Posts by Ghosthunter

Howdy to you, Big Tex! What's worse about the whole thing at work is that I work for the HUMAN RESOURCES department (please don't hate me) and we are involved in this whole "internet police" thing! H.R. is the perfect job for me as I'm nosy by nature. We get to find out the good stuff FIRST!

It all started when some idiots started surfing and downloading porn at work. I don't have a problem with people doing stuff like that in the privacy of their homes, but AT WORK????? Give me a break! So, they decided to not only ban porn, but gambling sites, religious sites and internet shopping sites. The porn and religious sites were banned to keep co-workers from getting offended and filing a law suit, the gambling and shopping sites to keep people from goofing off instead of doing their jobs. LIke I said, having buddies in the IS department is a GOOD thing!

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Are you ever surprised at who is attracted to whom here?

by berylblue in

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you lurkers.

the ones who read this board just to observe everything that's going on.

never say a word, except on very rare occasions.

Ghosthunter

Even though I am still a Newbie, I have been lurking here a couple of years. I have been DF'd more than 20 years, happily living my "worldly" life, when my grandmother died. When attending her funeral, I had to face all the relatives that had shunned me for all those years. It opened the floodgates, if you will, and I started looking for some answers. I have found a lot of them here.

It's funny, but I was afraid to post for the longest time. Why, you ask? Because I was afraid that the board was being "watched" and someone would recognize me and tell my mother that I was an APOSTATE! Over the years, she has never totally shunned me. She has always been able to justify talking to me (or occasionally visiting) because of her two grandsons. I have always wondered what was going to happen when they grew up. It will be interesting to see, as one of my boys is over 21 and the other one is graduating high school next year. However, I now have a grand-daughter so she will probably be able to justify (to herself at least) that she's "associating" with me to keep up with the news of the GREAT grand-daughter.

If she had any CLUE I was on this board, she WOULD shun me in a heart-beat and I would lose any remaining scraps we have of a "relationship".

I also wonder who is going to take care of my mom when her health starts to fail? I am an only child and I currently live 5 hours away from her. I think she thinks her JW buddies are going to take care of her when she gets on in age, but we all know better, don't we? Maybe she thinks that one of these days, I will come back into the "fold" and we'll be one big happy family again.

She (and the rest of my family) think that my "worldly" husband is keeping me from coming back. AS IF!!!! I can think by myself, thank you very much! I always hated going to the KH, going out in service and not being able to pursue any friends besides the boring, lifeless kids at the KH. I became rebellious as a teenager and refused to go to the meetings. My rebelliousness back-fired and I became pregnant at the age of 17. I hid the pregnancy from my mom for 5 months, until I started to show. In order to be able to keep my baby and to remain in her house, my mother forced me to come back to the KH and start a study with one of the younger pioneers in the congregation. I did as I was told, had my baby, went to the KH and studied with the pioneer. I was surprised to find that I actually liked this young woman and we became friends. Her and her family were nice people, not the usual variety of dubs. I decided to become baptized to make my new-found friend happy. I knew in my heart I really didn't want to spend the rest of my life as a JW, but, being 18 with a small baby and no where else to go, I felt I was making the right decision. I was happy as a baptized dub for a total of 2.5 seconds. I don't think the glow lasted the entire assembly.

I got DF'd at the age of 20. One of the most horrible experiences in my life. (One of the elders on the committee recently died and I'm ashamed to admit I smiled at his obituary.) Married the father of my child and that marriage lasted for 5 miserable years. Had another child, got divorced and my mom pressured me to come back into the 'truth'. I went to one meeting and just about had a panic attack. Just the SMELL of the KH made me almost physically ill. You all know that smell I'm talking about. The smell of publications and magazines. I went to that one meeting and knew, no matter how bad my life might be as a single mom of now two children, it couldn't be as bad as going back to the JW's.

To make a long story short, I remarried a few years later to a decent man. We are still married and very happy. He has helped me raise my boys and we are both neutral when it comes to any organized religion. He was raised a conservative Christian (if you live in West Michigan, you probably know which REFORMED church I am speaking) and we both believe in God and Jesus Christ. Neither one of us believe in (or trust) organized religion and have never felt the need to go to church anywhere. But, that's another story.

I'll continue to lurk and post when I feel strongly about something. Just to let you all know, because I lurked too much at work, this website got BANNED from our network server! Good thing I have friends in the IS department! They didn't tell my boss. Whew!

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Which Kingdumb song did you hate the most?

by iiz2cool in

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i read through the thread entitled "what is your favorite kingdom melody?

", but i couldn't find any i liked.

i found quite a few i really hated though.

Ghosthunter

Okay, like Rayzorblade, it's been 20 years since I have sung a Kingdumb Melody song, AT LEAST! What I remember is that if you were "poor" you had to buy the paperbook purple book of Kingdumb Melodies, but if you were more "affluent", you were blessed with the leatherbound copy.

I always thought that they stole the melodies from other "religious" hymns or even Christmas carols. (I used to sing Christmas carols at school, unbeknownst to my mom.) To me, the "house to house, from door to door" song sounded like a song I used to sing as a kid (not around mom, of course):

"if you laugh when a hearse goes by, then you may be the next to die, they wrap you up in a blood sheet and drop you down about 60 feet......."

Yeah, stupid, but what else can you do to entertain yourself in the most boring place in the world?

I have to vote for "Myriads and Myriads of Brothers" as the worst.

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What are your 5 favorite songs?

by joelbear in

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mine

imagine by john lennon he went to paris by jimmy buffett raindrops keep falling on my head by b j thomas the voice by the moody blues express yourself by madonna

Ghosthunter

Xanadu - Rush

Lift Me Up - Yes

One Love - Pat Benatar

Gold Dust Woman - Fleetwood Mac

Victim of Changes - Judas Priest

Betcha' can't tell how old I am!!!!!

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Do you believe in ghosts????

by Ghosthunter in

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wondering if anyone out there believes in the paranormal?

if so, do you hold on to the jw belief that they are "demons" or do you think that there is a possibility that there may be ghosts, spirts, etc.

that are wandering our earth looking to contact the living?

Ghosthunter

Well, well, WELL! As you can all see, I'm still a newbie and I have not yet run across a thread about ghosts. Sorry about that. Anyway, my husband and I run a website that I would like to introduce. Good, bad, or indifferent, we would like your comments....

www.glpr.org

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Do you believe in ghosts????

by Ghosthunter in

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wondering if anyone out there believes in the paranormal?

if so, do you hold on to the jw belief that they are "demons" or do you think that there is a possibility that there may be ghosts, spirts, etc.

that are wandering our earth looking to contact the living?

Ghosthunter

Wondering if anyone out there believes in the paranormal? If so, do you hold on to the JW belief that they are "demons" or do you think that there is a possibility that there may be ghosts, spirts, etc. that are wandering our earth looking to contact the living?

Let me know what you think. With enough positive responses, I'll hook you up to my website.

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Who Owns a Shih-Tzu?

by worldlygirl in

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i'm tired of swordofjah and all the ranting.

time for some fluff.

i have an 8-month-old and i just got a 9-week-old two days ago.

Ghosthunter

I own the world's FATTEST Shih-Tzu!!!! He's two years old and his name is Gonzo, but we just call him Bean (Gonzo Garbanzo Bean). He is good-natured, very loving little dog. He snuffles and snorts and is a source of constant entertainment. Only barks when someone is at the door, and that's just because our other dog barks. The only advice I have is to keep them clipped. The coat is WAY too hard to manage, unless you have nothing better to do than brush it all day long!