Posts by av8orntexas

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If I do not go and speak with the elders by Sunday, then he will speak with them on my behalf.

by TimothyT in

my friend called round before and has just left.

he told me that he was worried about me and that he wanted to speak to me as to why i havnt been going to the meetings or on the field service.

i told him that im just not discussing the reasons at all.

av8orntexas

A 'friend' of mine did this to me when I first started getting shaky in my meeting attendance. Told me that he let an elder know he was going to talk with me. I had until the next meeting or whatever to talk with the elder or he was going to the elder and see if I spoke with him.

Whaaaat ? Are you 30-something or in grade school and going to tell on me ?

I know a sister who put herself in a couples business and gave them a deadline. Then had the nerve to tell me how 'stressed' she was. What ?

Mind YOUR BUSINESS ! What she was stressed over is beyond me. Thinking about it makes me mad. Who the hell are these people to dictate anything to anybody ?

It's easy to say,but don't stress over it. I was so worried about the elders and what they would say. But when I sat and thought looong and hard about it and you began realize you're a GROWN MAN. You're not some kid,or their child. You're an independent individual.

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This past weekend I lost my mom

by lola28 in

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the cancer finally got to her and now my sisters and i are left without our mother.

we take comfort only in knowing that she is no longer in pain.

how do people move on from such a massive loss?.

av8orntexas

I'm sorry to hear about your loss. Focus on the all the good times and thingsd you were able to have together.

Take comfort in the fact that you have family, and most importantly siblings to be there with you and for you.

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What is your standing in a congregation if you're a man of 40 and never married?

by dgp in

on a different thread (http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/members/private/211210/3/my-life-well-the-first-part-at-least.

someone commented that.

as a sister especially you are nothing when not attached to you husband.. this made me curious.

av8orntexas

NRFG,

I wasn't raised a witness,but I really thought everyone was on the up. The first time I kinda had my eyes opened was when a friend of my mind who had gone to bethel told me all the stuff he and sisters did right before he went to bethel. I was shocked. Then all the stuff he did while at bethel. I'll never forget that conversation. His face and the way he talked. He was pretty much like "Where have you been ??"

At the time it happened,I would have never thought. People talked to me in the congregation. But looking back,I could see why I would have been told or included in certain things.

But I'll be honest. It's good they didn't. I probably would have been a really bad boy,lol

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What is your standing in a congregation if you're a man of 40 and never married?

by dgp in

on a different thread (http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/members/private/211210/3/my-life-well-the-first-part-at-least.

someone commented that.

as a sister especially you are nothing when not attached to you husband.. this made me curious.

av8orntexas

Broken Promises,I know it wasn't all sisters. I should say in my area and my experiences. I couldn't put my finger on any other reason why.

Well yeah I can. I was just starting out in the workforce. By putting Jehovah first, I was working part time. So I didn't always have the nicest car or much $$$ I was so sure sisters would see how I was putting the kingdokm first. That deserves a rip roaring HAHAHAHAHAHA. Boy I get a good laugh at that now.

For me it made me constantly question myself .

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What is your standing in a congregation if you're a man of 40 and never married?

by dgp in

on a different thread (http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/members/private/211210/3/my-life-well-the-first-part-at-least.

someone commented that.

as a sister especially you are nothing when not attached to you husband.. this made me curious.

av8orntexas

Funny thing is, all those same sisters that didn't give you the time of day, they all end up in Judicial Committees somewhere down the road, or needing special assistance from the elders cuz their marriage is on the rocks. Hilarious to me. Reminds me of the old Biz Markie song, Vapors.

A two sisters comes to my mind. Except I honestly think one is Bi-Polar. Beautiful,nice. Her and her husband hadv a really rough patch about two years ago. She blow my phone up wanting to talk. I told her why not call your husband and tell him what you want to tell me ? If he doesn't know how you feel ? Alot of times she wanted phone sex and would spill alot of stuff she did prior to marriage. Really open my eyes up big time,lol

Needless to say she fell off the face of the earth when her and her husband got back together. Only calling to tell me she 'worried' for me because of how I felt about the meeting. Huh ?

She was Cybil if I ever saw her.

The other. Same thing. Told me her husband was buying porn,she was pregnant. Just blowing my phone up.

Both times I said,tell your husband. When both felt they were doing well in the congregation....it was they were worried about me.

I was like you all should worry about yourselves. To be Jehovahs people they both had ALOT of skeletons in the closet,lol

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What is your standing in a congregation if you're a man of 40 and never married?

by dgp in

on a different thread (http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/members/private/211210/3/my-life-well-the-first-part-at-least.

someone commented that.

as a sister especially you are nothing when not attached to you husband.. this made me curious.

av8orntexas

I LOVE women,but I could care less what they thought of me at the hall now. I found some sisters to be very stuck on themselves. If you weren't at least an MS.......

........Brother PUH-leeeeze.

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What is your standing in a congregation if you're a man of 40 and never married?

by dgp in

on a different thread (http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/members/private/211210/3/my-life-well-the-first-part-at-least.

someone commented that.

as a sister especially you are nothing when not attached to you husband.. this made me curious.

av8orntexas

Broken Promises not bad. I fell lucky. Part of it was I feel I had no title. But early in life,I put off alot of stuff. I sometimes feel I should be where I'm at now years ago.

I'm very single,lol

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What is your standing in a congregation if you're a man of 40 and never married?

by dgp in

on a different thread (http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/members/private/211210/3/my-life-well-the-first-part-at-least.

someone commented that.

as a sister especially you are nothing when not attached to you husband.. this made me curious.

av8orntexas

Hahahaha.

No Room for George that sound like me,except you're still in.

Worldly women usually asking what my deal is. I tell em'...hey for the last 10-12 years I was looking for a JW woman. I try to explain that to them,not sure if it makes sense.

I'm single,never married,good job,no kids.Relatively debt free,paid off my car. The guys at work are always like "man bro....you got it made. I'd wait if I were you." That or.."boy you're lucky." The ladies are always like: "you seem really sweet and nice. I think you'd be a great husband or spouse."

In the truth ? As a so called friend told me like 4 years ago. And I'll never forget it: "You're a great guy man,and I know alot of single sisters. But not a SINGLE ONE of them will touch you." I was late 20's and had never made MS. In that sense....daringhart13 hit the nail on the head. Some of the things he told me his SIL thought of me as well as other suingkle sisters was kinda shocking. Especially for people who didn't know me from Adam,but had a perception of me in a spritual sense.

In the truth I'm pretty much toxic. Unless I have some flash,cash or a title. Thats how I see it from my personal experience.

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I have just left my parents home and the JW's about six months ago and have found it hard to get over.

by StephanieH in

i finally desided to leave the witnesses therefore my family and basicly everyone and everything i had ever known.

i was 19 about to be 20 and i had just finished my first semester at a community college.

i was shocked at the respons of my father and others about me attending college at first they were ok but behind my back they were pretty much betting on my failier.

av8orntexas

It will get easier with time.

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What was your favorite job in your lifetime?

by Iamallcool in

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it is not about the money.

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av8orntexas

My current job. I was a serious airplane nerd as a kid.

Now I work in aviation. Everyday is fun, different and most of all a challenge.