Posts by Bruja-del-Sol

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Is this a BEAUTIFUL STORY--or what?

by Terry in

is this a beautiful story, or what?.

act one________.

now in an ordinary romance of the golden hollywood era, the boy goes off to war while the young lady waits nervously for his safe return.in a cary grant, debra kerr movie, the two vow to meet after a certain period of time and tragic circumstances intervene.. in my story, the young man is a conscientious objector who goes to prison instead of off to the vietnam war.

Bruja-del-Sol

Oh Terry, that's just wonderful!!! Enjoy it, have fun, and just see what happens. My husband was my boyfriend when I was 16 and he was 18, but we got torn apart due to the cruelty of my parents. It was nearly eighteen years later that we found each other again, thanks to the internet, but when we met again those years just dropped away in an instant, we were just 16 and 18 all over again! We're happily married now for several years already and we still enjoy every day together.

Second chances happen, who knows what you'll find Saturday!

Hugs,

Bruja

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Samuel Herd's statement about donations and Cialdini's social proof

by slimboyfat in

samuel herd made a statement a few weeks ago about halting construction work, laying off bethel workers and reducing printing output: severe cutbacks all round.

he said, like the head of a household, the gb has to make sure the organisation is living within its means.

but he added a very careful phrase, something like: "be assured brothers these measures have not been taken as a result of any lack of financial support on your part.

Bruja-del-Sol

But he added a very careful phrase, something like: "be assured brothers these measures have not been taken as a result of any lack of financial support on your part. You have been very generous."

I think this statement is made for another reason. It's a typical NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) trick! Example: "do NOT think of a pink elefant"... most of the people will see a pink elefant pop up in their mind's eye!

Saying "these measures have NOT been taken as a result of any LACK OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT ON YOUR PART"... is sending the message that that's exactle the case, it's a subconscious messages to the listeners that they are indeed to blame, they didn't pay enough. Result will be that they will start paying more, to get rid of the implemented feeling of guilt attached to the statement!

I've seen it on so many occasions in whatever they put in printing or online, they use a lot of NLP and hypnotic language to influence the minds of their sheepish followers!

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Long Story of my Life/Experience

by GrownMidget in

also, my wife has come to her limits of understanding me about the witnesses related grief i have been having.

she has told me many times to stop reading the ex-witness sites because i get depressed and become angry, which sadly is true.

it's not very productive to be sad throughout the entire day and then shout at your wife for the reason she has no first hand experience about, therefore how could she possibly know and help?

Bruja-del-Sol

Welcome GrownMidget, I hope you'll find inner peace one day. I've learned that the best place to search for that, is inside yourself... Nobody outside you can 'give' it to you.

And sometimes a break from reading ex-JW stuff can be helpful (but I know from experience that it stays a part of your life when you still have relatives that are JWs, so you'll be drawn back to the ex-JW stuff every now and then, but I try to not let it hit me emotionally what other people experience or have experienced. It's their 'stories', and I've got enough dealing with my own 'stories').

Anyway, I'm glad you decided to take a different road than your father! Well done!

Hugs,
Bruja

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Where are you from?

by BeautifulMind in

jw
friends

i know we are all anonymous for our own personal reasons, so i understand if you would rather not say.

but if you don't mind sharing that would be cool.

i currently live in georgia, usa.

Bruja-del-Sol

Wouldn't it have been a better idea to start this topic in a part of the forum where outsiders cannot read? This is public...

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New Watchtower Propaganda and hate speech destroying families (Feb 2016 WT)

by Daniel1555 in

the following is a paragraph from the new february study watchtower article "learn from jehovah's loyal servants.".

7 a conflict of loyalties may arise when a close relative is disfellowshipped.

for example, a sister named anne [1] received a telephone call from her disfellowshipped mother.

Bruja-del-Sol

Absolutely true slimboyfat. Just recently my never baptised sister celebrated her tenth year of being together with her partner. She invited my JW brother and sister, but they refused to come. They talked about their 'principles' and how they cannot 'support' our sister living together unmarried.

But two years ago my brother had apparently no problem celebrating the baby shower of his unmarried daughter who was 15 at the time and accidentally got pregnant! At the time my non JW sister was delighted that he had become so 'free' in his thinking, and of course she went to that baby shower with presents and all. Only to find out that the 'freedom of thinking' our brother had back then, was a one way ticket towards himself and his family.

It's disgusting how they treat and use people that aren't JWs.

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Goodbye JWD/JWN (my last post)

by slimboyfat in

jw
friends

after some considerable thought i have decided that i will no longer post on this forum because i want to return to jehovah.

thank you for all the kindness and many interesting discussions over the years.

i wish you all well in the future and the decisions you make.

Bruja-del-Sol

What a nice surprise to see you're replying again! Welcome back slimboyfat!

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Young JW's with crazy abusive parents: You are not alone. Here's a crazy story from my past.

by cappytan in

first off, if you are in an abusive household and don't have the means to leave, you need to get help immediately.

contact the police.

they have resources to help you, especially if you have proof.

Bruja-del-Sol

I could write a book with stories just like that and worse.... actually I've literally started writing it, just to get all that crap out of my system. My husband read the first pages and he had a horrible time because of it. For the very first time he really understood how abusive, in every possible way, the home was in which I grew up.

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UPDATE on moving in with 4 guys

by Terry in

living with 4 other guys.

"good morning, richard!

richard is almost never in the house.

Bruja-del-Sol

Hilarious story Terry, fiction can't beat real life stories, you've proven this to be true! Hahahaha

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UPDATE on moving in with 4 guys

by Terry in

living with 4 other guys.

"good morning, richard!

richard is almost never in the house.

Bruja-del-Sol

Thanks for this very interesting and funny update, Terry. I was giggling too while reading :) You really know your way with words, great!

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A DAY IN THE LIFE

by Terry in

a day in the life.

i took a hot bath this morning.

then, after making my bed and saying "good morning" to my roommate, sana--i jumped on my bike and headed off to breakfast.sound exciting enough for you yet?

Bruja-del-Sol

haha, great story Terry. Just be careful that you won't become too vulnerable for religious people... you might encounter some JW's one day and God knows what they could tell you... :P