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what is the youngest you've known someone to be da'd or df'd, and what for?
i was never baptised and therefore never could be deepfried (new zealand speak for d'fd)
one thing i would like to point out is that being raised as a jw you have a 'superimposed' conscience and when you 'go out' the shit really hits the fan and you wild bcos you think 'well if im gonna be bad i mite as well be really out there'. then its later on you realise you cant live like that and slowly develop your own natural born conscience. my experince anyway.
i have small children.
i was raised a witness, so i never celebrated holidays.
now, i don't go to meetings, don't agree that the watchtower is jehovahs sole channel of communication.
by the way i fully agree with you MYOHNSEPH
i have small children.
i was raised a witness, so i never celebrated holidays.
now, i don't go to meetings, don't agree that the watchtower is jehovahs sole channel of communication.
such a tricky subject for us with kids
i have an eight year old and tho i was never baptised i did bring me daughter up to have jw beliefs up untill about six. i could probly never bring myself to put up a xmas tree or hold a bday party it would just feel too weird (i was brought up in the truth myself and went wild at 16 and had a baby to a wordly)
however im kind of lucky in that my girls father can take care of the pagan celebrations with his family so the onus is not all on me, although i do by pressies at the appropriate times and on her last bday we treated her to dinner at a restaurant and a movie + pressies. luckily she is an easygoing kid and i think kids in general are pretty adaptable (+ i dont think many kids would complain about xtra fun + not having to be so 'different' anymore)
there just thought i'd put in my bit!
does anyone remember the advice from from the stage, encouraging mothers to remove babies from the room when they were hungry?.
how about, wooden spoons to beat toddlers into submission, preferably in front of the congegation, as to set an example in disipline?
was this just in our hall, or was it from the borg?
if i was annoying mum at a meeting and mum didnt want to make a scene she would quietly pinch the skin on my hand. me and my sister had a good laaf comparing notes.
don't mean to be gripey, but would like to vent about two observations i've made lately:.
1) a mother whose child wouldn't follow her soon enough at the grocery store.
she said "okay, goodbye!
my worst peeve is getting my sock/socks wet on a wet patch on the lino. does anyone share my peeve??
anyone have any funny virgin honeymoon stories?
none here- but my brother & his wife- both good witnesses got married- didn't get to complete the act for 6 weeks- his wife had no idea he was so big- and kept crying & was afraid.
just another "well educated" witness girl.
my dub sister and brother-in-law were both virgins till marriage and my sister being unused to sleeping with a man woke up in the middle of the night and beat the shit out of the 'intuder' in the bed. lol
after leaving the only religion in the world, what are your views on sexual issues and have they changed more and more since the time you left the borg?
did you go sexually crazy and try many different things?
did you find intrest in porn and want to experiment more?.
the blood of many kittens is on my hands. lol
you'd be good with someone?.
that potential in your .
interactions with someone?.
and dont worry about others opinions just do what makes you happy
help--my daughter is pregnant by a disfellowshipped jw.
he has recently been re-attending meetings and has decided to get reinstated.
he told my daughter that the relationship is off because it would be too difficult to have a relationship between a jw and her(holidays, family etc.
no that isnt so but a father does have an obligation to support any children esp materially and spiritually
martial arts is the one thing the elders and i verbally sparred over for about 5 years.
it wasn't until i got df'd that i was able to attend an "official" class.
i had trained vicariously for about 4 years with a friend of mine who was a student of isshinryu karate.
P>at the age of 25 i have decided to take up martial arts - looking into various types, maybe will start zen do kai.</P>
<P>i always was fascinated but being brought up in the truth it was out of the question. on the subject of self defense, a few years ago when i was studying (i never did get baptised) i mentioned to my study conducter that i had signed up for a self defence class. the next study session she pulled out a copy of a wt article saying why it would be wrong to do self defence (this wasnt a martial art by the way just womens sd) </P>
<P>i said to her - "its okay for u yur husband to protect you should anyone break in etc" (me being a young single mum living alone) ;and went ahead with the course. a funny thing occured to me recently - the society encourages women to fight off an attacker yet at the same time discourages learning useful techniques of how to do this! they really empower the women dont they!! duh</P>
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