I wish you and your wife the best. Leaving the wts behind is never an easy thing especially if you leave on your own terms. Be thankful because in the long run you will truly have peace of mind.
ikhandi
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Breaking Up is Hard to Do...
by joe_from_kokomo inmy wife and i just left the wts after some 6 years of involvement (5 1/2 as baptized jws).
it has been a painful experience, i must tell you, but also one that has been filled with great joy and relief, too.
the agony and the ecstasy, you could say.
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3 day week-end...
by RubyTuesday in.
i would like to know what your doing ,from just sitting on your patio sipping a pina colada or (if your the more advertureous type) playing with your wakeboard slider ....i'll tell you later what i'm doing.
ps...don't forget the real meaning of this holiday.
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ikhandi
I am going to martha's vineyard for the long weekend to meet some friends
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ikhandi
Rueben deserved to win. I think he is more marketable overall than Clay. Clay would fit in well performing on Broadway, for he's very one dimensional. Basically I would pay my hard earned money to go see Rueben peform, I can't say I would for Clay. The good thing is that they both will go very far.
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The dumbest thing I did as a witness
by Vivamus inwhen i was 14 or so, my attention got directed to queen.
and i loved them.
i'd save my allowance to buy cd's, posters, books etc from them.
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ikhandi
Some days I regret I ever became a jw other days I just view it as a short part in the chapter of my life. Although I was a real pain in the behind in high school trying to sell awakes and watchtowers to kids in my class and starting impromtu studies at lunch.
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I am going back to the Kingdom Hall......
by ColdRedRain in...just to watch my aunt get married.
had you fooled there, huh?.
a few people who i know on the board know my family irl.
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ikhandi
Brummie has a valid point. Its not cool to dilebrately stir up trouble at someones wedding. Its their day, let them enjoy it.
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Have You Spoken To Anyone Here From This Forum ?
by RAYZORBLADE inobviously the answer for many of you is, an overwhelming yes.
the reason i am posting this is, for some or perhaps many, they only post or im(instant message/e-mail) other members, but have not spoken to them via the phone.
i'm aware that for some, calling long distance is a financial concern, thus the e-mail thing/im works fine and serves its purpose.
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ikhandi
Nope just getting to know people here
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Did you pioneer?
by JH indid you ever pioneer in your congregation?
i was an aux.
pioneer 4 or 5 months a year when my seasonal job was over.
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ikhandi
I regular pioneered for four years while I was in college trying to get my degree. It started out as one of the most rewarding times in my life until everything kind of got mundane. I must admit I pushed myself too hard at times trying to keep that pioneer spirit and while continuing to have the whole souled devotion attitude. It just got to be too much for me, afterall I got a lot of slack from others that I was trying to attain higher education. I had way too many stresses in my life at that tiime. Its funny now in spite of all I have been through I really don't regret that part of my life. For what I have endured has made me a much stronger individual.
Stand up for yourself even if your standing alone
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Most Annoying "Kingdom song?"
by doodle-v inwhat's a kingdom song you can remember singing that gives you the creeps now?
mine is "move ahead" i think that was the title, anyway it has so much rhetoric... but the tune is so darn catchy.... darn.... in my opinion, those songs are the perfect example of mind control.
move ahead.. move ahead ... blah blah blah blah blah .
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ikhandi
every last one of them
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Did you cheat on your monthly report?
by JH ini was always honest with my field service reports, until the time when an elder came over to give me hell because i had only 1 hour that month in the field service.
i told him that i was working 50 hours a week, had a 4 day district convention that month and couldn't do miracles that month.
he never accepted my explanation.. .
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ikhandi
I only remember padding hours on my report once and that was when I was reg aux pioneering. I was smart to get the bulk of my hours very early in the month, but towards the end I got really sick with the flu and had like 3 or 4 hours to make up for. So I rounded up hours and came up with the magic total of 60.
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Is There Anything in Life That You Truly Regretted?
by minimus inone thing that stands out for me is how i never went to my own grandmother's burial because, after all she was dead and during the day she died it was on a thursday night and i had 2 parts to handle so i performed them well and at the end gave the congregation, "a progress report" of how my grandmother had been doing since she was in the hospital, suffering from cancer.
that evening i told the congregation that she had died that afternoon.
many people cried at that point but later i was commended by many for not missing a meeting that evening.......
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ikhandi
To this day I still regret that I did not see or talk to my father one more time before he died. I regret pushing myself to my limits when I was trying to be that model jw, because of my stupidity I was fast on the road to mental breakdown. I did get some therapy and for that I will always be grateful. Life is good