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  Well... I'm out of a job... again.

  by Elsewhere in

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  everyone in the office was called to a big department meeting... with the exception of me and a few others.

  we were called to another meeting.

  yeah... i knew something was up.

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  aunthill

  Sorry, Els,

  I've been there, let go for no good reason. It will get better.

  Aunthill
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  How old were you when you left?

  by somebodylovesme in

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  i only know a handful of witnesses, but i do know several ex-witnesses.

  all of them left in their late teens, which (as i've read here) is pretty common.

  i know there are a lot of people here who left later in life.

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  aunthill

  Oh, BTW, I was 24 when I was baptized, and 48 when I da'd. 25 frustrated, wasted years and torture for my family.

  Aunthill
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  How old were you when you left?

  by somebodylovesme in

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  i only know a handful of witnesses, but i do know several ex-witnesses.

  all of them left in their late teens, which (as i've read here) is pretty common.

  i know there are a lot of people here who left later in life.

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  aunthill

  Mouthy,

  Near as I can tell, you were 59, maybe 58 depending on when your birthday is.
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  I'm Home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  by Yizuman in

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  finally!

  i got a place of my own!

  i moved here last week sunday after i saw an ad for an apt for $425.00 p/m w/ all utilities paid!!!

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  Wonderful, Yiz! We've all been pulling for you.

  Aunthill
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  Pro Life, pro choice?

  by got my forty homey? in

  1. jw
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  i always have felt that the following expressions were stupid, why dont they just call it pro abortion, anti abortion.

  anyway, knowing our backgrounds as jw's what is your viewpoint on this highly debated issue?

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  To let you know right off the bat, I am anti-abortion, and, depending on the circumstances, pro-death penalty.

  My opinion is that you were pro-choice at the conception, you made the choice to have intercourse, you should now allow that child the opportunity to grow up and make his/her own choices.

  Aunthill
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  Are You Going To The Memorial This Year?

  by minimus in

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  i think it's april 4th.

  (i think).

  are you going?

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  aunthill

  Undecided said:
  

  I think I could sit through it one more time, if I really try.

  I had a neighbor once, who bragged incessantly about her 2 boys, implying that her children, were better looking, smarter, more talented, etc. than anyone else's. She moved, I moved. Several years later I ran into her at a restaurant, in the meantime she had had a little girl. She immediately went into her song and dance about how wonderful her daughter was and I couldn't get away from her fast enough! I was probably downright rude in making my escape. Going back to the KH would be about the same - 10 words into the "spirit-directed" talk (from manuscript - they can't trust anyone to do it right otherwise) I would be running screaming from the building. Talk about a dog returning to its vomit! I don't know, you're supposed to become more patient as you get older - hasn't worked for me.

  In answer to your question, Min, NO NO and H*LL NO!!!!

  Whew! Now I've got that off my chest...

  Aunthill (of the let me compose myself now class)
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  I guess it was not meant to be

  by Dayshdees in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/20/63523/1.ashx.

  i guess i should have listened to all your posts a while back when i asked if a relationship could work between a jw and a non jw, many of you shouted run like helll !!

  , run dont walk !!!.

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  I went back and read your original post. The people who posted there were telling you the truth about the difficulty and sheer hell you will go through if you marry this woman. However, some people have to learn in the School of Hard Knocks (upside the head), and you may just be one of them. Unfortunately, by the time you come to your senses you are likely to have a couple of children whose minds will be warped by the crazy teaching of this cult. Is that what you want, some really messed up kids????

  Think!!!! That is why God gave us a BRAIN - so we can reason, not just react to our base instincts like some dumb animal. Don't give in to that emotional vortex that will attempt to drown you in the sea of misery!

  Aunthill
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  I guess it was not meant to be

  by Dayshdees in

  1. social
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  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/20/63523/1.ashx.

  i guess i should have listened to all your posts a while back when i asked if a relationship could work between a jw and a non jw, many of you shouted run like helll !!

  , run dont walk !!!.

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  aunthill

  (((((Hugs)))))

  I feel for you, Day. I got married, then became a JW, but my husband didn't. Let me tell you this: Love is NOT enough. I loved my husband, but the Watchtower Society, very subtly, tries to tear marriages between JWs and non-JWs apart. I speak from 25 years of experience. I was very lucky that my husband didn't leave me (or maybe that I didn't leave him) but those 25 years I was in the WT, our marriage was a living hell. Fortunately he was there when I finally came to my senses, and the past 10 years have been wonderful, bless his heart for hanging in there.

  You can go ahead and marry her and learn by bitter experience the truth of my, and others who have posted here, words - or you can take a breather and think about exactly what you want for your life.

  1. Do you want constant strife and conflict that will inevitably come because she believes one way and you don't?

  2. Do you ever want to face the possibility that your child may be ill and need a blood transfusion but your wife is totally opposed, and may leave you if you authorize a transfusion, or that your child may die because you are afraid she would leave you if you granted a transfusion?

  3. Do you want to NEVER celebrate Christmas (and other holidays) as a family. Or do you want to do as my husband did, take the kids to your parents' house for Christmas, while she stays (disapprovingly) at home. I'm here to tell you that it's no fun for either of you and just creates more friction.

  There are so many other situations that come up in a "divided" household, and that is what it is, divided, that I can't begin to list them all. On the subject of "divided," a man and woman are supposed to cleave to each other and become one. Their purpose is to be united, and united in rearing their children. If one is a JW, and the other is not, there is no way they can be united, rather, they are "untied" and every one in the family suffers, being pulled in different directions.

  I urge you to not rush into anything, but to take time and think logically about everything that has been said. When we rush into something because of an emotional need we tend to not look at the larger picture, but to consider only the emotional void inside of us rather than the effect it will have on the rest of our life. I see that you are 31 - way to old to be making rash decisions. By this age you should have a little wisdom under your belt, as well as the wisdom to pay attention to the experiences of others. As Sarah Annie said, are your family always opposed to what you want to do, just because they are a bunch of controlling people, or do you think they really have your best interests at heart. If they have your best interests at heart, sit down with each one of them (one at a time, not all together so that they gang up on you) and ask them what they see that you are not seeing, and LISTEN and weigh what they say.

  Anyway, best of luck.

  Aunthill
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  Son in Hospital.

  by Gordy in

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  on new years eve morning, my son (28) ex-jw, da'd 3 years ago, went to see the doctor, he hadn't been feeling well for a while, tired and run down.. they took some blood for a test, at 5:15pm the doctor rang him up to say their was an ambulance on the way his blood count was only 5.7, should be 13. he was very aneamic, which would explain the tiredness.

  next day they gave him 2 units of blood and another 2 units the next day.

  he had no hesitation in accepting the blood.

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  Gordy, I'm glad your son is doing better. Are they doing any tests to see why he was so anemic? He might need some more treatment.

  I once stayed away from the meetings for 3 months, just to see if anyone would call. No one called, not even a sister that had supposedly been close to me. I finally went back (should have stayed away and saved my self 15 years of grief) and a few people mentioned that they hadn't seen me. I should have seen the "love" then.
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  Do you remember where you were when Yellowstone erupted?

  by Nathan Natas in

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  is yellowstone worse than they say?.

  yellowstone lake the u.s. geological service and the media have been super- conservative with their warnings about the yellowstone supervolcano.

  but evidence is accumulating that the park is in big trouble because the vast volcanic region beneath its surface could be on a fast track to eruption.

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  Hubby & I were in Yellowstone last summer. The sulfur odor was really powerful, but, since it was my first time there, I didn't think anything about it. I was amazed at the size of the caldera when I looked at the map - it is huge! I, too, have friends who live within range of an eruption, so I hope that after 640,000 years, it will hold off for another 100 years or so.

  Aunthill