These poor women deserve a bttt.
Sympahty for Circuit and District Overeer's Poor Wives
by frankiespeakin 41 Replies latest jw friends
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upside/down
"You lazy one... take notice of the ant"- Da Bible.
"You reap what you sow"- Da Bible
"There is where your weeping and gnashing of teeth will be"- Da Bible
"Woe to you Babylon the Great, because in one hour your end has come"- Da Bible
"Ignorance is no excuse"- The WTS (same as "God")
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frankiespeakin
u/d,
Sounds like you been hurt by one of these ladies.
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Balsam
A circuit overseer we used have passed away from cancer. His wife met and married a brother in our congregation who had lost his wife. Don't know what she did in the in between time, imagine she had to get a job. Know she was in a congregation that her now husband gave a talk at and that was how they came on contact again. Their still married and growing old together.
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upside/down
Actually no... but I sat silently and watched many a COette ruin someones ego or life... and I'm pissed that I didn't stand up for what I KNEW was right...
Never Again.
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hamsterbait
A Guy I knew visited ------- and when he was there he went for lunch with a very ardent single sister.
What did he earn, interests, da troof, his sexual history, had he gone out and played the field, etc etc,
Then she said "the reason I'm asking is that I want to know where your ambitions lie. One day I want to be a circuit overseers wife."
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HB
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DaCheech
I knew a girl like that, and her (husband/special pioneer) is now dying of liver cancer. Wonder how she's going to keep that lifestyle when he;s gone?
Be desparate and re-marry right away due to financialities?
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frankiespeakin
It's sad that these poor women don't have a life of thier own, instead they have to live it through thier husbands position.
The WT view of women is deplorible, and it is so sad that these women have fallen for it. I know many quiet and mild COs wives, who are very careful in what they say, careful not to usurp thier husbands headship.
I'm sure the men on this board who are very critical of these women wouldn't ever want to trade places with these women, not just because of sexual preferances, but because they have to be subserviant, and are considered 2nd class citizens by the organization to which they have given so much of thier life, time, and resources.
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Frannie Banannie
I don't know that I feel all that sorry for them. They get a nice apartment, get taken out to meals or hosted all the time, don't have to work, don't really have to meet their hour quota for F/T pioneering, get all of their expenses met, and DOG knows there are always a few sisters in every circuit who buy them beautiful expensive clothing if they hint they need it.
Not to say that I think they are selfish or anything, (well, some of them are, some of them are more condescending and nasty than anyone around. Some are sweethearts.) I just think they have a relatively easy life, plus they get to be the center of attention at every meeting, get fawned over in service, and get lots of treats and gifts by the sis's in the cong. who want to bask in C.O. glory.
Yeah, poor them for being just as deluded as everyone else, but I do think they have it easier than a lot of others do.I'm with Odrade on this one.
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frankiespeakin
Fran,
I think they have given up a lot for the organization, and thier sometimes superior attitude, no doubt is caused by how much they have given up, compared to what the average JW has given up, and the common bond they experience with other CO's wives, which naturally forms a sort of elitest mentality.
But all in all I think they are worthy of pity, just as much as the rest of the delluded souls that belong to the WT.