this friday, december 7th., is our 28th wedding anniversary.
her ladyship and i intend to visit our favourite restaurant, dimitri's, for a slap-up greek meal plus a considerable quantity of excellent wine.. its a time when we like to reflect on our life together, the lows as well as the highs that we have experienced over the years.
mainly, our life has been one of laughter and fun.
28 years ago I was a negative 6 year old zygote.
BTW, you're wife's smokin' in that pic.
"Congratulations, blessing, your vicar's benediction. I want you two to be supremely happy, both as husband and wife, father and mother, and now I want my tea."-A room with a view, Mr. Beebe.
ashi
just celebrated our 18th year as a married couple.
went out for a nice dinner, then gambling at a casino!
actually put some extra cash in my pocket for my troubles.. tr.
Bitts,
I learned French in a New York City cab.
ashi
just celebrated our 18th year as a married couple.
went out for a nice dinner, then gambling at a casino!
actually put some extra cash in my pocket for my troubles.. tr.
Harpaaaa Arnasvarsaraaaa!!!!
{French for Happy Anniversary)
ashi
well sometimes we are.. look we have the knowledge and experience to help a lot of people.must of us have one time been jw's and understand how many think.so lets not put them off by being too negative.. when we were witnesses most of us were quite happy .
we tried to be good people , to put into practise principles that many people think are good.
we did this sometimes even when we didn't want to , because we thought god would hold us accountable and because we cared for people .
Fark,
I wrote a response and said,
"I hope that's true."
'hope'-lol. Maybe you're right, but how heavy can things get before they break? It seems like our JW families cannot throw another tack under the tire when it happens again.
But, you're right about hope. I always think of hope as based on fact, like hoping for the weekend, which always comes. Most other people's version of hope coincides with WISHES, and maybe that's what I meant too. If I could make a wish I'd do it....hell, I'm make a pilgrimidge to Mecca to get them out and make things mend.
ashi
well sometimes we are.. look we have the knowledge and experience to help a lot of people.must of us have one time been jw's and understand how many think.so lets not put them off by being too negative.. when we were witnesses most of us were quite happy .
we tried to be good people , to put into practise principles that many people think are good.
we did this sometimes even when we didn't want to , because we thought god would hold us accountable and because we cared for people .
French,
I'm giving up hope right now. I can't see what will get them out. I'm completely helpless here...perhaps that is what I meant. It's no slight on you, my rage. I certainly don't mean that there is no hope for your family, but for me, I've given up.
I was under the delusion that my family would someday leave, but I don't think that's ever going to happen. I have almost no friends, because I'm scared to death of making them (my wife has an even harder time than myself), and we despise our families for their cowardice and inaction.
I'm so goddamn tired of fighting. I fought since I was a little kid. I'm so worn out, and I have no one to hold me up. My wife is sickly, and my family isn't very strong. My wife's family still persecutes her, which hurts her very much. I can't seem to find the time to get myself together.
I wish I had a network of ex-JW's who lived near me, whom I could REALLY talk to, not just on chat. While this can be therapudic, it is very cold, and I really need someone older and wiser to talk to...a mentor, if you will.
But, do you think that your hope is based on reality or dreams? (That is not a slight.) Truly, do you think that they will change?
ashi
Aroarer, that's great. Enjoy yourself.
ashi
we could've been stupid islamic fundies.
http://www.secularhumanism.org/wtc.htm#_ftn1
oY AND double oy. People are completly out of their minds.
ashi
i've been thinking alot lately about how my life sucks.
i guess everyone is entitled to disliking their life a little, but the holiday is really starting to get me down.
that's strange becaue it used to be my favorite time of the year!
Just go slow and subtle, man.
They first thing they tell people on the bible studies is that their loved ones will object to them studying.....no shit...but to people who are more easily influenced, it seems like prophecy.
Slow and subtle....that how you get them.
ashi
i remembered the other day reading in an awake, oh it must have been about five or six years ago, an article on how to wash your dishes properly.
for god's sake, do jw's not know how to do that and do the borg think they have to tell them how to do it.
it's cracking me up just thinking about it.. to make you laugh even more, in the next issue of awake someone had written a bloody letter thanking them for the article and how it had helped them so much and had a query on whether to rinse dishes with water or not after washing.
Hipster-washing dishes? washing dishes? lordy, even tribesman know how to wash dishes. it's a silly filler article...admit it.
ashi
Sorry Joel,
I was just joking.
I've never touched the spliff in my life....drinking on the other hand....
ashi
