Hey Flower!Relax!The present sounds pretty good to me!Does your child know the childs' parents well?Sometimes they want you to leave them there and pick up later...If not I guess they'll play games and eat alot and ,as Simon said, sing happy birthday.I had the first ever one for my son last month-a football party with 23 little 8 yearold horrors!we hired a youth club and played games and footie and ate too much-he said it was the best day of his life!But I had trouble with the 'happy birthday-lets blow out the candles and make a wish 'thing.I don't know why- it just felt so weird...my sister saw me floundering and stepped in, bless her little cotton socks,and started everyone singing;it surprised me ,but also made me realise how conditioned i must have been...Perhaps enjoy it through your child at first if it feels a bit weird...Hope you have fun XXX
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What do you do at a birthday party?
by flower inplease pardon my ignorance and stupidity but if i cant ask ya'll who can i ask?
thats good for a little girl right?
and i asked her mom if there was anything she needed help with.
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Happy Mothers Day to all Mommys!!!!!!
by Cassiline inhappy mother's day!!!!
for all the mommys who stay up all night with a sick child.
for those who are a taxi to every event under the sun, the cooks, maids, doctors, nurses to every cut and scrape.
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Cassiline, that was so nice!i'm printing it out.HAPPY MOTHERS DAY to all of you lovely lot...in Britain we have it later than you...Have decided to have two a year from now on!!!
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Changes After The Exposure
by Stephanus innow that media attention is on the paedophile issue, how long do you think it will be before the wbts gets new light and encourages peadophilia victims and their families to go to the authorities first and leave the wbts out of the loop altogether?
and if they do, what are the odds that the announcement (if it happens) will contain a line or two saying that "this has always been the case and is the way we've always done it!
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I do agree that it won't be long...as soon as it is inevitable that they cannot sweep the whole issue under the carpet, they'll have to change it-that's the way they operate is'nt it?But from conversations i've had in the past,most of the rank and file honestly believe that they have free will in all situations such as blood, transplants,voting and this one,they will always answer that they took the societies views into consideration along with other peoples' views, then miraculously came to the same conclusion as the Big Boys-thus proving their finely tuned spiritual mind!It's probably only when they honestly make a decision that they want to stick to and come up against the wtbs disiplinary machine that they realise they did'nt have the free will they thought they had and it all starts to become clear...yeah, they'll end up saying you came to us because you wanted to...the r&f don't know the contents of the boe letters, do they?They can still be manipulated so easily because the letters to elders are confidential.i wish the NSPCC would pick this up... witness children could be put on to the social services register of children at risk due to the current policy within the society; if parents knew they were watched because the policy is socially unacceptable it may help...
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Well, here's my story... Like it or not.
by staceman inwow... i feel guilty about even being here, let alone posting my story.
but here goes.... it was back in the late 60's that my dad (actually stepdad who adopted me and my older sister when he married our mother) got witnessed to by a guy that he worked with.
he was invited to our house for dinner along with his wife and that was the beginning of my new life.
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Hi Staceman;You sound happier already!See how it helps to let it all out?Never worry about what you say here someone will know what you're feeling and if they don't ,they'll try to .That's why Simon created the board ;Support and love and help for us all;Just post and soak up the love!!!Termite XXX
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Termite35
by invisible instill not received any email from you.
glad that you enjoyed your holiday down here.
the signs were left for you at the entrance to the maenporth estate and on the bank opposite the bar carpark.
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well, ive sent it- have a look and if not i'll buy some bloody stamps!
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by invisible instill not received any email from you.
glad that you enjoyed your holiday down here.
the signs were left for you at the entrance to the maenporth estate and on the bank opposite the bar carpark.
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Hey Mark!what did the signs say ?!And just how big were they?!I don't understand the email trouble at all I sent you two the day we left; and one yesterday too;thankyou, we had an amazing time-and will be dowwn again soon-check all your email accounts...The beach is incredible is'nt it?we were there on sat;my hubby fell in love with it so much we're going to stay there in one of the cottages.I'm waiting for test results;and will come dowwn again to sort my head out...can't think of a better place to do it-did'nt make Trebah- but wanted to;what a great place to be born-I want to end my days lying on grass in a garden,preferably Glendurgan, when there's no one else there.Thanks for all your efforts; but as I said ,hubby hates this site( and anyone on it )so,it's difficult to meet with anyone ,as much as i'd like to...he dos,nt understand the void all this crap leaves you with and i'm tired of trying to explain; which is why I only come on so late at night..I'm so sorry about the email mix ups-i've sent so many...I don't know what i'm doing wrong-when I test by sending them to myself they work-are you sure your addys are right
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A Personal Announcement!
by Billygoat inguess who just got engaged???
no date has been set yet, but the engagement will be short.
probably sometime this summer.
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This is such a happy thread!i just cried!!!!you sound SO excited ;it's just bursting through the screen!I needed that,you made my day;CONGRATULATIONS xxxxx
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We got DF'd/ Assoc. Press called
by ARoarer inwell we got the phone call from the elder to let us know of the decision to disfellowship us.
the one elder called while the other sat on the phone as a "witness".
the second elder was once a close friend.
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Barbara;love to you all and thankyou.I ,too,find something especially comforting in the gentlness and strength of horses,they blow away any negative thoughts and make me feel so alive;and when they return your love it's incredibly healing and very powerful-perhaps they're food at the proper time?!-stay happy XX
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I need to say something
by Soledad inimo and in my experience i think that sexual harassment is common among witnesses, and much like the victims of molestation the congregation elders usually cover up the actions of some or just totally ignore the allegations.
i was subjected to it often by an ms and an elder's brother, when i complained to my mother about it her response was 'well they have known you since you were born, and they didn't mean any harm' or something along those lines.
i dont wish to downplay the seriousness of pedophilia as opposed to sexual harassment, nonetheless, to all those lurking witnesses out there you all should know that these things can happen and does happen everyday, whether you care to admit to it or not.
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Poor you xxIt's so frustrating is'nt it?I've had to cope with four 'attacks'of different degrees by different people from ages 12- 20;but noone who knows me knows;except one...while I agree with what you feel, I also know from experience how difficult it is to report it.When it's people you know it's SO difficult.It's hard to explain- but I felt I would be destroying other peoples' perception of them.Sounds crazy dos'nt it?When you're young you want the whole world to be ok- anything like this is so horrific it's almost to bad to admit to yourself... I feel some wrongly misinterperate that as it having not affected you 'enough' to make a fuss.How wrong they are;the org. has to realise that by promoting their org as 'one big happy family' it make reporting so hard for children-as if they're destroying paradise themselves...odd; but just a reaction to some thing that's so uncomprehensible to a young mind...Also,it's the thought that others, even your own family will look at you differently; if they believe you... and even at a young age you KNOW that there's a chance you may not be believed..It's a totally nowin situation for the innocent party; one incident was my brothers' best friend- but I did,nt want my brother to LOOK at me differently... so I did'nt 'tell' this will only probably make sense to someone like soledad...but what I think i'm saying is that the org HAS to STOP calling EVERYONE in the halls Auntie and Uncle etc as this infers ?TRUST and makes the child feel less able to 'tell'
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invisible -you have mail -well, possibly...
by termite 35 ini sent you one before i left and have just emailed you now i'm back- did you get it?
i think i'm destined to live in a silent cyber hell for eternity..........?
tell me it worked and i'm not the completely incompetant crappy-at-computers human being i've always suspected i was all along.. hellllooooooo anyone there.................................................................................................................................................................................?help?
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Email waiting for you- i have new -found cyber confidence¬!