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  Trying to forget

  by Anne in

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  ok, right or wrong, i’ve attempted to ignore all jw related “stuff” in my life.

  i fired my mom many years ago from babysitting for violating the no proselytizing to my kids rule.

  shortened version of long story: i paid her for childcare (fair, going rate), super witness!

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  Apostasy

  by frozen2018 in

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  has anyone seen the 2017 movie apostasy?

  set in britain, the story is about a family, a single mom and her two daughters, who are jehovah's witnesses.

  i'm not going to give away too much of the plot, but holy moly!

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  I walked out of an Elder's Meeting

  by AlmightyDog in

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  well here goes... i apologize in advance if this turns into a long and disjointed rant, but i just have to begin typing in order to keep from exploding.

  i realize that what im about to say could seriously jeopardize my anonymity, but i think ive reached the point that i just dont care.

  i want this to be over.. let me explain what caused me to rip up a letter and get up and walk out in the middle of an elders meeting two weekends ago.. our boe has been embroiled in a nasty fight for the past 2 years over a certain brothers business dealings.

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  Question for Billy The Ex-Bethelite and others who had forgone college sometime ago.

  by garyneal in

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  i was talking with my wife today about college and i asked her about why the society makes such a big deal about witnesses not going to college.

  in typical dub fashion, my wife tells me that they do not discourage college, but they do not encourage it either.

  instead, they encourage placing kingdom interests first.. now i told her about you (billy) and how you were at bethel and are now starting college at the age of 40 (i think that is correct).

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  Grr!

  by doublelife in

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  my mil just left.

  she came over to discuss why i don't want to go to meetings anymore.

  i didn't go into too much detail but every time i would say something she kept responding with circular reasoning.

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  Well my "winter' yard decorations have caught the Elders attention !!!!!

  by troubled mind in

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  wow i guess the elders still do exisist !

  i wasn't sure since they have only stopped by once in the last almost four yrs.. here is what has them all in a tissy........ i guess the lighted deer and lights on the railing screams christmas .....i was going for cheerful winter ,guess i overshot.. .

  here is how the conversation went :.

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  To tell my parents or not to tell my parents...unfortunately that is a question

  by feenx in

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  i could use some perspective on something i'm struggling with.

  first off, a little background info.

  i am an only child and my parents, in addition to quite difficult circumstances we've all experienced, both personally and as a family while i was growing up, remain devout.

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  ex wants to be free to remarry - ugh

  by No Apologies in

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  ok, i'm sure i am not the first one to be in this predicament but it sure is a headache, my jw ex called a few days ago, apparently she has met someone (they're not dating of course!

  ) and she wants to me to hand over the golden ticket.

  she wants confirmation either in writing or verbally to a third party, that she is "scripturally free" to remarry.. i have managed for years now to avoid any judicial action and my jw family members still associate with me, but that all could come to a screeching halt if i give her what she wants.. the only bright side is she totally robbed me on the divorce; if she gets married i am at least off the hook for "spousal maintenance", that would mean potentially thousands of dollars in my pocket.... .

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  Has anyone had Lasik Surgery?

  by homeschool in

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  everybody whose had it says great things except their night vision is a lil off.

  i went walking this morning & saw a duck but i thought it was a gopher at first .

  do you know of anybody whose had lasik & is happy or unhappy with the results?.

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  Your thoughtful opinion is requested, please, on a possible proposal to free my wife from JWs

  by lifelong humanist in

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  six years 'jw free', my wife is still in, although she's now nowhere neary as zealous as i was when in.

  for this i'm grateful.. please take a moment to review my current situation as far as my wife's involvement is concerned with our 4, adult male children:.

  my wife regularly contacts my dfd son, invites him and his wife to visit us, along with their 4 year old son, and thinks absolutely nothing of it!

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