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  careful who you send text messages to!

  by dobbie in

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  i've done it again!i've sent the wrong text on my phone to totally the wrong person - only this time it was about my sis in law - and i sent it to her by mistakelol!

  shes shuning me in public and for the fourth day my sons been really upset cos he wants to play with his cousin after school(hes in the same class), so i get upset and texted my hubby to ask her whats going on cos i'm fed up with it all and its not fair on the boys etc and can they play together ornot cos i need to know what to tell my son etc, and who do i send it to but her!oops hasnt replied either so i think i may have done it now!

  does anyone else do this or am i the only dippy one when it comes to phone messaging?

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  Effervescent

  Oh my gosh, that's totally something I would do!

  I worked at a bank for quite a long time in a department that saw it's share of (I'm sorry to say) really idiotic people who had no right being hired for that position. (The Officer of that department was a real pushover for charity cases. It was the accounting department of a bank for crypes sake, once they hired a girl who had to ask how to turn on the computer the first day. ). My friend and I, who had to put up with these people, fix their mistakes and all around have to do twice as much work because of them, would work out our frustration by emailing eachother cryptic snotty messages about these people. One girl... who we referred to as "Chow Chow the Wonder Mutt" (ok, we were mean, but this was supposed to be private and she was sooooo DUMB) had made so many stupid mistakes one day and my friend and I were messaging back and forth. Next thing I know, my friend goes dashing to this girls computer (she wasn't at her desk at the moment thank goodness) and does some clicking. Come to find out she accidently emailed her a remark meant for me. Needless to say the snotty emailing stopped for awhile... but just for awhile.... ha ha!

  No- really, I am a nice person! I just have strange ways of working out my frustrations!
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  MIL says thousands of babies found under ancient Catholic Church!

  by bluesapphire in

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  anyone heard about this?

  i haven't found any info about it.. my mil took advantage of my being in costa rica by inviting my husband out for dinner with the sole purpose of trying to get him to go back to the meetings.

  she's afraid to take me on so she would never do this in my presence.

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  Effervescent

  This coming from someone who believes Jehovah will kill millions of babies very soon at the BIG A because their parents celebrate Christmas and then leave their bodies out for the birds to feed at??? hmmmm.... methinks those who live in glass houses....
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  Okay fess up; which apostate here does this to upset the witnesses?

  by unbeliever in

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  i was reading on a jw message board and one witness posted this:.

  when she comes to visit she stays at his house which is on the same street as our kh.

  our brother has offensive signs about the witnesses in his front yard and every year goes all out with holloween and christmas decorations.

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  Effervescent

  ewww... that whole dialog made me feel icky. It's funny how sometimes you can forget how full of self-righteousness so many are. And then others are so afraid of doing something wrong, they have to consult the Organization on everything including the proper way to wipe their butts.

  I can't imagine the disconnect it takes to not only believe this crap, but to admonish others that it's the only truth.
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  Favorite Christmas Music

  by jayhawk1 in

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  what is your favorite christmas music?

  do you go for the classic stuff?

  dr demento stuff perhaps?

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  Effervescent

  We have a NOW Christmas CD that we like to play. It has all of the oldies-but-goodies that I love, plus some cute newer remakes.

  I have to say I'm a big fan of the Christmas songs sung by the great crooners... Bing Crosby, Frank Senatra, Dean Martin... love that stuff!
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  For those baptized as a JW/minor, how did you feel on your baptism day?

  by Gopher in

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  i was petrified that day.

  i felt nervous and slightly sick that morning, so i couldn't even eat breakfast.. leading up to that baptism day ( i was only 16 ), i didn't want to tell anyone about it.

  maybe because i came from a cold-hearted congregation where the other kids my age didn't like me (i was too serious), i didn't want anyone else to know.. i felt relief after the dunking was finally over.

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  Effervescent

  I was so starved for love and approval from my father, I would have done anything to get it. Getting baptised was a very happy day for me, my Dad was finally so proud of me. Little did I know it was just the start of even more guilt and falling short of every expectation.

  I remember being so suprised to get gifts and cards... some with cash in them even. I remember wishing I could get dunked every year so I could have what would almost amount to a birthday.

  I think I was around the 12-13 year old area when I took the plunge.... way too young!
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  who besides me turned a friend into the elders for something trivial?

  by PaNiCAtTaCk in

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  i told on a girl for liking a worldy boy at school.

  me and another brother actually waited down the street from the boys house to see if she went there after school, just to get some proof for the eders.

  i cant believe i did that:( did anyone else spy on another witness like i did?

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  Effervescent

  To my everlasting shame, I did.

  She was my best friend too. She was "going out with" a worldly boy at school. I knew the gig was up for her though, I had heard scraps of information from phone calls my Dad was getting. I knew her parents had found a note I had written to her that had some sort of incriminating information in it. My Dad gave a special needs talk at the next service meeting all about having knowledge of anothers sin and if you know and don't tell, you are sharing in it. I still remember the horror of having him stare at me through the entire talk. I guess everyone knew what I was in trouble for when I met with the elders after that meeting!

  Really I just admitted to what they already knew... but still... I hated that I caved at the first sign of trouble for myself. Ugh.

  The good news was I left the cult within weeks of that meeting and the following Judicial meeting.
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  My Work Was Stolen!

  by lovelylil in

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  this is really making me mad.

  i write articles about different bible topics.

  they are mostly geared to new christians to help them get a better understanding of basic doctrine, christian life, and christianity in the early church.

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  Effervescent

  So sorry this happened to you Lil, It's always a shock to a trusting person to run up against such blantant dishonesty.

  And NO, this isn't about ego. This is about intellectual property and someone dishonestly taking credit and reaping benefits from someone else's hard work. It's not about the subject matter whatsoever (or spreading the news), it's the morality of the issue... and actions by someone who it sounds like is in a leadership position and should know better.

  He's grasping at straws trying to make excuses for himself and his laziness. Shame on him.
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  Hambeaks Extremely Heartbreaking News

  by Sparkplug in

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  our friend hambeak just got the most dreaded phone call from his jw child.

  the news was passed on as he was asked for by name and not as"dad" and let known that "they" just called to let him know that his other son, brian, age 26, is dead.

  he was in a car accident.

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  Effervescent

  My heart is breaking for you... I am so sorry for your loss....
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  Sometimes living in a small town has it's perks ......

  by troubled mind in

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  i complain sometimes that it is annoying living in this small town of 6,000 because i am always running into (not over) my former witness "friends".

  but there are perks too : yesterday my microwave stopped working , so i called the local downtown maytag dealer .

  he promises to make a house call later in the afternoon to check it over .

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  Effervescent

  I've always lived in small towns.... love it love it love it! And what you're talking about are the reasons why!

  The area I live in now can't even be called a town, it's more an area where there is a concentration of homes, but even then, we've discovered we have some really lovely neighbors who ask about our children and how we are doing, and even how our dog is doing. When my hubby was off to military tech school in the lower 48 for several months last year, someone I didn't even know came and plowed my drive for me. How sweet is that?!?
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  I'm out of kleenexes

  by gwyneth in

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  my friend's ex-husband was killed instantly in a car accident on sunday.

  my daughter actually probably knew him better in recent years than i did, as she would accompany their daughter tori to his house on his weekends for four-wheeling, fishing, etc.

  i have never been to a viewing before.

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  Effervescent

  I totally understand where you're coming from. I had a friend of the family pass away this last year in Iraq. I didn't know him well, but his family and mine have been unofficial "family" for a long long time. In fact, our mothers went to high school together and have been best friends ever since.

  I really didn't know him personally all that well, but attended his military funeral at the graveside. Like you, I couldn't stop the tears. I cried for the loss of a wonderful human being in his own right, and for all the family and loved ones left behind to cope with the loss. I cried because he was so brave and an American hero. I cried because I knew how much his Mother loved him. I cried because my husband is in the military and it forced me to consider the possibility of him being called away from me.

  I don't think a single person would think of you badly because of your expression of sadness. If it were me as a family member, it would make my heart a little better to know how loved and appreciated he was. We all mourn in different ways and for different reasons. You are absolutely entitled to your own brand of grief and to be able to work through it in whatever way helps you.

  ***BIG HUGS***