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  Hate leaving my family behind.

  by Big Dog in

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  after lurking about for a while i finally decided to join the board.

  i have never done anything like this and was amazed at how stressful it was to sign up and press the return key to join up and actually post something.

  just a quick bio: 41 year old lawyer who was raised a jw but had the good sense to never get baptized.

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  prophecor

  Hey Big Dog, glad you made 'cross the border. I can understand to a degree how disillusioned you are to have to leave your family behind, kinda' like passengers on the Titanic before it sinks, the crew and passengers won't take it to heart that there's been a terrible accident and it's necessary to abandon ship. It was, afterall, deemed to be an unsinkable vessel.

  I have no immediate members of my family in " The Truth ", though as I've come to go look back in history, my aunt who introduced me to JW organisation, who left in the 1980's and was a very staunch, firm believer in Jehovah and the organisation, causes me to wonder if her leaving may've had anything to do with the disruption at the top, Franz's disfellowshipment, 1975 or some other particular issues she may've had. What worries me more than anything is whether or not she has allowed herself to acquire the forbidden information about the organisation, whether she's gotten the scoop on the WTBTS, and all that they portray themselves to be, but are not.

  So I guess what I'm saying is that it could be worse, for those on the outside without the secret knowledge, you could walk your life down some pretty dark streets of desperation. I for one know, as I regarded myself as a walking corpse, waiting to lie down, every minute I was away from the organisation, every second I spent not in the Hall, I was always waiting for the axe to fall, looking over my shoulder, asking myself, is this the day I get whacked by Jehovah? Is this the day that something's going to take me out? To be on the inside without knowing the truth about the truth, can be a lot better than being on the outside and being in total ignorance of the un-truthfullness of the organisation.

  Welcome Aboard Regardless, Though, Big Dog!!!

  Art
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  Things that make you feel like a Daddy...

  by confusedjw in

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  2. experiences

  last night my daughter (8 years old) came down to the bed with a belly ache.

  she has a couple of legit issues which cause belly aches beyond the regular kid stuff.

  her poor little face grimaces in pain.. so i had her get into bed, got out my iriver mp3 player, put one of my ear-buds in her ear and one in mine and we listened to music and i rubbed her belly and tapped out the songs we were listening to.

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  Don't get me wrong I love my children, but I hate the situation I put myself in by having them. Some people mess up their life with drugs, some people commit crimes and go to jail, others people joint the org. Having children when unprepared will ruin your life WAY more than any of those things though. You can kick a drug habit, get out of jail and go straght, and DA from the org but you can never correct poor family planning. I hope this helps someone here.

  They can surely have their moments. There are days when I could just wish to be alone without the burden of any children stepchildren grands, wife even, but then there are those hours like today when I just throw everything into life and come out a little ahead of the game. It's difficult to go thru sometimes but so many times the payoff comes light years in advance, but when it does, it's oh so sweet!
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  Things that make you feel like a Daddy...

  by confusedjw in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  last night my daughter (8 years old) came down to the bed with a belly ache.

  she has a couple of legit issues which cause belly aches beyond the regular kid stuff.

  her poor little face grimaces in pain.. so i had her get into bed, got out my iriver mp3 player, put one of my ear-buds in her ear and one in mine and we listened to music and i rubbed her belly and tapped out the songs we were listening to.

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  Though I'm technically childless as all mines are stepchildren, my stepgrand daughter has a habit of leaning into a pose while I'm driving. When she's with me in the front seat, she tilts herself towards me while I'm driving the Mark VIII, I usually try to keep the music in the car within her ability to enjoy, though I can't tolerate the hip hop side of their lives too well, so I'll have Anita Baker or Chante Moore on the CD player. And she just kinda' gets lost in the moment.

  My stepson and I just bridged a difficult gap in our dealings with each other. Blended families are a challenge to maintain, you can feel like a stranger amongst stepchildren and vice versa often times. After his tutoring sessions, instead of going straight home, I diverted to EB Games and looked around looking for used PS2 games to get a line on something different. He's now having his brief moments with a new game Stuntman, though I know the novelty of the game soon will wear off, for me to have spent the extra energy in his life means a lot to him. He's at the delicate stages of pre-adult hood growing pains. He'll be 16 this year.
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  6 years

  by Eyebrow2 in

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  saturday is my 6 year wedding anniversary!!!.

  woooohooo!!

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  Happy Anniversary!!!

  I hope you've gotten thru the hard work of just relating.

  They say the first two years are the hardest, for me it was the first 7.

  I'm actually able to breathe finally!!!

  Wishing you everyday a little more closer.

  ZZZZZ
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  Are those your kids? Where da' %&*# is Bey Bey?

  by prophecor in

  1. jw
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  i must be an old fart, but i gotta' a real problem with opc's or other peoples children.

  you know the kind you see in the supermarket runnin around like a buncha' wild indians, (no offense to any indians), but could you just smack dem' lil' suckers, or what?

  then, there's the one in the record department of the borders books, he's justa' flippin thru the cd's while listening to ludacris or some foolishness on the headphone listening station, be-boppin his head and just makin' a mess of all the cd's that happen to be in ma' peoples section.

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  I must be an old fart, but I gotta' a real problem with OPC's or other peoples children. You know the kind you see in the supermarket runnin around like a buncha' wild indians, (no offense to any Indians), but could you just smack dem' lil' suckers, or what?

  Then, there's the one in the record department of the Borders Books, he's justa' flippin thru the CD's while listening to Ludacris or some foolishness on the headphone listening station, be-boppin his head and just makin' a mess of all the CD's that happen to be in ma' peoples section. And it appears that the only music that is outta' order is, yep, you guessed it, the Black Music Section.

  I tells dis' little itchit " That's the reason nobody can find anything because you all come in here and make a mess of all the music", he tries to tell me that he was just puttin it back where it came from, I tell's him you just moved Issac Hayes from here and put it over there, his daddy musta' seen me havin a problem with him, silently walks up to remove him from the situation, as I truly had my shorts in a knot.

  Peoples, do you say anything to these 3ft. terrorist or do you quietly just walk away out of fear of reprisal from one of their parents getting upset, and then you have an entirely different situation, or do you step up to the plate regardless for what repercussions may come up?
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  Film Documentary about Ex JWs

  by Ayernye in

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  2. experiences

  my name is ayernye... sometimes i go by stephan... it used to be stephen mcguire back when i was a witness in the wilmington and groton massachusetts congregations from '83 - '94.

  was a pioneer and ministerial servant and was married for two of those years.

  with tremendous agony and confusion, i moved far away to discover myself... took years to adjust to my new reality... drugs... drinking... anything to numb my tired brain... but the transformation was eventual and so worth it... of course... i am now my own person... mostly happy, adjusted and living my life to the best i can... .

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  Focus on this site and sites like these, along with the experiences that many of us all share and you'll have a monumental project on your hands, worthy of at least a Peabody award, if not more. If you can do it, it would give immediate national exposure to the growing trend of exiting individuals who are awakening from the cultish environment that is Jehovah's Witnesses. And you'd probably make a few million in the offing.

  Art
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  HELP ME! I am stuck in JWD and cannot get off-line!

  by BrendaCloutier in

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  geez talk about trading one addiction for another..... i get on jwd reading, posting, chatting, and i just can't seem to get myself to log off the internet!

  sometimes it's cuz i don't want to go do what i have to, or sometimes even want to, go do.

  sometimes i'm just feeling anxious and needy.

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  prophecor

  I'm always multitasking between this board and my work at school .

  Not even at the job ehhh Kay Kay, it's pointless, pointless I tell you,

  OOOooooooohhhhh The Humanity!!!
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  HELP ME! I am stuck in JWD and cannot get off-line!

  by BrendaCloutier in

  1. jw
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  geez talk about trading one addiction for another..... i get on jwd reading, posting, chatting, and i just can't seem to get myself to log off the internet!

  sometimes it's cuz i don't want to go do what i have to, or sometimes even want to, go do.

  sometimes i'm just feeling anxious and needy.

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  its 12.40am here and im soooooo sleepy zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

  Dammit Holy, just take your hand off the mouse, step away from the keyboard, and nobody gets hurt, OK?
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  HELP ME! I am stuck in JWD and cannot get off-line!

  by BrendaCloutier in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  geez talk about trading one addiction for another..... i get on jwd reading, posting, chatting, and i just can't seem to get myself to log off the internet!

  sometimes it's cuz i don't want to go do what i have to, or sometimes even want to, go do.

  sometimes i'm just feeling anxious and needy.

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  prophecor

  *shakes his finger vehemently at brenda c*
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  HELP ME! I am stuck in JWD and cannot get off-line!

  by BrendaCloutier in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  geez talk about trading one addiction for another..... i get on jwd reading, posting, chatting, and i just can't seem to get myself to log off the internet!

  sometimes it's cuz i don't want to go do what i have to, or sometimes even want to, go do.

  sometimes i'm just feeling anxious and needy.

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  prophecor

  You know you gotta' habit when you don't even bother to turn your computer off, just so you can hurry back and get back on board!!!