Posts by Mystla

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Abandonment

by reneeisorym in

most of the time i'm ok with the problem i'm about to discuss.

it just seems that occasionally it hurts me more than others.. for those of you who's family are all jws: it was hard to leave all of your family behind but for whatever reason, it made you happier to go than to stay.

after you left, did you ever get scared that those in your new life would abaondon you as well?

Mystla

"everyone in my life" is one person

This is pretty much where I am at. I have minimal contact with family. and no real friends to speak of. The couple people I consider close friends live far away and lead busy lives, we only talk a couple times a year.

Add to that that my hubby is likely to die before me due to his disability, in fact I came home from work once and thought he was dead. Scared the shit out of me. Really made me take stock and figure out some priorities. I realised that I was spending all of my time at a job I didn't like, away from the one person I wanted to spend all my time with. We did some figuring and realised that if we moved to a less expesive place and budgeted, we could live off hubby's disability income. So now I am retired and we spend all of our time together.

I know that being alone again will probably happen someday.. but I did it once and survived.. and next time I won't have the turmoil of figuring out who I am thrown in. I've got that figured out now Facing the fact that it can happen is not easy, but once you accept it, you can face it.

Misty

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I am an Auntie!!!

by Mystla in

first baby born to any of my siblings...

woohoo!..

i'm off the hook for providing a grandbaby!!

Mystla

First baby born to any of my siblings... woohoo!.. I'm off the hook for providing a grandbaby!! or at least a little less pressured

7lb11oz red headed boy!!

My brother is a daddy!! Too bad his phsyco bitch from hell of a wife hates my guts... sigh.. My brother had better at least send me pictures!

Misty

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WTBS Sponsored Lobotomies!

by Cold Creek Swimmer in

i just wanted to share with all of you on this forum my newfound joy.

thanks to a new understanding by the fds, they are able to provide to certain ones of us a lobotomie free of charge!

i was quite upset at first when my wife approached me with this news, but my tune soon changed.

Mystla

I have to say that being, um, unlobotomized hurts far worse than the origional operation (kinda like a reverse vasectomy or untieing those tubes..) No one thinks it can be done and no one approves of those who attempt it!! In fact, it is assumed to be fatal!

And it takes a loooong time to get used to having your brain back!!

Good post Cold Creek!!

Misty

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Mini strokes-TIAs

by DJK in

i had three mini strokes last july.

i went thru a lot of tests august thru november and nothing was found.

this past saturday, i had another one.

Mystla

I wanted to add that I in no way meant to minimilize what you are going through. TIA's can be very frightning and I'm sorry you are going through this!

Misty

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Mini strokes-TIAs

by DJK in

i had three mini strokes last july.

i went thru a lot of tests august thru november and nothing was found.

this past saturday, i had another one.

Mystla

My Grandmother is 84 and started having tia's about 18 months ago, the Dr.s were not able to find a cause. She stopped having them after awhile and is doing fine now.

My personal theory is that it was related to a fall she had a few months before they started.

The hardest part for grandma was that half the family freaked out and assumed she was dying. There was lots of sobbing and hysteria.. none of which was helpful to anyone!!

As far as I know she hasn't had a tia for 6 months now.

Stressing over when you will die is not healthy for you... any of us could die at any time, so why worry about it? Try to focus on what is most important to you, like spending time with your wife...or away from your wife, depending on how happy your marriage is My husband is disabled and will, in all likelyhood, die at a fairly young age. This is a topic I've spent some time pondering, to put it mildly. The conclusion I've come to is that this life can be snatched away from any of us at any time, so we need to live everyday like it's the last.

Misty

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Pan's Labyrinth

by Mystla in

has anyone here seen this movie?

if there has already been mention of it, i'm sorry, i've been afk off and on quite a bit the last month or so and have missed a lot of threads.. this is one of those hard to categorize movies.

it's a fairy tale.

Mystla

Veradico- I see you have given this some thought

I loved the comparison they gave for the adolecent belief in magic and the adult refusal to believe. One woman admits she used to believe, another states that magic is of no use in reality (and dies as a consequence if her disbelief) and the male adult can't even see it when it is right in front of him.

I also liked the pile of peasant children's shoes in the monsters lair. That whole scene had me on the edge of my seat. I haven't looked at a grape in the same way since.

Misty

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Pan's Labyrinth

by Mystla in

has anyone here seen this movie?

if there has already been mention of it, i'm sorry, i've been afk off and on quite a bit the last month or so and have missed a lot of threads.. this is one of those hard to categorize movies.

it's a fairy tale.

Mystla

It wasn't in any close theaters when it was first released... which is why we wanted to see it so bad when we were visiting family in the "big city" Now that it's won a bunch of awards, though, it's even playing in our small town theater!! So now may be the best time to see it for some.

I haven't even heard of Volver, maybe I'll google it and see what it's about

Misty

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Pan's Labyrinth

by Mystla in

has anyone here seen this movie?

if there has already been mention of it, i'm sorry, i've been afk off and on quite a bit the last month or so and have missed a lot of threads.. this is one of those hard to categorize movies.

it's a fairy tale.

Mystla

We went to see it a couple sundays ago. We were visiting JW family members and they were all going to afternoon meeting, they asked us to go, of course.. but we had been wanting to see this movie so we went to that instead It was definatly better than going to the meeting!

I love the way they leave the end kind of open to the idea that it really happened... or to the idea that she imagined the whole thing. It could go either way depending on your own point of view.

Misty

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Pan's Labyrinth

by Mystla in

has anyone here seen this movie?

if there has already been mention of it, i'm sorry, i've been afk off and on quite a bit the last month or so and have missed a lot of threads.. this is one of those hard to categorize movies.

it's a fairy tale.

Mystla

Has anyone here seen this movie? If there has already been mention of it, I'm sorry, I've been afk off and on quite a bit the last month or so and have missed a lot of threads.

This is one of those hard to categorize movies. It's a fairy tale. It's also, what I would consider, horror. There's some war movie elements, as well. It's very violent, which is not something I like (I had my hands over my eyes for a good portion of this movie ) The fairy tale aspect was fantastic, a great story.

They make the villain so vile you are cheering when things turn against him. You can't wait for him to get what's coming to him! (and boy does it!)

Here's a link to the movie's web site: http://www.panslabyrinth.com/ for anyone who is interested.

In spite of not liking the violence, I have to say that this is one of the best movies I've seen in a long time. The story was great, the cg fantastic, the acting superb. What more can you ask for?

Oh, and it's subtitled, which I didn't mind... in fact we went with my dad who is hard of hearing (to put it mildly) and it was nice to not have to repeat what was said for him every couple minutes

So, how about it.. anyone seen this? What did you think?

Misty

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MORE DRIVEL FROM APRIL 15TH WT STUDY.....

by Mary in

i'm not sure if this has been posted yet, but on pages 28-29 of the april 15, 2007 watchtower study on let the congregation be built up, they seem to be trying to justify the notion that a person cannot be 'saved' if they leave the organization, even if they have just cause:.

paragraph 15 reads" in modern times, some have ceased associating with the local congregation, feeling that they will serve god on their own.

they may say that it is because their feelings were hurt, they think a wrong is not being corrected, or they cannot accept some teaching.

Mystla

feelings were hurt, they think a wrong is not being corrected, or they cannot accept some teaching

This covers just about anything an "apostate" might come up with as a reason to leave the JW's. Pedophiles? That's a wrong that will be corrected in due time! Can't handle any more "new light" shining in your eyes? You just can't accept the new teachings! Horrible judicial commitee treat you like dirt even when you have commited no wrong? You just have your feelings hurt!

This covers every reason that anyone on this board left the "truth" over. Gossip, fraud, false prophesy, it covers them all!

Good post Mary, lots of good reasoning on your part. We can definatly tell you haven't been a dub for awhile... you think for yourself! and use logic and reason!!

Misty (who left over hurt feelings, uncorrected wrongs and false teachings!)