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  Mothers' Day and JWs

  by XJW4EVR in

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  after my mom died, my aunts and i were going through her personal belongings for my dad.

  late that night, in one of the last boxes we went through, i found a mother's day card that i had made for her when i was in first grade.

  even though mother's day was a forbidden holiday, she kept that card for all those years.. i wonder, in spite of their surface indifference, how many jw mothers wish that they could participate in mothers day, at best, or resent it, at worst?.

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  It's my belief from my own JW life that the majority would like to have some recognition on special days....whether it be Mothers Day, Fathers Day, Birthday, etc..

  In my own family including in-laws, we always gave recognition to that person on their day. Of course we kept it only in the family. Thankfully, none of them except for one nutty sister-in-law, we never had a problem because we all had a separate life away from the KH.

  And when it came to Christmas, we always had a "Just Because We Love You" day a month or so after Xmas and bought presents for the kids.

  What a horrible way of life we once had with all eyes scrutinizing every move we made!

  I'm happy to be free and today, I celebrate everything with my few living relatives. Which reminds me........I need to call my elderly Aunts (one here in the Pittsburgh area and the other one in Hemet, CA. and wish them Happy Mother's Day.

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  , Jehovah's Witnesses" jewelry/keychains

  by brizzzy in

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  2. friends

  so, i can't believe nobody's come up with the idea of apostate jewelry before now, because i think it's brilliant:.

  http://www.etsy.com/listing/45746677/fujw-reversible-jehovahs-witness.

  kyria's a friend of mine on facebook, and the author of "i'm perfect, you're doomed".

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  What can I say? I'm young and classless, too :)

  You said it! Your quote applies to the person making these things also.

  This will never help convince anyone of the falseness of this cult.

  Remember one thing........someday you and this manufacturer will have to grow up and actually have responsibility in your life.

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  How many you you hated to wait in the car while someone was on a good call!

  by life is to short in

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  2. friends

  something i have not heard before on this board is waiting in the car out in service or any of the woman who were elders wives waiting on their husbands while in an elders meeting.. i was 24 years old when i got married to an older man he was 41 and had been an elder for about 12 years.

  i truly loved my husband when we got married.

  i truly loved him like crazy.

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  I loved waiting in the car. The longer they were in a house, the less I had to knock on doors.

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  Finally finished my college degree

  by drew sagan in

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  this week i finally finished college.

  feels great to finally be completed.. i have to say that the process has been therapeutic.

  a year and a half ago when i started to go back i still defined myself in terms of my experience as a jw.. that is all gone now.

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  Congratulations Drew,

  I'm glad to hear that you are moving on. Life is beautiful! Keep living well with your wife and child. The college degree will certainly help.

  Bill (HappyDad)
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  What's a really good movie you'd recommend that most people probably haven't seen?

  by A.Fenderson in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  what's a really good movie you'd recommend that most people probably haven't seen?.

  my personal recommendation: synecdoche, new york.

  it's one of those movies that words fail utterly to capture--which really is the hallmark of a good movie, i suppose.

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  Don't know if this one was mentioned but I loved "The World's Fastest Indian" starring Anthony Hopkins. Based on the true story of Burt Munro from New Zealand and his quest to have the fastest 1920' Indian motorcycle. He actually made it to the Bonneville salt flats and set records.

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  Are you so faded that Actives no longer encourage but respect you?

  by Wasanelder Once in

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  2. friends

  i know it sounds strange but all the jw's i have contact with are no longer "encouraging" me to attend meetings.

  in fact not one of them invited me to the memorial even though we had dinner together at my house three nights before.

  i think i have them totally bamboozled with my reasoning why i don't attend.

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  I forgot to add! I got rid of my house a little over a year ago and am living in a townhouse apartment. None of them has ever tried to look me up. I'm sure if they wanted to, all they have to do is look in the phone book for my address.

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  Are you so faded that Actives no longer encourage but respect you?

  by Wasanelder Once in

  1. jw
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  i know it sounds strange but all the jw's i have contact with are no longer "encouraging" me to attend meetings.

  in fact not one of them invited me to the memorial even though we had dinner together at my house three nights before.

  i think i have them totally bamboozled with my reasoning why i don't attend.

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  It's been ten years since I left. The last meeting I went to was Memorial 2003 out of a little guilt that crept in. Since then I've only run into three JW's from my old KH. The one female was a complete idiot. The other two (husband and wife) talked real nice about their kids and mine. No mention of all about JWism. I think they refrained because their daughter left the BS several years ago. She should be in her mid twenties now.

  But there is one female who sends a letter about twice a year trying to "encourage" me. GAG GAG! She always talks about how her late husband and I were such good friends. I couldn't stand her husband. He didn't have all his marbles and always wanted to go in FS with me. I found a lot of excuses not to.

  Today, if I would ever run into anyone, they would know without a doubt that I would never set foot in a KH again.

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  Local needs talk this past Tues at my wife's cong

  by isaacaustin in

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  on social networking and facebook was specifically mentioned, as well as how 'dangerous' it is..

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  I've looked up JW's from my past and see a lot of them on Facebook. Some of them are elders in the Pittsburgh area.

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  Losing the war on Facebook

  by Brocephus in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ok this is weird i am noticing more and more jw's on facebook.

  even an elder i know has started an account.

  at first it seemed like it was just the "spiritually weak" who really don't care or do much field service.

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  Check the newest Facebook page they have. "Pink songbook" Totally off! I'd like to leave a "real" reply there.

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  Brand New: Currently Totally Devastated

  by daringhart13 in

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  i'm brand new to the board.

  long time, "big shot" elder, ....taught at km school, conventions, etc.

  yeah, i know it means nothing....but it gives you an idea of how deep i've been a jw.. i don't even really know what to write at this point.

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  HappyDad

  Welcome to the forum!

  Your experience sounds almost like what I went through. You will find lots of similar stories here.

  HappyDad