Posts by GrreatTeacher

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Handing out candy

by mikeypants in

growing up my parents would barricade our home off by parking vehicles bumper to bumper - you would have to crawl under the cars or over the bumpers to get to our door.

also, we would turn off all the lights and hide in the back room away from the street.. that was the norm for me.

isnt that insane?

We gave away less candy than usual. A lot of people went out to parties last night. Then, we finally ended up with a party of our own with people in the house and sitting by a bonfire in the front yard!

The trick-or-treaters were not too excited when my husband first offered them celery, you should have seen their wide eyes! Then, we had a laugh and offered them candy from the candy bowl or a small toy from the toy bowl. Some parents thanked us for having toys because their kids were allergic to some candies.

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Where are you from?

by BeautifulMind in

jw
friends

i know we are all anonymous for our own personal reasons, so i understand if you would rather not say.

but if you don't mind sharing that would be cool.

i currently live in georgia, usa.

GrreatTeacher

The monstrosity that is the greater Washington, DC / Baltimore metro area.

Suck it, LA! We just took over the title for having the worst traffic in the USA. :(

But, the Chesapeake Bay is beautiful and makes up for that, somewhat. :)

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Hello everyone! I am new here and want to tell you about myself - my bio

by Hollywood20 in

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friends

grew up in east la in a bad neighborhood to a black mother and white father.

i never knew my father because he died in a car accident when i was a few weeks old.

my mother converted as a jw soon after when two sisters came to her door and offered her comfort, which was something she needed.

GrreatTeacher

Well, you've learned the truth about the truth at a young age, so congratulations, you're in a much better position than many on this board that have wasted decades before they realized the truth.

Also, I totally respect you for caring so much about your mother's feelings. The sad thing is that she is trauma-bonded with the religion. It's the thing that gave her solace when she was going through a very difficult time.

However, she made a bad decision. The people she trusted hurt you. Does she know this? Maybe she should be made aware.

Her reaction could go in any number of ways. She could be angry or she could disbelieve or it could entrench her further.

At any rate, why protect her from the knowledge of her own bad decision?

I think it is hurting you more than you know.

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Full 2015 Annual Meeting Program

by wifibandit in

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=plrw9u-n1z2m8peenfmbdxmvbdkum0ce1n.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uppgsfl6o5k.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9j8ivkmkvk.

GrreatTeacher

What, did they import the Mormon Tabernacle Choir for the first video?

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A little ray of hope.

by username in

for all those who have recently escaped this evil cult i just want to send a message of hope.. i have just had my landlord around.

one of the first things the landlord said to me.

"in just a year i see such a big positive difference in you" .

GrreatTeacher

So, the proof is in the pudding.

The cool thing was that you didn't solicit his opinion. He just gave it based on an observation that was striking to him.

I'm thrilled that you're doing so well.

And, it'll keep getting better.

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My First Birthday.....

by The Marvster in

i awoken today and realised immidiately i'm 44 today... and after 3 years of being out, decided to acknowledge my birthday.... i'm off out to treat myself to a big hearty breakfast with cup of tea in the local weatherspoon's by the massive pond full of weird bird-life, later today i'm giving myself a gift of a 90 minute relaxation session in a float tank down by canary wharf in london.... only really have 2 close friends (it's a slow process trusting people agian) and they probably won't be able to see me today, but i'm sure i'll have a belated surprise from them both.... the first thing i did when i remembered was to rush to the computer, connect to the web and put on stevie wonder's 'happy birthday', as i listen to it, tears stream down my face... all those years of my life stolen ' but..... i'm free....'.

GrreatTeacher

Well, since it's your first birthday, I guess you can get away with just one candle in the cake. My husband is just a couple years older than you and his last cake...well, the first candles were melted by the time the last candle was lit!

Glad you had a lovely day. The years are precious. We need to celebrate them.

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Headline: "Islamic Invasion: Europe now scrambles for guns." How true is this?

by cappytan in

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friends

a year to a year and a half ago, i would have taken this article at face value and believed it.. now, i realize this article comes from a dubious source.

world news daily has a die-hard right-wing bias.

so, in an effort to get real information, i'm asking my european exjw's, is this article all true?

GrreatTeacher

Cappy, I've been very impressed with you lately. This move must have been good for you.

Freedom to think; great to have it, isn't it?

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Goodwill stores: A gathering place for Jehovahs Witnesses.

by Joliette in

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i recently started working at a goodwill here in wisconsin, and i've never encountered more witnesses ever in my life.

every time i go to work, i see at least two or three people that i used to go to the kingdom hall with getting suits, dresses, etc.

some of them say hi, but some of them i just ignore, or they ignore me.

GrreatTeacher

We had to always shop the sales racks for clothes. Sometimes you could go into a nice store and find a clearance rack where things had been marked down multiple times. You didn't get the greatest selection, but some of the stuff was decent. I still use this trick today to round out my wardrobe.

What I felt like I never had enough of was shoes. My dad believed that you got one pair of dress shoes for summer and one pair for winter. Then, you got one pair of athletic shoes and a separate pair of sturdy school shoes. No cute little girl flats or other cute shoes that a girl might like. I feel like if we didn't have to spend money on dress shoes that I could have had decent shoes for everyday.

I had it better than my sister, though, who got stuck with a lot of my hand-me-downs. I remember one time getting a box of hand-me-downs from a family at the hall and that's the only time.

Now once my baby brother was the only one left at home, they could afford to buy him pretty much what he wanted.

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Hilarious Whatsapp message received - FIRST day after Big D

by cognitivedizzy in

jw
friends

a hilarious stupid wa message is being circulated amongst jws in my area / country.. i had a hearty laugh at the ignorance and stupidity and brainwashed mentality, different people may express different emotions so you have been warned.

day one after armageddon it seems ages since we last heard the gunshots and screams, today has been really quiet.

the last few weeks have been sheer terror.

GrreatTeacher

It's violence porn.

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Enjoying autumn

by kaik in

for some reason, i love autumn .

i always did as kid.

warm days, and cool nights, changing leaves, sunny days of the indian summer or eastern european equivalent called "grandma summer".

GrreatTeacher

I fell in love in autumn so it has a good feeling for me. My husband took me to an apple orchard where they made fresh cider when we were still dating. Then over the years we would go back to visit, until one year there was a big housing development there instead. :(