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CADSkin
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The short sightedness of learning
by CADSkin inin 2 years im surprising my wife for our 20th with a 2nd marriage in italy.
weve been planning to go for the last few years so she knows about the trip.
i decided that since im going to be in italy for a month and since i sit at a desk on my computer for 8 hours a day, i might as well spend that time productively and learn some italian.
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The short sightedness of learning
by CADSkin inin 2 years im surprising my wife for our 20th with a 2nd marriage in italy.
weve been planning to go for the last few years so she knows about the trip.
i decided that since im going to be in italy for a month and since i sit at a desk on my computer for 8 hours a day, i might as well spend that time productively and learn some italian.
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CADSkin
Lore: She isn't Italian. I think she knows something is up, but doesn't know what I'm planning. I found a wedding planner who has a great looking spot in Vernazza picked out. Edit: Face palm.
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The short sightedness of learning
by CADSkin inin 2 years im surprising my wife for our 20th with a 2nd marriage in italy.
weve been planning to go for the last few years so she knows about the trip.
i decided that since im going to be in italy for a month and since i sit at a desk on my computer for 8 hours a day, i might as well spend that time productively and learn some italian.
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CADSkin
JGNAT: It's the ultimate in procrastination.
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The short sightedness of learning
by CADSkin inin 2 years im surprising my wife for our 20th with a 2nd marriage in italy.
weve been planning to go for the last few years so she knows about the trip.
i decided that since im going to be in italy for a month and since i sit at a desk on my computer for 8 hours a day, i might as well spend that time productively and learn some italian.
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CADSkin
In 2 years I’m surprising my wife for our 20 th with a 2 nd marriage in Italy. We’ve been planning to go for the last few years so she knows about the trip. I decided that since I’m going to be in Italy for a month and since I sit at a desk on my computer for 8 hours a day, I might as well spend that time productively and learn some Italian. I’m getting pretty good at it for a newbie and use it when I can around the house. My in In-laws came to visit a few weeks ago and when my wife told them I was learning Italian they laughed for a long time. I had to think about this through JW Armageddon colored glasses to figure out why they thought this was so strange. These are the reasons I thought up based solely on their reactions:
1 Why bother? It could end by the time your vacation comes, so why waste your time.
2 Knowledge is pointless. They only read from one publishing company yet think they have all the answers.
3 There’s plenty of time in the New System to learn so why better yourself now. They talk often of all the great things they will do in that reality yet don’t prepare for anything in this one.
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Are there more XJWs than JWs?
by punkofnice in......well, that's my question.. i have no stats to back anything up.
just putting it out there for thoughts/comments..
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CADSkin
3 rd generation born-in here. Out of my Immediate family of 5, 0 are in. Out of my extended family blood relatives only of 25, not including my wife’s side, 5 are still in. The 5 that are still in are all over 50. 1 recently returned after 20 years of hardcore addiction.
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Long Overdue Observation
by earthfire ini just thought this was funny when it popped into my head this morning.
funny because i should have thought of it long ago and i'm sure that i'm not the first to think this.
the big point comes after my little spiel.. so, god tells noah to build an ark because he has a lot of killing of the wicked to do and only noah and his family seem to be good enough.
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CADSkin
If the account was true…there wouldn’t be a herbivore left on the entire planet. Because A)There were no plants and B)They’d have all been eaten by the carnivores.
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How would you feel if your coworkers pooled in on Powerball lottery tickets and won, and you didn't participate?
by Theocratic Sedition ini just recieved an email stating that the folks here won $8.00 over the weekend.
so they're going to use the money to procure more tickets and i believe the jackpot is up to like $260 million or some other crazy figure.
i never participate and i absolutely enjoy watching them waste their money on tickets with a smug haughtiness that only an active jw can muster.
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CADSkin
At least no one will be left at work to rub it in.
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Going to the meeting tonight ARGH!!!! So wanna end this pain NOW!
by Julia Orwell ini'm only going to the meeting because of my husband!
i was 'in' solo for years while living with my unbelieving family and i know how it feels to be the only one in your house going to the meeting.
i also respect my husband's decision, and know what it's like to have family try to tear down your beliefs.
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CADSkin
Pick up a foreign language! Get a NWT or download other pubs. in a language you'd like to learn and follow along. I learned Spanish when I was a kid and everyone around me just thought I was very diligent in looking up the scriptures.
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There's this girl...
by noonehome inquick back-story: i'm pretty young...old enough to go to war but too young to buy a beer (if i were in the states..maybe i am maybe i'm not...) compredo?
so i've had allot of doubts, but figured it was a fault in myself until my best friend left a year ago and has since been labeled apostate.
i've never shunned him, in fact, i still see him a few times a month in secret.
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CADSkin
Some of the strongest witnesses I’ve ever known were created by their own doubts of being a witness. Since the outside world is made to be so big and scary the only way some people can look past the elephant in the room is just to protest harder against the facts. She obviously has a longer road than you do to travel. Just be careful and give it time.
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Is a slow fade being selfish when you have kids?
by dissonance_resolved inso i got some great advice to take things very slowly with the husband and kids in order to be able to fade and still maintain contact with my parents and siblings.
but today i got a call from my son's teacher that he was having a meltdown because he was worried about all his friends and teachers being destroyed at armageddon.... first i felt like such a schmuck for ever having allowed that thought to enter my son's head, then i thought, is it psychological torture for me not to immediately correct the situation?
i had a long talk with him about how god is perfectly just and full of love and he didn't have to worry about that at all, but it still seemed lukewarm.
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CADSkin
My wife and I had the same issue. We didn’t want to push it too fast and be cut off from the grandparents. Too slow and the kids are confused by the inconsistency from year to year. It’s a very tough decision. We stayed in limbo too long to be truthful. We had no more witness friends for the kids but didn’t allow them the freedom to have worldly friends. They were taught b-day’s and such were bad but we didn’t have any good reasons. We are now fully out and our girls are doing great, We worried the most for our oldest since the other 2 were so young. Our oldest is now 14 and is the most self-college driven kid I’ve ever seen. Full support for that.