about their experiences and perhaps some suggestions or advice..........I know that maybe I will never totally heal, or perhaps with time it will go totally away? Any comments would be soooo appreciated..............Love and hugs,
Terri
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We gave them our letters of DA
by Redneckgurl inwell, i guess it will be official very soon, the announcement will be read and we will be "lost" into satan's world... my husband gave our letters to the elder who came to visit us with his wife the other day.
this is the 3rd time they came by in the last month, even after he told them he would call them if we wanted to "talk".
they saw the christmas tree shining through the door, brightly lit, so there could be no question that we had already taken some steps away.......but he still stayed for an hour trying to convince my husband that it was the "truth".. later that day my parents came over (i wasn't here) and he said my mom just looked at our christmas decorations with jealousy in her eyes.
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Sunnygal41
Congratulations RNG and to your family also! Thank God/dess your children won't have to deal with JDubdom the rest of their growing up years! Enjoy your holiday and the best to you and yours. Things will be okay with the oldest............it takes a while, for all of us, why not kids? At least he has parents that are loving and supportive.............anyways, things will be fine, now that you have taken a firm step forward!
Love and hugs,
Terri
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Your favorite holiday song?
by Gopher ineven when i was a jw, i enjoyed hearing holiday music.
some of it is religious, some of it is just "holiday cheer" music.
but it's fun to listen to, and sometimes those songs just stick in your head.. do you have any particular favorites this time of year?.
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Sunnygal41
Ooh, Gumby, that was wunnerful! I jus' love dat song!
Terri
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The coldness of Watchtowerism thread
by Brummie inwhen my dad died on november 9th none of my jw family turned to comfort my mother, no phone calls no cards no words of comfort.
its over a month now and still they havent made any contact.
it doesnt really matter since they are all jws on my moms side but dads side of the family are catholic so they were all there to give the strength needed to cope.
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Sunnygal41
When our family first moved down from upstate New York to CT, the closest KH was a half hour drive away over back roads. The only person who ever showed a bit of love and compassion was another sister who was married to an unbeliever. She was a true individual, very colorful and flaky.........but we loved her for it! My dad beat my mom when he was drunk, which was often, and my sister and I were young teenagers. Did any of those well off families ever do a thing to help? No. Again, the sister was the one who put us up on a mattress on her living room floor. She was the one who took mom to the hospital to document the abuse. The elders just told mom not to leave him, and counseled us to get to meetings more. How could we when at that point mom didn't even drive? We were so poor we couldn't even afford another car, so when she finally did get her license, she had to use the same car dad used, and if he didn't want her leaving, he'd yank the wires off it. Now, looking back on it, I realize why I didn't want to get baptized even when I turned 18............I finally succumbed because I felt left out, cuz my younger sister got baptized and got all kinds of attention at first................even the unwelcome advances of a 30+ year old ministerial servant.........she was only 15 years old! When she reported him, she got counseled that she should have gone to her brother first to talk to him, can you imagine???????????????? Brummie, I know so well how icy they are and how F'd up they are! Years later, they had a whole group apostatize and leave the congregation..............I wonder why?
Hugs to you and mom, Brummie
Terri
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Withholding Emotion....
by Scully intoday on dr. phil, he says to a woman who has not spoken to her brother and sisters for 12 years:"withholding emotion is one of the most mean and vicious and aggressive things you can do.".
i think he'd have a field day with jws who shun friends and family members who choose to leave the organization!.
love, scully.
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Sunnygal41
I hope my ex and my sister both saw that show, my ex, because he was an emotionless excuse for a husband, and my sister, because I want her out of that hateful organization!
Terri
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I gave a Dub my Crisis of Conscience Book!!!
by Sunnygal41 in.
now i can truly say that i have become an "fertile apostate" .
terri of the where's my medal class
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Sunnygal41
The two individuals I'm talking about are already fading............they just feel a little of that fear and guilt that we all do when we first comtemplate leaving....<gasp!> I'm setting a good example of contentment and happiness in my life outside and they know I was deeply involved as an elder's wife etc.................so, I'm hoping they will say, mentally, "well, look at her, she's doing just fine and is not a crazy woman, or going off the deep end........" I'm really excited tho, this is my first chance to actually give someone the book.
Terri
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The Society has given up on "holiday witnessing"
by dothemath in.
up until a few years ago......every dec. km had a part encouraging everyone to go in the ministry on the holidays.......christmas day, etc.. no one ever got too excited about it in our cong.
.........it was pretty much a joke to everyone even when commenting on it during the meeting part.. that no longer seems to be the case..........haven't seen any parts like this for a few years now......i guess they've given up completely.. the meeting part usually included some "fine experiences"......but i have heard exactly the opposite from some who actually tried it one time.. have any of you ever went in service on christmas day?
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Sunnygal41
I did when I was a teenager.......back in the early 70's.....mixed reviews...........then, when I got married for awhile we used to go out with a "zealous" group, but, then, I told my ex that I wasn't going to inflict myself on these poor people trying to have a good day without interrupting them! Of course, that went over like a lead balloon with the zealots, but at that point I didn't give two shits what they thought. I cared more for the poor "worldly" people than for what the Dubs or even Jehovah thought about it.
Terri
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Baby picture.................
by Sunnygal41 in.
i know there's a thread somewhere here on this subject, but i'm feeling too lazy tonite to look for it, so, here i am at 6 months old...........all 33 lbs of me!.
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Sunnygal41
what a cutie pie! Yeah, I know! I can't seem to get it to upload! I'm going to try it again! There! I had to copy and paste from an email, but I did it! LOL! I call this one my "Baby Buddha" picture..........
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Your favorite holiday song?
by Gopher ineven when i was a jw, i enjoyed hearing holiday music.
some of it is religious, some of it is just "holiday cheer" music.
but it's fun to listen to, and sometimes those songs just stick in your head.. do you have any particular favorites this time of year?.
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Sunnygal41
Really??????????? Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock...........hmmmmmmmmm, I coulda swore, Green One that it had something about Christmas! Cool!
Giddyap, Jingle Horse, pick up your feet.........lalalalallal!! lalallllaaa lalal!