This post reminds me of a commercial that is on tv. Setting: mom and dad sitting with the teacher. They are talking about the child's problem. Then the parents start acting like kids them selves-like sticking out their tounge.
Tammie
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Stuff we wouldn't do offline that we do here
by joelbear in1. argue with a six year old.. ever had a deep discussion with a six year old (or someone with a three year old's mentality)?
ever heard two six year old's arguing?.
typically it turns to name calling and "i know you are but what am i" exchanges fairly rapidly.. would we walk up to a 6 year old or a mentally challenged adult and engage in one of these ridiculous, non-productive and demoralizing exchanges?.
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Creative Disassociation
by hillary_step inwell, you have to admit it most da letters are boring.
especially so are the ones that contain 15-20 pages full of quotes from the golden age of march 15th 1917, or an obscure reference to a slip of the pen made by some overworked and knackered out member of writing.. lets be honest, most xjw's do not read past the first few paragraphs, but we all expect our letters will be read by the wts or its representatives, analysed and then responded to.
the reality is that they are rapidly scanned for 'juicy bits' and dumped into a bin marked, 'oh, god not another one!..
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Tammie
I guess they would have read my letter, it was only 2 lines long. I thought about wrighting a LONG one, but I figgure that if I don't like reading long borning drawn out letter, neither does any one else.
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Building Kindom Halls & Picking Up Chicks..
by Valis ini always got stuck going w/my dad to jw building events and for a while i thought it was a drag to have to work all weekend for free, until i started to realize there were lots of chicks running around that i could have fun with.
that and assemblies.
i can probably attribute that newfound fascination with jw girls from different cities as one of the biggest contributions to my eventual liberation.
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Tammie
Yea I remember those days, except I was looking at the guys. My first hall build experance was when my own congeration built a new KH. I noticed quite a few good looking guys that was at them. One of the elders in my congeration asked me if I wanted to work with the building crew. WOW. I jumped at the chance. He happen to be an electrican, so that was how I got involved with the electrical department of the building projects. And the best part of working in THAT departent was I had to be there from the very beginning to the very end of the project. When ever security was keeping people out of an area, I was allowed in. SO COOL I remember this one brother that I worked with at every project -we started at the same time. He was very tall, very hansome, and single, just a dream boat. He was not the one I married. I worked with other very HOT brothers, some married, some not. I would have to say that was some of my best memories of being a JW. If you are wondering, that is how I met my husband. But I did work with the crew for nearly 4 years.
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Does DF'ing Backfire?
by metatron inin an organization as obsessed with control as this one is,.
i have to wonder if the society's leadership ever considers how.
disfellowshipping can turn against them.. i doubt, when they developed the idea of a person "disassociating.
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Tammie
One thing that I have noticed with shunning is this. A person who is either disfelloshiped or dissocated, and his parents who are still active JW's. And the child is not living at home.
1. A parent refuses to shun their adult child. They help them in what ever they need. From incouragement, finical, or what ever. That child 9 times out of 10 will as you say, "Return to the fold" and become a JW once again.
2. A parent does what they are told and shuns their adult child. Treat them like they are dead, so to speak. They say, "We are shunning you so you will see the error of your ways and come back." In that case it is a very slim chance that person will ever go back. They are more in likely to commit kill themselves, go off the deep end, or just be really PISSED OFF. That is unless they can find some type of support group being that of former fellow JW's, friends, or other relatives. In that case I don't know of any who do return in this case it would probley be 1 out of 100. -
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I apologize in advance to any Arkansas residents..
by Tishie inthe 2000 federal census form (arkansas residents only).
first name: (check appropriate box).
what does everyone call you?.
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Tammie
Fors your info I use-ta live in Arkansas. And you's got me a cracken my sides laughin.
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The true account of Adam and Eve
by RedhorseWoman inthe history of creation and diet................. god created man in his own image;.
male and female he created them.. and god looked upon man and woman.
and saw that they were lean and fit.. and god populated the earth.
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Tammie
LMAO. Now that too funny.
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It's the brunette's turn
by Seven inhaving had to endure the plethora of dumb blonde jokes over the years i felt compelled to share these with you all.. 1. why do brunettes sleep on their stomach's all night?
2. what do brunettes miss most about a great party?
a. the invitation.
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Tammie
I though that blond jokes was one liners so men can remember them. lol
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Tammie
What is my worse fear? hmmmm. I know dying a slow and painful death, and or watching my family die of a slow and painful death.
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What if?
by Tammie ini was not exactly sure where to post.
but here i go.. i am listening to music that was popular when i was in high school.
and bringing back memories of when i was a teen, and in my early 20's.
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Tammie
I was not exactly sure where to post. But here I go.
I am listening to music that was popular when I was in high school. And bringing back memories of when I was a teen, and in my early 20's. I was thinking back to the good times I did have. It seem like the fun began for me after I graduated from high school. Any way I got to thinking what if my life had been different. And the question I pose for everyone.
If you could go back in time. Not as the age you are now, but back to the age you was at the time of your youth. With the only difference would be you would be able to keep the what you know now, it would go back with you also. What would you do different?
If I could start over again, I probley try to make contact with the man that I married. And tell him to go on with his dreams. Yea he would have been in love with some one else (he was engaged once before). But I am very sure I could have changed his mind on her. She was short, blond and dummpy. I've seen her breifly, and she is not that good looking of a person. If you was wondering, she was not a JW, and still is not. Before I got married, I had the perfect every thing. I was one of those curvy types of ladies. Boy do I wish to have that back. I'm sure every one wishes they had the figgure of their youth. I had very long, red hair, that would just reflect the sun. My husband wanted to be and was accepted to be trained to be an airforce piolet. That was what he wanted to be. But his folks talked him out of it. I would have went to school, as it is I am planning on doing that in the next couple of years. Oh yes, I would have NOT gotten baptised as a JW. -
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What's your spiritual type?
by RR inhere's a test.
http://www.beliefnet.com/section/quiz/index.asp?sectionid=&surveyid=27/.
questioning believer you have doubts about the particulars but not the big stuff.
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Tammie
It said I'm an 81.