Posts by TheSilence

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Urgent: Moral guidance required

by sass_my_frass in

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long story short: my nan, mum's mum (mum's a jw), has two living sisters, aunty a and aunty j; none of them are witnesses and don't like jws very much.

they're all in their eighties.

my nan lives in the state i grew up in but my (great) aunts live in the state i live in now and are visiting my nan.

TheSilence

I'm sorry for your loss and glad you're at peace with your decision.

Jackie

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For Mr. Flipper ~~ Bigfoot Article

by TheSilence in

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Should I Mail This Letter to my Sister?

by journey-on in

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hi, sis.

so glad you called tonight.

its been weeks since we talked and i enjoyed hearing your voice.

Wow. Reading the first half it sounded almost too sarcastic to me... until I reached the middle and you turned it around. Then the juxtaposition of the two halves really made your point very powerfully.

As to whether or not you should send it... I suppose that depends upon what you hope to accomplish and how important it is to you to maintain the possibility of a relationship with your sister. And I think you are the only one who can decide that. I, personally, would not send it simply because if my sister ever does want out I want to be there to help her if she needs it. But, your call.

Either way, I thought it was very well written and enjoyed reading it. I'm happy you have so many things going so well in your life. Don't let your sister's lack of ability to appreciate them mar your enjoyment of life.

My two cents, if it's even worth that ;)

Jackie

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Word game fluff...what else does your JWD name spell?

by restrangled in

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go to this anagram site and type in your name: http://wordsmith.org/anagram/.

you might be shocked!

here were my favorites:.

TheSilence

Cheese Lint

Yeah, kind of how I felt about it, too. lol Jackie

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Word game fluff...what else does your JWD name spell?

by restrangled in

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go to this anagram site and type in your name: http://wordsmith.org/anagram/.

you might be shocked!

here were my favorites:.

TheSilence

Cheese Lint. Huh.

Jackie

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How many of you are still affected by "Armageddon?"

by Soledad in

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i know i am, or at least now i'm finally willing to admit it.

when making future plans, i still have "jehovah's day" in the back of my mind.

i never caught myself doing that until fairly recently, and i just realized that it was holding me back in many ways.

TheSilence

I wouldn't say it effects me now. But it did for many years after having attended my last meeting. It didn't effect my so much in my planning of the future... but I couldn't watch the news. And any time a special news bulletin would come on my stomach would turn. I'd get nauseous and have to leave the room because I just knew it would be something about the UN banning all religion proving the JWs right and that it would be too late for me.

Good times... good times.

Jackie

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Dad refuses blood...

by lisaBObeesa in

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i sit here in shock because i just found out that my father, far away in hawaii, has been in the hospital since monday.

he has an abdominal aortic aneurysm.

this means he could die should the aorta ruputre (and it is threatening to do so).

TheSilence

Definitely go see him. You might regret it otherwise. And if you decide to talk to him about the fractions, don't argue. Just tell him that you love him so much you don't want to lose him and so you want to make sure he is aware of all his options.

Jackie

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Are You Angry That You Didn't Get To Celebrate The Holidays?

by minimus in

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but now, holidays are important to me.

i think birthdays and xmas are important ones to make sure that you give and get gifts.

perhaps it's because i never experienced the "joy of the holidays".

TheSilence

Angry... no. But I listen to people at work gripe and complain about the holidays every year... and I enjoy them maybe even more than my nieces and nephews do :::smile::: so maybe that I get to truly enjoy them as an adult rather than looking at them as a burden is my compensation. I'll be an adult far longer than I was a kid.

Jackie

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