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So my children will meet my new partner.....
by jamesmahon in
1. social
2. family
so i post here every now and again just to keep folks up to date with where i am at.

i have thought about why i do.

i guess it is because i like reading what is happening in other people's lives.
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Just an update
by jamesmahon in
1. social
2. family
well i have not posted or come here for a while.

it is late but felt drawn here to leave a bit of an update.. i left my wife at the start of december.

i half met someone online but it just made me realise very quickly how much i want to be in a loving relationship not a toxic one and what a mess everything was.
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any fluent german and english speakers?
by jamesmahon in
1. social
2. family
i know it is a big ask but i have a personal message in german that i need to translate into english.

tried the online translators and they are good but there are some important nuances i think i am missing.

james.
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All scripture is inspired of god...which scripture?
by jamesmahon in
1. watchtower
2. bible
don't know why but was thinking of 2 timothy 3:16 last night (you know 'all scripture is inspired of god etc').

i was thinking this scripture is used by the jws as well as others to say that the bible is the word of god.

however, as the bible is a construct several hundred years after the death of christ each writer was unaware of the bible as a whole.
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Why you love America
by jamesmahon in
1. jw
2. friends
it struck me, as i guess it has a lot of people, that there are so many threads from both americans and the rest of us that seem to descend into america bashing.

i thought it might be quite nice to have a thread solely (and i mean solely - if this just turns negative i will call foul) on what we think is great about america.

as a brit who has lived and been over a number of times there are many parts about america that i think are great and thought is would be healthy to have a positive thread for a change.. so a starter for ten (with a few gross generalisations thrown in):.
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For NFL fans
by jamesmahon in
1. social
2. physical
so i got into the nfl in the early/mid 90s.

back then there were some great running backs - happening onto a lions game late on sunday night over here and seeing barry sanders was what got me into it.

but it seems the running game is dead.
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I don't think I have been educating my lad properly...
by jamesmahon in
1. social
2. family
just been looking at book about the human body with my 8 year old boy and got to an 'interesting' part.

"dad, what is a penis?".

"erm, the appendage between your legs" (i do try to use proper words with him so was surprised he asked).
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Words that were ok to use as a witness
by jamesmahon in
1. social
2. relationships
this follows on from the other thread on michael jackson and an earlier one this morning.

sufficiently different to start a new thread i thought though.. on the mj thread i had a bit of a poke at glander and used a load of anti-gay terms.

what i thought was interesting was that they were all terms that i used to use as a witness.
Thoughts on Sparlock from a non-JW
by jamesmahon in
1. jw
2. friends
this does not add much to what has gone before, but just had an interesting (and brief) email exchange with someone i do work with:.

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Marital problems - advice (or support) please
by jamesmahon in
1. social
2. family
completely non-jw related this but value the diversity of experience and viewpoint on this forum.

i am going to sketch this out quick as i can but please ask any questions if the gaps need filling.. as some may know, i have been married for 12 years with two children (8 and 4).

my wife stopped work when the eldest was born and has been a stay at home mum since.