Posts by ESTEE

just thought i would share my saturday morning experience.. my partner and i were sitting on the porch having our morning ciggie when we saw a car up our street.

it was them.. 9.30am, their 1st door, the dude and his mrs are strolling up my drive and he yells a gidday as he approaches.

i then said to him that this house should be recorded as a do not call on your map.

ESTEE

Kep & Partner,

I'm so-o-o-o-o-o-o-o darn PROUD of you!!!

Well done! I hope I'm that gutsy when it's my turn to git called on!

ESTEE

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Anyone here into Swing Dancing/Music?

by pr_capone in

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i was wondering how many others are on this board that enjoy swing dancing and the music?

i have been doing it myself for over 8 years now and love it.

i mostly do east coast and lindy.

ESTEE

I am a ballroom dancer. . . 4 years

East Coast Swing, West Coast Swing, Jive for the swing dances. . . I figure Lindy is a faster version of the West Coast Swing

Latin Dances: Rumba, Cha Cha, Samba, Mambo,

Smooth: Slow Waltz, Viennese Waltz, Quick Step, Fox Trot, Tango

Favorite: Did a Tango Showcase in front of a thousand or so people at our ballroom dance club.

LOVE to dance!!!

ESTEE

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Girls are EVIL!!!

by pr_capone in

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ESTEE

Yeah. . . .I'm from Canada!!!!!!

I'm evil! MOOOHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

E$TEE

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Did you ever get put on the spot?

by Soledad in

by that i mean from the platform at the kingdumb hall?

i remember some study conductors who had the habit of calling on people in the audience that seemed distracted or unprepared--on purpose so as to embarass them.

some were so out of it when the mic was handed to them they had to ask what was the question, why did you call on me i didnt have my hand up, etc.

ESTEE

There was a rule in our congregation that "no one was supposed to sit in the last four rows of the KH, unless they were families with small children".

So, one evening when the meeting was about to start, the brother on the platform said, "I see that there are quite a few people in the last four rows without children. . .Would you please pick up your books and move to the front . . . here! Then we will start the meeting. . ."

No kidding. . . this control freak waited until everyone with no children had relocated themselves well away from the last four rows. I could not believe what I was seeing. Of course I was a ver-r-r-ry good j-dub at the time. Already was in the second row from the front!

After that, there were printed sheets of paper placed on the seats that said, "RESERVED SEATING FOR FAMILIES WITH SMALL CHILDREN".

Sure got me thinking!

ESTEE

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Does anyone have the letter???????

by Mulan in

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has anyone seen a copy of the letter to the elders, about the upcoming visits on inactive ones?.

does anyone have this letter, and can you post it?

ESTEE

Ugg is a real asset to this forum . . . great job of spying!!! LMAO

Question:

I'm disfellowshipped. . .do you think they'll ask ME to come and join them in the preaching work??? <uncontrolled laughter>

ESTEE

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Ways "THEY" Controlled You

by minimus in

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"they" refers to the watchtower society, the elders, the brothers and sisters, etc.

when you look at how much control has been exerted over us over the years, you can't help but be amazed.

for example, if we had a major snowstorm in the area and the entire state was told by the governor to "please not go out", unless the call was made by the elders, the meeting was still on and you were expected to attend.

ESTEE

Speaking of weddings . . . my girlfriends daughter was getting married. Through the course of the evening I approached the band to see if they would take a request. No, was the answer.

A member of the band proceeded to tell me that the elders had - - - prior to the reception - - - requested to see the song list that the band was playing for the evening. No other songs would be allowed, except the songs that the elders had pre-approved! What a bunch of control freaks! . . . GAWD!!!

ESTEE

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I got an e-mail for a long-lost dub friend

by Mackin in

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there is this woman i used to correspond with back in my dub days but lost contact with several years ago.

anyway just the other day she sent me an e-mail out of the blue.. she wanted to know if i was "in" or "out" as she was planning a trip to australia and if i was still "in" possibly we could meet (obviously i would have to travel to oz).

she had heard i wasn't going to the meetings any more.. i replied that i was definitely not "in" any longer but that i wasn't da'd or df'd and if she wanted to read my story i provided her a link to my story on this site.

ESTEE

Macklin wrote:

Friendship is totally conditional upon following the borg rules.

Im really sorry to hear this happened to you. And it is an unfortunate truth about dub-ville. My kids stopped talking to me before I was disfellowshipped. My jw friends (so-called) shunned me before I became dfd. Conditional love. . . I will be your friend ONLY if you are a j-dub. I will love you ONLY if you are a j-dub. Guess it is what the dubs call marking.

I just call a spade a spade - - - Your friend JUDGED you.

Sis,

ESTEE