Oh, she came back saying that more and more elderly sisters are using that method to preach and she went on to give me a few instance of people who are doing it. I told her that I didn't care.
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She displayed a literature cart in front of my house: That does it for me!
by Tempest in a Teacup inis this something they've asked them to do?
cart displays in front of their homes?
my mom is only in her mid 60s so i'm quite sure this is not an issue of mental illness.. the only illness she's suffering from is boredom since she's refused to work for years now.
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She displayed a literature cart in front of my house: That does it for me!
by Tempest in a Teacup inis this something they've asked them to do?
cart displays in front of their homes?
my mom is only in her mid 60s so i'm quite sure this is not an issue of mental illness.. the only illness she's suffering from is boredom since she's refused to work for years now.
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UPDATE:
I had a talk with her. It was a cyclical discussion. I told her that she can't put the publications in front of the house because I feel ill at ease when she does so. She asked me why I 'd feel that way. I said that I just didn't like the idea of a table full of wt publications in front of my house, and that she was free to display it wherever she wanted in town but not in front of my house.
Being the manipulation queen that she is, she kept asking and re-asking "but why not?"and I kept repeating the same answer. At a point in time she said that she was "going to think about it ".
Knowing her, I know she's only going to put together facts to try to convince me.
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She displayed a literature cart in front of my house: That does it for me!
by Tempest in a Teacup inis this something they've asked them to do?
cart displays in front of their homes?
my mom is only in her mid 60s so i'm quite sure this is not an issue of mental illness.. the only illness she's suffering from is boredom since she's refused to work for years now.
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If she doesn't bring anything to this relationship and arrangement, why are you supporting her?
because I live in a culture that puts the family, especially the Mama on a pedestal and nothing take her off that position.
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She displayed a literature cart in front of my house: That does it for me!
by Tempest in a Teacup inis this something they've asked them to do?
cart displays in front of their homes?
my mom is only in her mid 60s so i'm quite sure this is not an issue of mental illness.. the only illness she's suffering from is boredom since she's refused to work for years now.
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For the ones talking about a passive-aggressive behavior on my part, I wish to tell you that there's a simple reason I couldn't lash out at my mum as she told me about the cart: I have been fighting with her a lot recently. For her that kind of thing is normal and she would blame it on my temper instead of taking it as a serious issue. -
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She displayed a literature cart in front of my house: That does it for me!
by Tempest in a Teacup inis this something they've asked them to do?
cart displays in front of their homes?
my mom is only in her mid 60s so i'm quite sure this is not an issue of mental illness.. the only illness she's suffering from is boredom since she's refused to work for years now.
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I have a dawn to dusk work schedule because of which most things escape my attention.
Carla: she's already done it: a few weeks ago, she told me that she went around preaching in the immediate neighborhood.
Once again, I was told after the deed was done.
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She displayed a literature cart in front of my house: That does it for me!
by Tempest in a Teacup inis this something they've asked them to do?
cart displays in front of their homes?
my mom is only in her mid 60s so i'm quite sure this is not an issue of mental illness.. the only illness she's suffering from is boredom since she's refused to work for years now.
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It's my house and she forcefully moved in to live with me. -
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She displayed a literature cart in front of my house: That does it for me!
by Tempest in a Teacup inis this something they've asked them to do?
cart displays in front of their homes?
my mom is only in her mid 60s so i'm quite sure this is not an issue of mental illness.. the only illness she's suffering from is boredom since she's refused to work for years now.
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Is this something they've asked them to do? Cart Displays in front of their homes?My mom is only in her mid 60s so I'm quite sure this is not an issue of mental illness.The only illness she's suffering from is boredom since she's refused to work for years now. My mother virtually spends EVERY waking hour reading and listening to wt material.I don't know for how long this display thingy has been going on. She casually mentioned it this morning as she was telling me of a (non-jw related) discussion she had with someone while sitting there.I was mortified. The thought of my mother sitting on a chair by a table full of wt stuff in front of my house is simply mortifying for me. Heck, I moved to this area barely 2 months ago and don't want to pass as a weirdo.I did not tell her anything on the spot because I want to clarify this situation in all calmness and tell her in a clear and concise way that home cart display is uncalled for and unacceptable in my house.I'm going away for the weekend and will talk to her when I return. Any suggestions as to how to convey the message effectively?In case this will help: I stopped attending meetings a year ago. -
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Embellished assembly interviews/"experiences"
by ab.ortega inoh how wonderful those experiences at assemblies and "schools" are - not.
at times it seemed as if these "experiences" were scripted.
the speaker gets criteria in the outline regarding what the experience or interview has to be about.
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James: at the moment of the disfellowshipping no one knew about his mental conditions. It took many months and incidents for people to realize that he had actually gone nuts. -
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It happened in a hall I attended during my teenage years. The brother was later declared mentally challenged though.
You know how silent the hall normally gets when after the middle song they call an elder for a "sad announcement", to the moment they finish making the announcement. In that unusual silence I heard, just inches behind my back a horrible bong bong bong bong noise . The guy actually had a bible in one hand at the moment they made the announcement, so he made his applause with one hand and the BIBLE which made that terrible noise. After applauding, he said loudly: "Bravo...Congratulations! and good job! The workers of the 11th hour are sacking the workers of the 1rst hour."(This is a literal translation, I'm' feeling too lazy to check that verse in the English bible).
I never ever forgot that moment nor those words. A total surprise! I, the goodie-2-shoes, was mortified; just wanted to vanish from my seat. I was sitting at the back of the hall, he was leaning against the back door.
In the end, his words were meaningless because he was a recent convert who climbed up the ladder in a flash. He was a reg. pioneer and a min. servant.