ok sorry I am just repeating myself, feeling sorry for myself.
I know what to do!
Posts by Jen1
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21What do you do?
by Jen1 inyou want to be left alone?
you are fading.
but the elders want to visit you.
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What do you do?
by Jen1 inyou want to be left alone?
you are fading.
but the elders want to visit you.
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Jen1
You want to be left alone? You are fading. But the elders want to visit you.
I have put them off a few times, and the holidays have delayed things, and now they are starting to ask again.
I used to say yes everytime, but have had enough. My husband hardly goes to meetings. And I only go to meetings sometimes because of family. I do not want to be dis/disfell.
I have depression.
I have no one outside to talk to. And cannot express my feeling to family or jws nothing would be confidential.
To be honest some do not talk to me anyway at the hall, mainly sisters who judge.
The pressure from elders/wives is to much and making me ill.
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New here
by winnie12 inhey i'm new here, i've been reading up so much here and on other sites about tatt and it has really settled a nagging feeling of doubt within me.
truly i have been lied to and have been trapped in this cult.
i've been suffering with depression, anxiety, attempted suicide, hospitalization, anti depressants, loneliness all this while being in supposedly surrounded by "the happiest people" on earth.
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Jen1
If I was you I would not express my feelings to any elders jws or mum. Just be kind/neutral towards her, because everything you tell her will get passed on or the elders will question her, even the elders wives will question her if the husbands do not get answers they want. If she knows nothing she can say nothing.
Keep dads support, and get your education.
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JW CHILDREN GET PRESENTS ALL THROUGH THE YEAR. REALLY?????
by NAVYTOWN inis it really true that jw children get gifts 'all through the year', not just for christmas and birthdays like non- jw kids?
as stingy as most jws are, i find that very hard to believe.
plus the childhood magic of christmas and birthdays is totally absent in jw households.
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Jen1
No year round presents. Gifts on parents wedding anniversay. Present day near December. Fire works party after new year. And the big dress up winter party in Dec/Jan.
Birthdays no gifts.
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Jen1
Happy holidays. Forgot to turn the alarm clock off last night, so awake and up early. Lots of nice food and wine a relaxing day for us.
Have a great day. Happy Chrismas.
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How do you guys feel during the holidays?
by Joliette inthis is a very lonely time of year for me i admit it.
i'm suppose to be going over my aunties house wednesday after work.
but going to christmas/holiday parties and get togethers, i still kinda feel out of place.. i really wish i grew up celebrating the holidays more.
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Jen1
Joliette I agree. I am fading. And have never been much of a party animal. Not sure if this is a natural thing anyway for me or a jw thing. Christmas day will be a lazy day. Looking forward to going out to my mums for a nice dinner. And tv and wine in the evening!
Tonight its our meeting not sure yet if going, do not want to , but? I do not feel like getting ready to sit through boring talks in a boiling hot hall. When I can relax at home tonight.
take care
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"How can girls guard against temptation in this sex-crazy world?"
by Apognophos inthis is from the questions from readers in the 12/15/61 watchtower.
i present it unabridged and without comment.
your own comments, however, are welcome.. "when a girl reaches the age of puberty or physical maturity, her body has developed in the matter of sex more than in the mind.
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Jen1
Love the pictures.
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Been a long time...but here is an update.
by crazy2try ini haven't posted in 3 years.
my husband and i haven't gone to a meeting or memorial in 2 years.
what a great feeling!
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Jen1
Happy for you. x
Its really hard when you are brought up with how every one is bad except jws. And the jws are so judgemental of everyone, and unkind. I am not df or anything but some are no longer speaking to me, this puts me off going to hall, sisters that judge me because I have not been out on field service, missed a few meetings.
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WT March 2014 : "Let your yes be a yes, but your UBM's no is not a no"
by The Song Remains The Same inwife has gone out to the kh this a.m., so i thought i'd balance the world karma by reading jwn, and then looked on jw.borg to see if the stats are up yet.
they weren't so i check out the latest study edition as i promised her i would mark one up in all sorts of colours to show the various techniques employed to guide jw's.... anyway, i noticed the contradiction in the two articles; "your speechyes and yet no?
" and "reaching the heart of unbelieving relatives" where in the first they are saying if you say yes, mean it, or if you say no, mean it.
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Jen1
Not at hall this morning. Going to cook a nice Sunday lunch.
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YOU WILL NEVER SEE THESE ACTS EVER MENTIONED IN A WATCHTOWER PUBLICATION
by steve2 infaking of hours in field service or dragging service time out by making coffee stops or driving for hours "between" household contacts are never frowned upon, let alone mentioned, in the publications.
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yet, in each congregation of jehovah's witnesses, to one degree or another, faking hours, padding time out with coffee stops and long journeys between opportunities to "witness" are endemic practices..
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Jen1
Pioneer couple in our congregation put a leaflet through someones door on the way to meet the group so they can start to count time, drive for 20 minutes, meet group, make a phone call in car park which means for them at least they count time straight through,they have been doing this for years. And then most days they sit all day behind the new carts with literature on. Now thats a job they do not want to give up on and they get quite nasty if others would like to have a go! They only want to sit on cart outside KH because they can make coffee all day and eat free cake left in hall. All the pioneers in our hall count coffee breaks no matter how long! One sister writes up all her good talks of the morning while eating her lunch for an hour and counts through.
Others sit all day no matter what the weather on benches near to the carts around town.
If you pioneer and you put a leaflet through a door at 8am write up some notes in the car, meet the group, make a call in the car park. Sit behind cart all day/or actually knock on doors for an hour, then coffee break, count through, lunch, count through, afternoon maybe rvs visiting friends. Finally leaflet through door of neighbour HOME Thats a 8am start and a 5pm finish 9 hours of field service.