TheSilence

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  This Is So Weird----We Don't Miss Even A Little Bit----Our Being Witnesses!

  by minimus in

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  my wife and i were talking today about how we just don't miss the meetings, the service, the association..... we miss nothing.

  she's been a jw for over 25 years and i've been for more than 45 years----and once we simply stopped going, there was no sadness, no questioning our decision.

  it's almost like we are carrying on as if we were never witnesses.

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  TheSilence

  Hi, Undercover,

  I don't think we've "gotten over" being a witness or being duped or mislead or whatever you wanna call it as long as we continue to show up here and post on a regular basis.

  First of all, I think there is something of a difference between saying that you have 'gotten over' being a witness and saying that you don't miss it.

  Secondly, I do believe there are many people who come here who *have* actually 'gotten over' being a witness but still come here because they've made friends they care about or because they simply want to stay up to date on any of the latest scandals because they still have family in that it will affect.

  :::smile::: Of course these are only my opinions... and perhaps I am choosing to believe what I want to believe... nice to have that freedom, though, eh?

  Jackie
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  St Joseph .MO >>>U.S.A.

  by mouthy in

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  i wonder if anyone out there is near citadel health care .5026 faroon st, st joseph, mo ????.

  there is a lady about 80 still has her faculties.. in there.

  she was df about 1986 i think.

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  TheSilence

  Hi, Mouthy,

  Looks like St. Joseph is north of Kansas City... which means I wouldn't be able to visit her any time soon. But if you pm me her address I will be more than happy to send her a Christmas card.

  Jackie
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  Please share your Xmas craft ideas with me

  by Eyebrow2 in

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  hello everyyone!.

  this the first christmas that my husband and i actually have time to do stuff with our kids before christmas.

  i hope to help them make some ornaments for our tree, and hopefully make a few to send up to their grandparents for their tree.

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  TheSilence

  One of the prettiest ornaments that you can make yourself is also one of the easiest to do. Buy some clear glass bulb ornaments. Take the top off and insert some tinsel and then push a line of this type of garland

  into it so that it winds itself around a bit and the tinsel works through it. Put the top back on the ornament. With paint markers (make sure they will work on glass, most will) you can add a name, year, special message... whatever you want. They turn out really pretty, are relatively cheap, and all the supplies you need should be available at any craft store.

  Also, just take a walk through a craft store anytime in November and December and they will have all types of Christmas projects set up and shown off, from easy to difficult... it's just a matter of choosing what you're up for. This one, however, is my favorite, the lights shine through these ornaments in a really pretty way, they look nice, and if you personalize them it makes it special for anyone you're giving it to.

  Have fun,

  Jackie
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  I'll try again, Missouri???

  by copsec in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i asked this several months ago so thought i would try again.

  anyone on here from missouri or maybe arkansas, i have attended in doniphan, poplar bluff mo and corning ark

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  TheSilence

  Jst... you have a pm ;)

  Jackie
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  I'll try again, Missouri???

  by copsec in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i asked this several months ago so thought i would try again.

  anyone on here from missouri or maybe arkansas, i have attended in doniphan, poplar bluff mo and corning ark

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  TheSilence

  <---North County of St. Louis girl ;)

  Jackie
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  RUPERT!

  by Princess in

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  i'm so sad to see him gone.. what would you do to jon if you met him in real life?

  he creeps me out like nothing else.

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  TheSilence

  It also looks like next week someone will be stripped of immunity for the first time. Very interesting.

  Jackie
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  The New Harry Potter Teaser

  by TheSilence in

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  http://harrypotter.warnerbros.com/web/dailyprophet/article.jsp?id=poa_teaser_trailer

  i'm soooooooooo excited!!!

  and it's so far away... killing me.. jackie

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  TheSilence

  http://harrypotter.warnerbros.com/web/dailyprophet/article.jsp?id=POA_Teaser_Trailer

  I'm SOOOOOOOOOO excited!!! And it's so far away... killing me.

  Jackie
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  ok, i need help. and i'm a geek. calling all britney fans!

  by tink in

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  ok, i'm getting my hair cut on saturday, and i need to find a picture with brintey spears' last short hair cut, you know the one with the blunt choppy bangs?

  thats the hair cut i want and i can't find a photo of it anywhere!!

  and i tried looking on the internet but i had to wade through so much porn it got sickening.

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  TheSilence

  bang definition 3 in oxford dictionary... 3. (esp in pl.) fringe of hair cut straight across the forehead

  jackie

  edited for spelling ;)
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  Does anyone else still get Armaggeddon Nightmares!!

  by Lainey in

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  i haven't posted for a few weeks as i have been back at work busy beavering away, however as it is my day off i thought i would see if anyone else has the same trouble that i have, and also if there is anything they have found useful.. i have always had trouble eating properly and sleeping ever since my early teen years, but over the past couple of years or so (even though i know i don't believe the watchtower teachings anymore) i have at least 3 or 4 times a week, the most vivid awful nightmares about armaggeddon, and the different ways that jehovah is going to destroy me because of my wickedness.

  i wake up in tears and shaking with fear, and then i am not able to get back to sleep, i just lie awake until the morning not daring to close my eyes.. i can't believe that as a grown woman, the watchtower teachings keep coming back to haunt me.. lainey.

  ps can i also thank all the posters for the kind personal messages that i have received since i came here

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  TheSilence

  Hi, Lainey, (hope I spelled that right)

  I was raised in the organization and told my dad that I didn't believe when I was 13... and still I had these nightmares into my early 20's. Some of that, I suspect, was to due with the fact that I was still forced to go to the meetings until I was 19.

  I think getting past it is a combination of time and just getting to a place where the little niggling doubts of, "maybe they are right" are absolutely gone. One or the other won't get rid of the nightmares, has to be both, I think.

  The suggestion to just talk to someone about it is a great one. I'm very open about it and most people I'm close to know I used to be a jw. No, they don't completely understand how it affects you... but every once in a while you say something and see their look and you can think, "yeah, it really was a ridiculous thing to believe" and you feel better knowing you don't anymore. I find laughing about it cathartic.

  Good Luck,

  Jackie
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  Christmas Card List

  by Panda in

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  if you want a christmas card from us (therese and nick) pm me with your address and i'll send you one.

  cheery panda hugs the forum

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  TheSilence

  Wow, what a neat way to get cards from all over the place. I'll be pming all of you... also, I'll be happy to send a card to anyone who would like to pm me with their address as well.

  Jackie