i was in a deposition today and one of the parties told us about her friend who was a heavy user of soft drinks.
for years she drank around five to seven a day.
she had been having bone pain and went to the doctor and was told "your bones have the consistency of lace.
Luckily I've never been a fan of fizzy drinks unless they contain alcohol. I drink at least 3 litres of bottled non fizzy water every day and drink herbal teas all day.
By night its a different story - last night was kind of typical, 2 pints of cider, followed by a pint and a half of lager, followed by 3 large glasses of red wine.
Will alcohol make my bones lacey?
for me i just drifted there when i finished my degree and the girl i was living with at the time got a good job with hewlett packard.
i tagged along and got a job within commuting distance.
i don't really like the city i live in but i haven't bothered moving for the last 6 years through inertia i guess.
I am living in Surrey because thats where my ex brought me when I was 19 to escape my small town in Lincolnshire and my current partner lives here so I have remained. But I do want to moce - I have incredibly itchy feet. I think this is down to the fact that I never lived anyway longer than 3 years with my parents, we were constantly moving to serve where the need was greater. Ring any bells? So by the time I was 16 I had moved as many times as I was years old. I have now lived with my b/f four years nearly in the same house, which is a new experience for me.
rwagner's post go me thinking.
are any of your ancestors famous?
the only famous one i can think of is sir robert peel, i'm not too sure what he did.
Ah Jeannie - that would explain your one eye and one arm too! hehe!
my parents went to the assembly this weekend.
they were telling me about disciplining children... the speaker was saying how all babies are born selfish and demanding for their own needs and not anyone elses.
the jist of the talk being about discipline, and training children ...ie taking them out for a good beating.. well, i don't know if any of you have ever 'just seen red!
Hurray Brooke! What a brave and right thing to do. You are an example to us all!
((((brooke))))
rwagner's post go me thinking.
are any of your ancestors famous?
the only famous one i can think of is sir robert peel, i'm not too sure what he did.
Sir Robert Peel only started the Police force in Britain however many hundred years ago! Policemen are still called Bobbies in parts of the country after Sir Bobby Peel. Thats a fine bit of history to have in your ancestry!
my parents went to the assembly this weekend.
they were telling me about disciplining children... the speaker was saying how all babies are born selfish and demanding for their own needs and not anyone elses.
the jist of the talk being about discipline, and training children ...ie taking them out for a good beating.. well, i don't know if any of you have ever 'just seen red!
Well done you Trevor! What dignity! I have a similar experience. The last slap I received from my mother was one Friday evening when I was 14. They wouldnt let me go out on the service, because I think they had twigged my motives were get closer to another young brother I fancied. We argued, my mother delivered a stinging slap to my face and I decided that I would teach them a lesson. The next morning I refused to join them on the service and while they were gone I packed my bags and baby sitting money I had saved and booked my self into a B & B in Peterborough which was the furtherest I could go. I didn't do anything bad - I just stayed in my room watched the tv and studied my watchtower while half the Lincolnshire police force were out looking for me.
The next morning I found the nearest kingdomhall and went to the meeting. I looked older than I was so when brothers and sisters asked me after the meeting where I was from I was honest and said I had run away, they just laughed thinking I was joking. As I was getting back into my jeans and Doc Martens in the ladies loos one of the women realised I was actually a runaway and called the police who came and returned me to my parents. My poor mother fainted ...
and she NEVER EVER hit me again, nor my two younger sisters to the best of my knowledge!
my parents went to the assembly this weekend.
they were telling me about disciplining children... the speaker was saying how all babies are born selfish and demanding for their own needs and not anyone elses.
the jist of the talk being about discipline, and training children ...ie taking them out for a good beating.. well, i don't know if any of you have ever 'just seen red!
JESUS! Gill. You aren't serious are you! I think that's the worst experience I have ever read. I literally just smacked my hand to my mouth which was wide open in a gasp of horror. You absolute angel for surviving that - its too terrible for words. I just want to cry for you as a child and put my arms around you!
Do you have any relationship with your parents now?
(((((((gill))))))))
my parents went to the assembly this weekend.
they were telling me about disciplining children... the speaker was saying how all babies are born selfish and demanding for their own needs and not anyone elses.
the jist of the talk being about discipline, and training children ...ie taking them out for a good beating.. well, i don't know if any of you have ever 'just seen red!
I've decided that as an ex JW I don't think I can have children either as my attitude towards kids and babies is one of zero tolerance for any kind of noise or misbehaviour, because this is how I was brought up. My parents often laughed over how they used to deal with my constant screaming as a baby. They would put me in the furthrest room away from them in the house in my cot and then put on music as loud as necessary to drown out the sound until I wore my vocal chords out crying. So that is what I consider normal, I don't think I would make a very good mother and I would hate to be like my own parents in so many ways.
The weird thing was my dad never got that smacking was a waste of time. I would do things deliberately just to get his attention even if it was just a smack. I equate smacks with love as he would always explain how he was hitting me because he loved me and loved Jehovah. Fortunately the very violent relationship I had prior to this one was enough for me to get that mentality out of my head and at least I understood at the time why I felt the need to be hit and actively encouraged and provoked my b/f to treat me like a punchbag because then I felt loved. Sick Sick Sick! And I will never feel normal enough to have children which is sad, but its for the best that I don't i think.
my wife is getting baptized on the 19th.
there is nothing i can do or say to stop it.
we have 3 children, and i am from a broken home, so i can't imagine divorcing.
I just wanted to say your advice is spot on ithinkisee - well thought out and practical! Well said!
i've been on this site now for a little while and think its brilliant and its been a tonic in getting things straight and for gathering research.
(thanks simon & ang).
in fact its difficult to get work done during the day because of reading posts on here.. a couple of months ago if someone wouldve asked me whether i was apostate i would have flatly refused partly because the indoctrination still has its effect even after a decade and the negative connotation attached to the word 'apostate' is still at the back of my mind.
crumpet bites GBL and says what happened to the old avatar - the one with the photo?
