some people drink a certain beer because they really find that it's the best tasting beer on the market, while others drink what their friends or spouse drinks and see no difference, no matter what beer they drink.. when i first started drinking beer when i was in my teens, i drank what my parents had at home.
free beer .
honestly, i used to drink labatts but a friend initiated me to budlight, and i really love that beer now.
Hubby's Home brew gets my vote! Whatever 'flavor' he decides to do...the history,
just a good friend who taught him the process. We go to annual Oktoberfest in this
friend's backyard, home-made pretzels, bierocks & brew...everyone brings their own
and we have a tasting and crowning of the King or Queen ! YUM!
one of my biggest pet peeves at the k.h.
was when i would see those not in the right clique get forgotten.
so easily they would slip between the cracks.
I have learned something today, too late, but I HAVE learned. The story:
My husband's bachelor uncle, the only JW in his family, living alone in our small community. When my MIL was alive, she included him in family activities. However, it has been years since we actually interacted with him, other than a wave on the street or a hello, how are you at the grocery store.
We knew his health was not good, but did we bother to check on him? No. We knew he was a loner, but did we bother to call him? No. He died, having a good JW friend who looked in on him toward the end. This was his best friend in the world, the man who brought him into the JW cult. But, a better person than we, regardless of his religion. He cared enough to look in on his friend. We turned our heads in ignorance and selfishness.
Today we were the ones, among a handful of other relatives, who cleaned up his mice infested trailer which should not have been inhabited by any human. We were the ones...who tried to gather up the few belongings he had that were of any value, to pass on to his out of state sister. Who shed tears of guilt for not being there for this person, this old sad man who always had a smile for everybody.
It is a sad lesson of life. We can talk all we want about loving our fellow man, but do we practice what we preach? I pray to God that I am guided to change from this day on.
Thanks for this posting this subject, it just brought this all to a head for me.
AuntieJane
guess what you guys....... i come home from a staff meeting and sitting in my mailbox is a little care package from my friend jgnat!!.
in it was a delicious chocolate and marshmallow confection, along with a lovely heartfelt note.. i was touched, and jgnat can really cook.... and i must imagine how good it tastes fresh out of the oven, before being shipped a few thousand miles.. so thank you jgnat.
according to hillary step, next time you should send me salad...
Can you send me the recipe too? or post it here, puhleeeze
interesting, in searching out info on sjw, this guy had this great website about his former jw girlfriend and her strange beliefs!
pretty funny!
just sharing, http://www.redbeet.com/.
Good idea, Brenda! Isn't it funny how he put the pix and told the whole story? He should post here, will be fun to see if he does!
AJ
interesting, in searching out info on sjw, this guy had this great website about his former jw girlfriend and her strange beliefs!
pretty funny!
just sharing, http://www.redbeet.com/.
Interesting, in searching out info on SJW, this guy had this great website about his former JW girlfriend and her strange beliefs! Pretty funny! Just sharing, http://www.redbeet.com/
AJ
hi, i posted earlier "taking bets" about the jws serving a funeral dinner for my jw aunt in the local presby church.
the majority of those who answered was right...no, they are not able to do that, surprize surprize!
we are having our own family dinner in my uncle's home.
Well we made it thru the service. To the elder's credit, he was a sincere good friend to Auntie, and very emotional. I know they (he and his wife) really cared about her money. No, I shouldn't say that....I truly did feel his sadness.
He said a few good words then got into the propaganda. We are all sinners, thanks to Adam. blah blah. I had my Bible (never have taken it to a funeral before)...and read along in Romans, would like to have raised my hand and asked him to continue on, because it got pretty good, about the everlasting life Christ has for ALL of us, etc. Oh well...
Cousin did not sing at the service but sang at the dinner, which ended up being in the Methodist church hall, so NO JW's attended, god forbid.
I was happy to do some anti-JW educating at the table...about the 144,000; the Memorial (No one had heard of it)...the flip flopping. Seems he had boxes of old literature, I told a close cousin that I would love to have the hard bound books. They invited me to come and slip out what I wanted, but they had already told the elder in charge he was welcome to have them. If they'd only known more at the time, they said they would have burned them.
well me and my b.f met a year ago through mutual friends at a rock concert in london...we clicked instantly and i was very attracted to him as id never met someone so nice who i got on with that well i liked at the same time.
an over the next few months saw each other a few times but only as friends as we lived on opposite ends of the country....we stayed in touch via text.
then the texts gradually faded out.
"He goes funny and avoids the subject"...Sorry, hon, but this is typical JW behavior, esp of young men.
He wants his cake and eat it too but the GUILT he has been laden with by the teachings of the JW cult overpower him.
He will avoid it as long as he can, he probably really wants to stay with you, but he is guided by Jehobah and a screwed up bunch of followers.
By the way, Welcome! Stay around and you will learn a lot.
(run while you can, my daughter was in a relationship like this and the stress she put herself through was horrible)
AuntieJane
hi, i posted earlier "taking bets" about the jws serving a funeral dinner for my jw aunt in the local presby church.
the majority of those who answered was right...no, they are not able to do that, surprize surprize!
we are having our own family dinner in my uncle's home.
This was interesting. The head honcho elder talked to the singer, they agreed on him singing How Great Thou Art, at the very beginning, and to keep it short, just one verse probably. OK, great, nothing we saw wrong with the words...but 6 hours later JW elder calls back and says he would have to follow his conscience and not agree to having the song done. Out of respect for auntie, my cousin agreed to drop it and will sing at the dinner. Not quite the same, but, tell me what is wrong with these words. I realize the 2nd and 3rd verses give praise to Jesus, but...what is wrong with this?
SORRY, I had to rant, I can't believe these people. I'll be praying for their cult-warped minds at the service.
O , LORD , MY GOD
WHEN I , IN AWESOME WONDER
CONSIDER ALL THE WORLD’S THY HANDS HAVE MADE
I SEE THE STARS I HEAR THE ROLLING THUNDER
THY POWER THRU OUT THE UNIVERSE DISPLAYED CHORUS :
THEN SINGS MY SOUL MY SAVIOR GOD TO THEE
HOW GREAT THOU ART HOW GREAT THOU ART
THEN SINGS MY SOUL MY GOD TO THEE
HOW GREAT THOU ART HOW GREAT THOU ART
hi, i posted earlier "taking bets" about the jws serving a funeral dinner for my jw aunt in the local presby church.
the majority of those who answered was right...no, they are not able to do that, surprize surprize!
we are having our own family dinner in my uncle's home.
Thanks Annie, this is how I feel. It wasn't meant to make a statement, but then again, I would be secretly pleased. The one who wants to sing is a Christian singer who, being a family member, wanted to make his contribution. He doesn't know the depths of the JW teachings, just the usual no blood stuff.
At this time, it appears that the elder in charge of the service has been trying to reach him by phone, so I am curious as to what comes of the conversation. The relative is not one to press an issue, and especially since Auntie was a believer (JW), I am sure they would want to do only what she wants. So be it.
Thanks for your post!
AJ
i am new to this board.
i am not sure where to post this, so i'll give this place a try.
don't ask how i stumbled across this board.
Welcome! You sound like a smart young woman. I am a RC and my daughter dated a JW, which is how I came to this board. You are very fortunate to have the information available, these people are great! The sad thing about JWs is they are brainwashed, although they would deny it and laugh at the thought, it is true. Many have been harmed by their teachings. Many here, former JW's, are now atheist or at least against organized religion. Easy to see why, after one knows what they went through as JWs.
Stay smart, and happy, and healthy. Your mental health will suffer if you stay with this guy, even as nice as he is, it is a harmful relationship. I know firsthand. You can send me a message if you like, since I have been there done that, I enjoy helping others. But it sounds like you are on the right track,
AuntieJane
