Xena, I'm with you. My husbands mom has a sort of limited capacity, we have to explain alot of things to her. She makes all those same sorts of comments doesnt get things. I have to fill paperwork out for her, whether its from a bank, or to pay utilities, whatever it may be. But, she is the kindest most loving supportive person, and let me tell you she has bailed us out of some stressful situations, when we need a babysitter. She is wonderful with children. I could never, ever bring myself to use the word stupid on her, (or anyone else for that matter). Not to be a thread downer either, guess the only person I would ever refer to as stupid is myself, because I can, its only myself I am referring to.
Posts by Netty
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39STUPID PEOPLE: can't kill em...What do you do with them?
by Terry ini'm afraid we all run into stupid people.
they can frustrate us; they can baffle us; they can make life miserable for us.
what do you do when you encounter one?
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I did it!!
by Scully ini finally gave all my meeting clothes the heave-ho!!
i've been on a closet cleaning binge and finally decided it was time to donate all of these old things to a local women's shelter.
i figured some of these ladies may have nothing decent to wear if they need to go job hunting, so my old meeting clothes, shoes, and handbags would at least serve a noble purpose in their recycled lifetimes.. for some reason, i hung on to them for the last several years, knowing full-well that i would never set foot in a kingdom hall ever again.
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Netty
YAY for you Scully. I have some work clothes that could be mistaken for meeting clothes, but they're not! Cool thing you just did.
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Welcome "Absolute_Dawn"
by Bryan inwelcome ad!.
interesting bio.
hope you find support and friends here!.
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Netty
Hello there, welcome!
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hi guys, i am kinda down, no i am really down
by orbison11 ini am very sad, since i was df'd i have led a crazy life.
one you would read about in a book.
i have many many aquaintances, they think i have it all together, but i do not.
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Netty
((((WENDY))))
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Summer pictures
by jwbot in.
well summer is almost over...i only have a week left before school starts.. i put together this small collection of my best summer photographs to share with everyone:.
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Netty
beautiful pictures! I am so glad the worst part of summer is almost over, we still have a good two months of heat left here. But we will be done with the worst if it in another two or three weeks.
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Question - Daughter
by breeze inif your 31 year old daughter that lives in your house locked the door to her bedroom with her boy friend inside what would you do???
this same guy is the father of her son, and pays no child support ......and rarely visits.......... is she too old to scold????
would you knock on the door??
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Netty
She should not do this in your house. It is not respectful. If you want to do this in your house, you can its your house. If she wants to do this, she needs to go get her own place, or go get a hotel. I would be so embarassed even to do something like this with my own husband in my moms house.
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Did you Suffer for Service?
by Mysterious indidnt you love being dragged door to door as a kid in the wind and snow, sub zero temperature wearing a skirt and you were told to smile and inform the householder you wanted to be there?
(dragged out of bed at the crack of dawn on one of the few days you should have off from school) .
and then there is that wonderful service car.
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Netty
EXACTLY!! I really really relate to this. Not the sub zero stuff, but still I suffered with the exact opposite. By the time we met for service and hit the streets, it was already a good 100 degrees out, and yes the sisters at that time HAD to wear panty hose. Must be the reason why I hate to wear them now.
As a teenager, I always tried to get this girl named Audrey to be my partner, we would walk, very very slow, talk and giggle, if we had a house where no one was home, we would stay there for the longest time, (people would think we were talking to someone) just talking and giggling. giggle giggle giggle, (later learned that Audrey, elders daughter, smoked pot) no wonder all the giggling.
On more than once ocassion, we actually asked the householder for water, be were so thirsty walking the streets in the heat. We always got the water, guess they took pity on us.
And the part about being worried you would see a kid from school, YUK! If I knew it was the house they lived in, I would try to work it so whoever was working with us would get the house.
THE highlight of the day was lunch time,
ahhhhh, the memories...
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Thank those who helped you out of the Org
by Nosferatu inhere's a thread for all of you to thank those who helped you make your way out of the org.
i'll start.. i'd like to thank my ex-fiance for the support that she had given me when i needed it the most.
when i was faced with the elders coming to give me a shepharding call, she had given me the encouragement to stand up to them, and tell them truly how i felt.
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Netty
Good topic, Nos
I would like to thank myself, for helping me leave the org. I did it completely on my own, no help from others.
But,for helping me stay gone, I would like to thank my husband, who doesnt always understand the issues I have to deal with, but has helped me see things more logically and normally for the past 12 years. And the wonderful people who use their time, energy and resources to host sites like these, Simon, Randall Waters, and of course Ray Franz for his eye opening book.
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In Search of... Good Parenting Tips
by MerryMagdalene incalling all parents who raised children according to borg guidelines or anyone who was raised that way him- or her-self and, thus, is aware of the damage often thereby done.... i was raised as a 4th generation jw, drew away at least a decade ago, and am now the mother of a wonderful 3 year old girl.
i am looking for some words of wisdom to keep in mind as i do my best to raise her in a sane and loving manner.. any ideas on positive things to keep in mind?
and what about negative things to watch out for (you know, those nasty things we don't even realize are still part of our psyche until they jump out and scream "boo!")?.
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Netty
Hello there, welcome,
My first thought is
1) Enjoy
2) Let them be children
3) Enjoy watching them be children.
I have a 6 and a almost 3 year old, and the more I watch them do all the things we did not get to do as witnesses (I was raised in the twoof since age 4), the more i realize I did not get to enjoy being a child. My therapy, is in watching them do what I did not get to do.
Have fun, soak in every bit of their facial expressions and excitment when you ask them what they want for their birthdays, when they get excited about going to cousins/friends birthday parties, or holiday functions at school.
and if you put them in any sports, sheesh, guess I just learned the hard way, there is lots of competitiveness in sports, parents are animals, so beware of that, that is definatley something that will jump out at you with a big BOO, we were never exposed to that being we couldnt do extracuriccular stuff.
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OMG- I have a child who is driving !!
by xenawarrior inmy daughter just got her drivers license !!
she passed on her second try (she got "no pass patty" as an examiner).. so- she wants to go out that night to drive.
no big deal right?
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Netty
((((XenaWarrior)))) I bet you still think of her as a little baby, crawling around in diapers, or a as a little toddler talking baby talk. I know it sounds cliche, but they really really do grow up too fast.