Posts by Tempest in a Teacup

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weird questions people ask you at the KH?

by Truthexplorer in

so i meet sister ott zealot.

she says ah .... its lovely to see you; how are you doing.

i said yeah i'm fine thank you!

Tempest in a Teacup

Thé country I grew up in... Well, that's part of the greetings among witnesses, especially old timers. It sounds more like....how's thw WORSHIPPING?

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Does Anyone Know Where This Picture Came From...

by MADMARY in

it couldn't be from a watchtower cover, right???

does anyone know?.

mm.

OrphanC: about that pic I'm going off topic here, but I think the quote is nonsense. lol. No one can turn your hourglass (life) around for you. Or someone may just come, and knock it to the floor.

Sorry, I couldn't help it. I have a ginourmous beef with silly internet quotes lol!

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Mummy Dear Lies at Assemblies

by Tempest in a Teacup in

my zealously fanatic jw mum is aware of my current "tourist-jw" life.

what she doesn't know for sure is that she's part of the ones who brought me to this.. my mum was a quite moderate jw, she even got publically reproved once.

in our house, there was no daily text, no family study, no eating together, no preaching together, no watchtower study...even though she regularly checked my wt to see if i studied it.. being a single mother, she had a quite busy work schedule, so from the moment she woke up to the moment she went to bed, you'd better not waste a single minute of her time needlessly.

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I distinctly remember that if my answers to whatever questions I was asked in the interviews wasn't good enough, I would be coached into giving better answers. You know, not truthful ones, but ones that set a higher standard.
(...) I believe very little of any personal experiences given from any stage. I assume most to be exaggerations at least, outright lies at most.

having been there myself, I know this to be true and I started to question the veracity of it.

As a teen, I was given a part. I still don't know why they asked ME do to that. I had absolutely no serious experience to fit the brother's talk. They eventually let me tell about one experience of my everyday life (meaning: not interesting); they -the brother giving the talk and the co- told me what to place emphasis on, and how, and what details to downplay and how.

My story still ended up too flat. LOL, too everyday-ish I think, given the weak applause The thrill-thirsty audience gave me. Ha!

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Mummy Dear Lies at Assemblies

by Tempest in a Teacup in

my zealously fanatic jw mum is aware of my current "tourist-jw" life.

what she doesn't know for sure is that she's part of the ones who brought me to this.. my mum was a quite moderate jw, she even got publically reproved once.

in our house, there was no daily text, no family study, no eating together, no preaching together, no watchtower study...even though she regularly checked my wt to see if i studied it.. being a single mother, she had a quite busy work schedule, so from the moment she woke up to the moment she went to bed, you'd better not waste a single minute of her time needlessly.

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The whole belief system is a delusional fantasy. Why did you expect it to have limits?

I believe it rather works the other way around. These little things pieced together prove that the system has a problem, i.e. from insiders' point of view.

Now if your eyes are open, it's a different story.

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How to Choose a Wife!

by snugglebunny in

jw
friends

back in the day, when my family moved to a new congregation, i fell head over heels with a young sister who was an elder's daughter.

it wasn't long before we were talking about marriage and i was contemplating buying her an engagement ring.

my parents were not happy at all.

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I remember they also said the same thing about cleaning the hall: the singles who do it, despite being nicely dressed are humble and therefore will make good spouses!

Ow!

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How to Choose a Wife!

by snugglebunny in

jw
friends

back in the day, when my family moved to a new congregation, i fell head over heels with a young sister who was an elder's daughter.

it wasn't long before we were talking about marriage and i was contemplating buying her an engagement ring.

my parents were not happy at all.

Tempest in a Teacup

By the way, I remember an elder asking in a talk: 'if an able bodied person puts in 2 hrs in a month, how many will s/he put in once faced with the responsabilities of marriage?'

I remember nodding in agreement. If only I knew back then!

Stupid fools. Everything is good to get people to preach. Like...if you don't preach, you'll be punished by not getting a spouse.

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How to Choose a Wife!

by snugglebunny in

jw
friends

back in the day, when my family moved to a new congregation, i fell head over heels with a young sister who was an elder's daughter.

it wasn't long before we were talking about marriage and i was contemplating buying her an engagement ring.

my parents were not happy at all.

Tempest in a Teacup

It's also a very standard practice where I live. Which explains why I'm still single

Totally pointless though cos people who want to get married will just fake their time. How do you find out if they really did 15 hours in the Month? And if they genuinely did it out of their hearts?

Ask your parents and the co's wife that question.

There are more vital and relevant issues when considering a marriage mate and you should rather focus on those.

Stupid man made rules propagated by brainless robots.

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Mummy Dear Lies at Assemblies

by Tempest in a Teacup in

my zealously fanatic jw mum is aware of my current "tourist-jw" life.

what she doesn't know for sure is that she's part of the ones who brought me to this.. my mum was a quite moderate jw, she even got publically reproved once.

in our house, there was no daily text, no family study, no eating together, no preaching together, no watchtower study...even though she regularly checked my wt to see if i studied it.. being a single mother, she had a quite busy work schedule, so from the moment she woke up to the moment she went to bed, you'd better not waste a single minute of her time needlessly.

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LisaRose: I'm feeling you on this. I think there's so much attention on my mum because normal mum and dad families in my hometown are finding it quite difficult to keep their kids in. Their kids were angels before the era of hormones, now that they're adults, the parents are feeling the heat.

Vidiot: True! I think that for the kids the memories even get worse with time and for the parents it's the other way around.

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Mummy Dear Lies at Assemblies

by Tempest in a Teacup in

my zealously fanatic jw mum is aware of my current "tourist-jw" life.

what she doesn't know for sure is that she's part of the ones who brought me to this.. my mum was a quite moderate jw, she even got publically reproved once.

in our house, there was no daily text, no family study, no eating together, no preaching together, no watchtower study...even though she regularly checked my wt to see if i studied it.. being a single mother, she had a quite busy work schedule, so from the moment she woke up to the moment she went to bed, you'd better not waste a single minute of her time needlessly.

Tempest in a Teacup

If you beleeeve hard enough it changes history!

True! Time tends to beautify reality. Plus my mum is being congratulated so much everywhere, and reading so many WT articles about parenting, that somehow she has fully fused with that idealistic persona she reads about.

.I lived with her until I turned 18. No kind words, no meaningful conversations, you can't confide in her and she had a rule NEVER to congratulate any of her kids, she never enquired of my day at school.

I vividly remember getting bold one day while we were in the kitchen and taking the initiative of telling her about my day. After a few minutes she asked me to stop talking so much and pay attention to the way she's cooking else I'd never learn how to cook. I was 9 or 10 and that was the last time I told her about anything that happened to me in a school day.

Our communication was limited to orders from her about things to be done around the house, in school or at KH; and insults in the case of mistakes, not talking about the systematic beatings!Today, she blames me for coming back from work and keeping quiet.

She has become a dream grandma for her grandkids, and really, I envy the type of relationship she has with them. If she had given me one tenth of that we would have a good relationship as well. But now the wall has grown too thick and too tall to bring down.

In her mind, and in her statements, she was a model parent who NEVER hit her children.
(...) I was a bit shocked - my mother was a liar? - and then I realized that she had to lie.

Oh Orphan, I think we have the same mum!

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Mummy Dear Lies at Assemblies

by Tempest in a Teacup in

my zealously fanatic jw mum is aware of my current "tourist-jw" life.

what she doesn't know for sure is that she's part of the ones who brought me to this.. my mum was a quite moderate jw, she even got publically reproved once.

in our house, there was no daily text, no family study, no eating together, no preaching together, no watchtower study...even though she regularly checked my wt to see if i studied it.. being a single mother, she had a quite busy work schedule, so from the moment she woke up to the moment she went to bed, you'd better not waste a single minute of her time needlessly.

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Village, I don't believe any of it anymore. Even when the interviewee wants to say the raw truth, they find ways to 'enhance' the testimony.