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  Is Having Kids Worth It?

  by Prisca in

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  ok, i'm a single female in her early 30s looking for someone to settle down with.

  i'd like to have kids, but the trouble with dating guys who are over 30 is that by now most have a kid and/or have decided they don't want any/more.

  so i am getting faced with the dilemma of maybe finding that someone special, but he may not want to have kids.

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  Oh they are a lot of work, I had 4 in 5 years and I still can't figure out how I did it. The rewards are great and so are the worries. I was divorced and then single for 7 years, when I met my sweetie, he had children and of course so did I. But check this out, he made an offer to seal the deal, in case I wanted more children, he offered to have his vasectomy reversed.

  Wow! That man really loves me, what a huge offer to make. I thanked him and declined the offer (six kids is plenty) and we are now being presented with grandchildren, number 4 is on the way.

  Anyway are kids worth it, yes they are. Raising them can be wonderful and later the rewards are great, they come to visit with kids of their own, dogs and all that baby stuff, they fill the house right up-with love and laughter.

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  I am so angry I am sick to my stomach!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  by Ravyn in

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  i just had a jw come to my door and i had to threaten her to get her to leave!

  i told the woman right off i was 'apostate' and had no intention of changing it.

  she kept asking me personal questions which i told her were none of her business and she said she would have the elders come by and i told her that if they came by the better be wearing bullet proof vests!

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  freein89

  Ravyn,

  It sounds like my sister was at your door, she would behave that way. No gun, no threats. When they show up say leave now or I will call the police, get the phone and start dialing 911immediately. Can you get an order of protection against the JW's? Has anyone done that, get an order of protection against an organization, can you do that? Anybody here know if that can be done. I would give it a try. They are harrassing you and you have a right to protection.

  Deb
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  Do you miss being part of something big?

  by sleepy in

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  at one time i was one of "gods chosen people", part of a special group of people who had exclusive access to hidden truths about the earth and its people.. now of cource i realise i'm just like everyone else and all the puzzles are still there.. kind of miss that feeling sometimes..

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  I know what you mean and I used to feel that way in the beginning. But after a while I began to get the hang of being part of my community and the larger community of the world. I am still a work in progress, but its coming along and this board of course helps alot. Don't forget we get to be a part of the world now, and the separateness that was required to be part of the Witnesses is not a healthy thing. We don't need our secret lingo anymore, we can have opinions and build a belief system and a world view based on our very own belief system, one we chose for ourselves.

  How cool is that, from the trivial "do I want a cat", to the major, "do I believe in the right to life or am I more of the right to choose persuasion"

  republican or democrat

  on an on--ENJOY!!!!!

  Deb
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  I Just Don't "Fit" Anywhere!

  by pettygrudger in

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  2. friends

  i'm sitting at work today, listening to all the different "cliques" around me, typing here on these boards a bit (don't tell), and it occurred to me again that i just don't fit.. .

  it seems like i don't "fit" anywhere.

  i'm always on the outskirts of alot of "groups", always on the fringe, but never inside.

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  Petty,

  Me too Me too, the problem is that you just invented a clique here and worse yet you are our leader and we will glum on to you and try to find out what you are wearing today so we can safely choose outfits that will represent the qualities of our new clique. Are we preppie, or perhaps goth, do we use eyeliner? He He. I hope we aren't the cheerleader kind of clique, maybe we could be nerds and have everybody find out how cool we really are!!!

  Deb
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  8/8/03 Another Foolish, Waste of Paper Awake!

  by metatron in

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  "what's happening to the weather?

  " is something wrong?".

  "can environmental damage be halted?

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  Ha Ha HA Chicken Little heads up the writing department
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  What's The Most Ridiculous Thing Taught or Believed By Jehovah's Witnesses?

  by minimus in

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  what do you think??

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  One of my personal favorites: If you stumble a fellow Christian, you may as well put a millstone around your neck and jump in the ocean, but if you are stumbled it is your fault because you are not faithful enough.

  Here is the promised land you Israelites, but first go in there and kill everyone so you can live there in happiness and grow your crops in the blood soaked earth. But the blood was poured out on the ground so its okay to eat what you grow in it. Which brings me to blood.

  Let your babies die rather than give them blood.

  Wait until your wedding night, when its to late to find out if your spouse only cares about his own pleasure, but thats okay because the Bible speaks about the proper use of a woman, yup there to use so you don't spill it on the ground by masturbation.

  Let some senile old farts in Brooklyn preside over EVERY aspect of your life. Who should do the housework, how to properly beat your kids into submission, what to read, eat and do in bed.
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  how are you still affected?

  by SpiceItUp in

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  sure there are some of us who have been "out" for years and others that are only out by their mindset but due to many reasons still have to save face.. in what ways do you still feel the hold of the wt in you?

  do you still pick out your music/movies carefully?

  does nudity and/or language still offend you to a deafening degree?

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  My husbands great aunt passed away at age 96, at her funeral the ones gathered recited the Lord's Prayer, I recited with them, but felt weird and wished I could put my heart into it, But the JW's stole that from me and I can never get it back, I think I am incapable of ever having faith again, and believe me I have tried. They stole god from me, I do not believe and I blame the JW's-DAMN THEIR SOULS TO HELL, oh crap I can't even do that because there is no hell

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  A loss of Life, A tribute to my nieces....

  by Cassiline in

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  thirteen years ago my nieces were murdered.

  today is a hard day for me, remembering the phone call the shock and pain.

  lives stolen in a moment.

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  Cass,

  My sincere sympathy, my nieces and nephews are such a joy to me, I cannot imagine having to do without them. I am baby sitting my great niece and nephew this weekend, I will be thinking of you and giving them extra love and attention, because we never know what the future brings.

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  ive been thinking again

  by lurk in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was thinking isnt it strange how everything in the bible like prophecys and god telling ppl what to do etc was always relayed by dreams ,visions and real things seen and heard .but today theres is nothing.

  just flashes of light new teachings that dont come via any usual way god does things.

  when he told ppl stuff in the bible he got into a dream or they heard his voice.so how do they come about for the wts?

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  Honestly, you gotta stop all that thinkin, actually when I left I was so angry I always said, "If there is a God he will have to knock on my door" Gotta go, someones at the door

  Deb
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  Question for the Prophets and "JC Cannon" types(seriously)

  by badolputtytat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am just curious.

  i am not trying to badger anyone or start something.

  so don't anyone get all upset and start tellin' me i am censoring you or judging anyone.

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  you are such a badolpuddytat!

  I liked your post and you were very politically correct. Your questions and wondering were valid, no need for anyone to take offense. I have wondered why people insist on proclaiming themselves Christians. Reminds me of my sister in law who went on and on about the Christian cruise she went on - a whole boatload of Christians. Somebody send in the lions. Don't get your knickers in a twist, I'm kidding. . . . or am I? (insert evil laugh) whah ha ha!

  Deb