I fared just fine. Got a job in my field, paid off my loans, enjoyed the fruits of my labor, paid for my son's education so he wouldn't have student loans, and now I'm enjoying my retirement.
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If you wanted to go to College/University, how do you think you would fair, after paying off your Student Loans?
by LoisLane looking for Superman inif you go to college/university...where do you see yourself in 20 years, 50 years?.
if you do not get higher learning, where do you see yourself in 20 years, 50 years?.
or loss/saving for 40 years = $480,000.00.. someone else can compound the interest.. do you have a 5 year plan?
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Brazilian waxing and JWs
by Bella15 inwith all the control they want to have over people's lives, i wonder if going brazilian down there (male or female) would be cause for readjustment???
lol i can see sister a telling the elders on sister b ... lol... i wonder what scriptures they would use to make their point across ... i know that for non-jw this would sound totally crazy but as an ex-jw i know that this is totally possible ....
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Terry: "... could somebody please indulge me by explaining why Brazilian waxing is desired and worth the pain and money? "
For the same reason people have their ears (and other body parts) pierced, get tattoos, or endure any other painful procedure -- vanity.
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What's in your handbag?
by usualusername inhi people.
in all my life i have only looked in a womans handbag once.
it was close to looking at the arc of the covenant.
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Wallet (cash, credit cards, driver's license, receipts), keys, cell phone, sunglasses, hand sanitizer, Tylenol, checkbook, pen, change pouch, Leatherman (attachments: screwdriver, corkscrew, 2 knife blades, scissors, file), 2 lipsticks, lip gloss, mascara, compact, tweezers, nail clippers, sunscreen, comb, asthma inhaler, and a Turkish blue bead to ward off the evil eye.
Sorry you asked?
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Anyone here get DF or DA as part of a plan, with family in? Was it worth the heartache?
by awakening ini just wonder sometimes if i got found out and got dfd for my views on the society, how would i feel?
i often think to myself that it would be a huge relief, no more pretense!
but then the other side of the coin is the family still in.
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I never DFed or DAed, but I told my dub parents I was out. My mother insisted I write a letter to the Society DAing myself. I told her I didn't owe them another minute of my time. For some reason, my mother never outed me, so I was able to stay in touch with her and my father throughout the years (34 years to be exact).
Two of my sibs and a close friend left soon after I did. So everything worked out great for me, but that's no guarantee it will work out that way for everyone.
Even if I had been shunned by all, I still would have left. Couldn't take WTS crap anymore.
Was it worth it? In every possible way, yes.
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''Spiritual high(TM)'' after an a$$emb£y anyone?
by punkofnice ini remember having been to a convention or a$$emby for however many days and when i came back i didn't want to go back to work/school because i felt on a buzz.. what was that all about????.
any ideas?
anyone else get that?.
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punkofnice: If it had rained at convention time, I'd have risen from my seat in the lower mezzanine in the stadium and thanked Jehovah out loud.
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not ready to go over to the "dark side"
by nowwhat? inafter spending a lifetime in it, no one is as fed up with the wt as i am.
[my golf game would have been a hell of alot better if i was'nt banging my head against the wall on saturdays!
lol ] this forum has taught me alot more than i thought to confirm my suspicions.
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Nowwhat: "... so for those of you that are sincere where else is there to go? "
I liken your situation to that of an ex-con who has just been released from prison after a long, long sentence. You're so accustomed to your WT jail cell that you can't see what's out there and are afraid of what you may find.
The only answer is to get out and look around -- read, take some classes at your local university, join a club, get to know some "wordly" people. You'll soon find lots of places to go.
BTW, you can hold your Bible beliefs without being a dub.
Parakeet.
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''Spiritual high(TM)'' after an a$$emb£y anyone?
by punkofnice ini remember having been to a convention or a$$emby for however many days and when i came back i didn't want to go back to work/school because i felt on a buzz.. what was that all about????.
any ideas?
anyone else get that?.
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I remember as a kid baking in the sun at the conventions in Yankee Stadium.
The only high I felt was intense relief when it was over.
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Help!!!
by marriedtoajw ini have come here for any advice and support that anyone can give and i really need it now.
i don't talk about these issues with my siblings anymore because they have already told me that they have no advice and can't help.
feelings of anxiety have been overwhelming me the lat 2 years and it makes me feel like a scared little child.
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You're stressed out and depressed. See a physician and get those medical matters taken care of. There are good meds available that will stabilize your feelings of helplessness and despair.
You'll be able to think more clearly and take action when your emotions are on an even keel.
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So, is this present life it??
by Monsieur inif there is a possibility that god himself as we thought he was is not real, then,.
is our current and present life, (the daily one we live, not necessarily our aspirations) all there really is?.
what do we have to look foward to if we are aware that we are not infinite.
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"O my soul, do not aspire to immortal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible."
– Pindar, Pythian iii
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Are you still on a self improvement quest?
by Monsieur inon another thread i asked about this life being all there is.
if so, what would you consider important to have done or accomplished before you die so that 'your time alive' would not have been a total waste?.
if you haven't done it, or accomplished it, are you currently on a quest to do so?
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"... what would you consider important to have done or accomplished before you die so that 'your time alive' would not have been a total waste? "
Leaving the WTS and its braindead dubs is a tremendous accomplishment by itself.
Living one's whole life by incomprehensible WT rules -- THAT's a total waste.