LongHairGal
JoinedTopics Started by LongHairGal
-
24
Them thinking that pioneering is equal to my full time job!
by LongHairGal inthis was a topic that annoyed me and i got into a bit of an argument years ago over this.. some sister (who never worked a day in her life i might add) with the cushy life, affluent husband thought that because she pioneered it was equal to me having a full time secular job.
there were others there who naively thought the same thing.
somehow i gave them an inferiority complex because i worked so they had to dream this up to make themselves feel better.. while i agree that someone who pioneers may be physically tired at the end of the day, there is no comparison to what i have to deal with in going to and from and being on a full time job.
-
4
Schoolgirl upset over her photo - parents want yearbbook recalled!
by LongHairGal inthere is a headline about a schoolgirl crying because her school published an unflattering picture of her in the yearbook.
the parents want all the yearbooks recalled and a new one published with a new picture, etc.
this story reminded me of when i was in high school many moons ago.
-
27
Were you told you had to tolerate things as a test?
by LongHairGal in(i made a thread like this but it seemed to have gotten lost).
i got in some heated discussions years ago over what i would and would not tolerate from people with regard to abuse on a personal level.
we were always fed the line that we should forgive our brother, etc.
-
2
Did they tell you to tolerate things as a "test"?
by LongHairGal ini encountered this attitude and got in a few heated discussions about things that happened to me and what i would and would not tolerate from people there.
i agree that we all sometimes do things to offend somebody but what i noticed was that some there would arrogantly assume you were there to take their guff and they behaved accordingly - like they were getting their rocks off playing out some dominant role at somebody else's expense!
i felt that if anybody had the audacity to think they were there to "test" me i would make all the trouble for them they could possibly want!
-
16
Did you think they were hooked on titles and "classes"?
by LongHairGal ini couldn't stand all the titles and categories they had!
i felt they were hooked on respect which maybe in some cases bordered on adulation.
i had a problem with this because i always saw it as unchristlike.
-
39
Did you meet any con artist types there?
by LongHairGal init seemed to me that there were a number of con artist types of personalities i came across during my years there.
i am not referring to people who were actually doing anything illegal.
what i am referring to are people who were very adept at getting things out of other people.
-
10
Did you believe life was always a gift no matter what the circumstances?
by LongHairGal ini had a discussion years ago with an elder about this topic.
he said life was a gift no matter what we had to endure.
(we were talking about people who went through horrible things e.g.
-
20
Dubs telling people who they should and should not marry.
by LongHairGal ini know of several experiences of couples who got married against the unwanted advice of the busybodies at the hall.
and i am not talking about a sixteen year old girl marrying a seventeen year old boy either!
these were people way over 30. .
-
14
Did they try to get you to do prison witnessing?
by LongHairGal ini remember them trying to get a bunch of sisters to go prison witnessing.
i felt very uncomfortable about the whole thing.
i voiced my concerns to an elder and was told we were only witnessing to the women and we were safe.
-
7
Dubs putting smiley faces and scriptures on notes they send you.
by LongHairGal ini am not necessarily referring to the scriptures they quote in greeting cards.
although this is enough to make you barf because it makes the person sending it out to be so "spiritual" (whether they are or not) and also it makes a false impression that they love you (whether they do or not).
what i am really referring to is when one of them needs a favor from you and they send you a note and put a smiley face at the bottom and quote some scripture.