Posts by MissFit

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Dear typer-ers, you're doing it wrong!

by Simon in

there are many things wrong with the world, many injustices and crimes committed.

what if we could stop one of them?

wouldn't it make the world a slightly better place?

i was expecting you, but not so early in the day.. i saw you walk up to my neighbor fred's house last week while i was out getting the newspaper, once again tossed into the bushes by a careless newspaper boy.

today, it's the usual routine of rising at dawn, fetching the paper from the bushes -- where else?

-- and settling into my comfy, tattered wing back with the first of several cups of coffee.

MissFit

Coco: wow! Words fail me. Thank you.

Ps. At first I thought you were referring to a JW visit. Lol.

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New member, no longer just reader...

by freemindfade in

jw
friends

so i joined very recently and began posting and commenting without a formal intro.

been reading for a while, decided it was time to jump in.

mentally i am completely cleansed of this thing, but still have to maintain a minimal involvement for spouse and family.

MissFit

Welcome! Freemind, I am enjoying your thoughtful posts. Thank you for introducing yourself. It is nice to "meet" you.

@FayeD: Welcome! This site has a wealth of information on many subjects. Explore the search option and put a subject in. You will be amazed at the information that you will have access to.

Many new ones start an introductory thread. It allows the community a chance to get to "know" you and welcome you.

MissFit

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Phases of Mental Extraction

by freemindfade in

in only the short time i have been no longer lurking but also posting, i have discovered some people with situations and reactions very similar to mine.

i guess there are different ways people get out, some do something and are outright shunned, then they may find ttatt and stay out.

but there may be more and more like me, who are 100% mentally out, but for the reason of not losing spouse and family fade.

MissFit

Well put. The all or nothing attitude is something I am still working on. It is freeing to know you have plenty of time.

I hope youwill be able to plan a successful fade.

Miss.Fit

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A Tutting of Christians

by andrekish in

a tutting of christians:.

a tutting of muslims:.

a tutting of jews:.

MissFit

@Simon:😅😂 good one.

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Dear typer-ers, you're doing it wrong!

by Simon in

there are many things wrong with the world, many injustices and crimes committed.

what if we could stop one of them?

wouldn't it make the world a slightly better place?

MissFit

Ye olde farte here.I was taught 2 spaces after a "full stop."Is the 1 space the rule for formal e-mails also?

Thank you for the tips.

Miss.Fit

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Negative forum behavior

by Simon in

another good codinghorror blog entry perfectly describes some people's online behaviour and an approach to handling it.

i'll post part of it below but to summarize, these tend to be behaviours that don't violate any specific rules as such as the people doing it try to carefully skate just up to the line but they are nevertheless disruptive and we're not going to tolerate them on this site.

if you are here to do these things then this isn't the site for you - move along, find someplace else on the internet to inhabit.. hate is easy to recognize.

MissFit

Thank you Simon for posting this. It is a good reminder.

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Lets pretend jw's disappeared

by atheist_R_stupid in

and joined your ranks.... this means...youre talking about a people, that currently are pushing no sex till marriage.

that would end and join into the messages you currently push regarding youths and sex.

that would be sex, with condoms.

MissFit

Great post problematic. I hope he will take you up on your offer.

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YAWEHLAND - Imagine a country where Jehovah's Witnesses are the majority

by EdenOne in

jw
friends

in 2018, cyprus goes bankrupt (again).

many of its inhabitants, lacking jobs and prospectives of a better future, emigrate to more prosperous countries.

cyprus' society is on the brink of collapse.

MissFit

😄😅😂Rubudub lol. That was funny.

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I'm glad my children don't have to grow up being afraid of cupcakes

by Ilovebirthdays in

yesterday, i brought a batch of cupcakes to my son's school.

in passing them out, i started to give one to one of the children, who was a jw.

he immediately started freaking out and screaming "no thank you" over and over.

MissFit

This reminded me of an incident when I was 13 or so.

On our way to our Assembly, we stopped at my nonJW 's house for a couple of days to visit. Some how they discovered that it was my sister's birthday that day.

When we arrived, they greeted us with a lit birthday cake and preceded to sing happy birthday.

We were frozen in shock. We had no clue how to handle it. My Aunt was beaming with pleasure anticipating our delighted reaction to their surprise.

My mom was always pretty cool about things. We gave her a "now what?" look.

She smiled graciously and thanked them for their thoughtfulness. We had our first birthday cake ever. But I remember that paralyzing feeling when we saw that cake. Mom later explained to them about birthdays but she told us there was no reason to waste the cake..lol. like I said a cool mom.