and oh, i forgot.
you guys should all go see "sideways" and discover the joys of pinot noir.
nowisee
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Serious or casual relationships?
by greendawn inwhat do you believe is better, the traditional serious marriage attitude of total and permanent commitment or the lighter and more casual approach to relationships?
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Serious or casual relationships?
by greendawn inwhat do you believe is better, the traditional serious marriage attitude of total and permanent commitment or the lighter and more casual approach to relationships?
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nowisee
my first relationship was with lst husband - the bethelite....a disaster.
after leaving him (and wts) let's just say i had my share of, uh, casual relationships.
after 12 years of doing personal ads i met mr. right and am about to celebrate my 17th anniversary. it is wonderful. so warm and cuddly and safe and nurturing to body and soul. it is as i would want it and i cannot imagine it being any better.
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damn, it happened again.
by nowisee ini was working.
i travel around in my work.
today i was in a mall.. a lovely young woman approached me, looked me in the eye and said she wanted to leave me with something...as she handed me a tract.. i looked at it searching for evidence it was jw.
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nowisee
just2 -- i can finally tell you how much i love your name.
i remember once when i was out in service with a cargroup of women, one of them came back to the car totally shaken. she had just been at a door (about 2 blocks from kh) where a woman (someone none of us had ever known about - and she was not known in the local congregation) came and stared her down, saying she knew all about jws and had been one. everyone was buzzing about that for a long time, and now, i guess at least 30 years later, i remember how i felt at hearing that experience. we were all perplexed, (how could ANYONE be xjw? they MUST know it is "the truth".) and we were all chilled to the bone.
i hoped that i put just one seed of doubt in that young woman's mind. i know she is thinking about it tonight, as i am.
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damn, it happened again.
by nowisee ini was working.
i travel around in my work.
today i was in a mall.. a lovely young woman approached me, looked me in the eye and said she wanted to leave me with something...as she handed me a tract.. i looked at it searching for evidence it was jw.
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nowisee
hey swan, how ya been? you were one of the first people to talk to me here, and i will never forget the things you said to me with such clarity. good to see you.
hey ozzie. thanks. nice to talk to you.
AK - jeff - thanks. yes, that is how i felt. i have had jws come to my door and have responded differently each time. each time i have thought i should have done better. i never think fast enough. i seem always to be caught off guard. i will try to remember and be prepared with the un bit. thanks.
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damn, it happened again.
by nowisee ini was working.
i travel around in my work.
today i was in a mall.. a lovely young woman approached me, looked me in the eye and said she wanted to leave me with something...as she handed me a tract.. i looked at it searching for evidence it was jw.
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nowisee
i was working. i travel around in my work. today i was in a mall.
a lovely young woman approached me, looked me in the eye and said she wanted to leave me with something...as she handed me a tract.
i looked at it searching for evidence it was jw. yes, there it was and i handed it back to her.
she had a strange look, somewhat smug, somewhat rejected. i couldn't help myself. i told her i was xjw, that i had been a regular pioneer married to a bethelite. her eyes widened and she said "oh wow". and then she hightailed it away. i never saw her again. she had been with someone but they both disappeared.
i kept thinking i should have kept that to myself and engaged her in conversation. what would you (do you say to them???
(i just realized too, that they are "them" now, and not "us".)
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List Your Favorite Foreign (non-American) Films Here!
by Funchback ini hope this thread receives a lot of responses.
not because i am egotistical.
heck, really, i like any sort of film.
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nowisee
chariots of fire
swept away (NOT the madonna version)
i'll think of more too.....
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What books have made you cry?
by Fe2O3Girl inbonus points if you don't mention wt publications!!
the first book that ever made me cry was the grapes of wrath by john steinbeck.
most recently, i was reduced to a blubbering wreck reading the five people you meet in heaven by mitch albom.
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nowisee
(hey doug! way to go. welcome.)
the bible makes me cry all the time.
other than that....it has been a long time since i had a really good cry from a book.
don't laugh, but when i read "love story" by erich segal in one sitting and finished at 2 a.m. i cried for the rest of the night.
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Puzzle Over Pets and People
by Rod P injust for fun:.
people love pets, and pets love people.
see if you can match four people with their pets and their correct names.. here's the story:.
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nowisee
buffy has a goldfish.
duffy has a ferret.
danny has a horse.
ricky has a hedgehog.
seriously.....
buffy/dog/mickie
duffy/mouse/spot
danny/cat/vickie
ricky/parakeet/fluffy
right????
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Hi you all.
by chrissy innew to the forum & simply introducing myself.
i've enjoyed reading some of the posts here.
it is so nice to know these forums exist for poor ex-jw girls that suffer from post tramatic sheltered-from-the-rest-of-the-free-world syndrome.
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nowisee
hey chrissy!
welcome.
i left at the same age many years ago and felt the same way as you. you have one great advantage and that is having connected to jwd, this site. lo this many years later i have finally found convincing and valid reasons to truly mentally reject wts. keep reading and you will too.
may you find peace, answers, and may you continue with ease.
very best wishes, nowisee
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The saddest song you've ever heard
by littlerockguy inwhat is the saddest song that brings tears to your eyes just about every time you hear it?
mine is harry chapin's cats in the cradle
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nowisee
swan & golden girl -- my father used to sing my bonnie to me too, telling me how his father sang it to him. everyone cried.
danny boy -- words of a father to his son going off to war. he is sick and knows he will die before he ever sees his son again.
if you could read my mind - gordon lightfoot. calls to mind the emptiness and hopelessness at the end of my first marriage.
send in the clowns - of the mistiming that often happens in life.
and in the far recesses of my memory -- in second grade there was a little girl who would sing of the butcher boy from jersey city. in the song he steals her heart and then leaves her. she kills herself and they bury her with pebbles from head to feet. just bits of the lyrics i remember. i used to cry and cry. anyone know this song?
a recent song that is very moving is "live like you were dying" tim mcgraw. the first time i heard it it blew me away.