noontide
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A moment of silence for VIRGINIA TECH
by purplesofa invirginia tech faculty and students are asking that people wear orange or burgandy today.
let's show our support for the families and friends of the victims of virginia tech.
let's do whatever we can to keep children safe in order to go to school, and learn.
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noontide
I see so little hope in you,
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She asked for money
by noontide ini went to visit my parents last night.
id been there for about 10 minutes when my mother looks at me and asks if i can give her 20 dollars.
sure, no problem.
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noontide
Odrade your reply was very calming and thought provoking. Thank you. It's just when she first asked, the only thing I could do was get upset. You are right, he could be one of the good ones, but I still don't support what he stands for. And it's not about the money; it is after all only $20 dollars. I'll have to think about this some more. I appreciate everyone's advice.
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She asked for money
by noontide ini went to visit my parents last night.
id been there for about 10 minutes when my mother looks at me and asks if i can give her 20 dollars.
sure, no problem.
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noontide
Thank you for the suggestions. I think I will drop by the house on Sunday when I know they are at the meeting and drop the money off in an envelope. By the time they get back home it will be too late to give him the money and she can use the money for something else. Of course she will probably put the money in the contribution box the next week, but I don't want to think about that. LOL!
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She asked for money
by noontide ini went to visit my parents last night.
id been there for about 10 minutes when my mother looks at me and asks if i can give her 20 dollars.
sure, no problem.
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noontide
I went to visit my parents last night. I’d been there for about 10 minutes when my mother looks at me and asks if I can give her 20 dollars. Sure, no problem. I start reaching into my pocket to see just how much money I have, when she mentions that on Sunday they are going to have a “special brother” coming from Bethel and she wants to give him some money. I froze when she said this and asked her what money she was planning on giving him. Of course she mentions it’s the money I’m about to give her. It took about a second for my blood to boil. Why would I want to give this joker my money? Technically it’s my money she is handing over to him. I kept my cool (outwardly) and smiled and told my mother that I’d forgotten that I spent the money on gas on my way over (lie). So she says, “Well just be sure to get it before Sunday and so I can give it to him.” I mumbled something and left the house. I was pissed!
A few things; my parents are on a fixed income so they have to watch their expenses. Now, I’m not a cheap person, if they need anything I’ll be more than glad to get it for them or help them with any expenses. Another thing, my mother NEVER asks for anything. There are times when I have to force them to accept things because otherwise even if they need something they won’t ask. So why is she asking money for this!? I don’t want to give money to this “special Bethelite speaker”. I guess one could argue that I gave the money to my mother and whatever she decides to do with it is her business. But the thing is, I know where the money is going to end up. I don’t want to support her cause; I don’t want to help this moron out! Arggg!!!!! I’m getting mad as I type this. Voting time again everyone. Should I give the money to my mother? Or should I just get her a nice blouse, or a pair of shoes or anything else, just as long as this joker does not get my money. I figure she already hates me for leaving the truth, so how much worse can it get if don’t give her 20 dollars? I’ll go by the majority of votes. I vote no.
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Ever use door to door for flirting purposes? Ulterior motives?
by White Dove inok, let's be honest.
who has ever gone in service for a reason other than "to encourage bible reading?
" ever flirt at the doors when alone or with the right kind of partner for that?
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noontide
Not quite door to door but this is what happened to me during a book study;
I used to conduct a book study with this gentleman who had an extremely hot daughter. Actually this man was illiterate and I was helping him learn to read with the aid of the Watchtower booklet. His daughter would walk around the house in the skimpiest outfits and kind of hang around the area where we would be studying. Since it usually took him about 5 minutes to read a small sentence, it gave me a chance to flirt (a little) with his daughter and check her out a bit (ok, a lot). She and I were around the same age and I'm sure if had asked her out she would have said yes. However, since I was a good JW my conscience got the better of me and I stopped studying with him. I didn't even pass him off to anyone else. I figured no brother could study with him and not have impure thoughts about his daughter. A few months after I stopped studying with him I saw his daughter walking somewhere. I almost stopped and offered her a ride, but again, I was well trained and just kept on going. What a dope! Oh well...
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Kurt Vonnegut dies at 84
by CaptainSchmideo inand in his memory, i want to be first to say this statement:.
kurt's in heaven, now...".
if you haven't read his last book, you won't "get" that sentence.
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noontide
One of my favorite authors. Quirky sense of humor and a unique writing style. He will be missed.
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WOULD YOU EVER GET PLASTIC SURGERY?
by Mary inseeing as the new system of things is taking it's sweet time getting here to restore everyone's youthful appearance,
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Kate, you are so right. Here in Southern California you can do it all on credit. I know someone who did their boobs, nose, lips, and butt all on credit with her surgeon. I often wondered what would happen if she missed a payment?
I’ve thought about doing my nose. Nothing really wrong with it but I would like to “streamline” it. I just can’t mentally justify spending the money. Plus if I got my nose done then I would have to get my eyes lasered so I wouldn’t have to wear glasses anymore, then my teeth would be next, then my…damn, maybe I should just wear a bag over my face!
In the hall, there was a sister who got her boobs done. She looked great afterwards and she was so happy. Of course, everyone gave her grief for it and basically told her she was vain and a stumbling block to the congregation. Well, she did cause me to stumble a few times, guess I should have keep my eye on the “prize” instead of… well, you know. -
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Age Differences in Relationships Help!
by noontide ini find myself in a situation that has me very confused.
id like your input on this.
i work for a large company (over 550 employees) and as such, romantic and or sexual relationships between employees tend to develop every once in a while.
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noontide
Thanks for your responses. I guess I’m just nervous.
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Age Differences in Relationships Help!
by noontide ini find myself in a situation that has me very confused.
id like your input on this.
i work for a large company (over 550 employees) and as such, romantic and or sexual relationships between employees tend to develop every once in a while.
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noontide
I find myself in a situation that has me very confused. I’d like your input on this.
I work for a large company (over 550 employees) and as such, romantic and or sexual relationships between employees tend to develop every once in a while. We don’t have a policy against such relationships and things seem to work themselves out eventually. At last count; 4 marriages, 1 pregnancy and more than a few breakups. I always said I would never get involved with someone at work and so far, so good. However, (you knew this was coming) about 8 months ago a new employee was hired which kind of changed my opinion. At first I only gave her the friendly smile and quick hello. At lunch she’d come and sit with the group but eventually we’d end up talking by ourselves. So we got friendly, I got to know a little bit more about her and she about me. Her personality and way of looking at life made me realize that I was becoming attracted to her. She seems to like me as well. We have lunch (at work) whenever we can, I call her or she calls me and we meet up. The other day I happened to mention that I had a cold and when I got back to my office I had an email from her offering to go to the store to get me some medicine or chicken soup! There are also several people at work who have mentioned that she seems to be attracted to me, I try to play it off as though I don’t know what they are talking about.
Now here is my dilemma; she is 10 years younger than I am (I am 35, she is 25). I don’t consider my self “old” and I certainly don’t “feel” my age, but I guess from 25 to 35 there is a large gap, however we do have quite a few things in common. Other than minor flirting I haven’t pursued any kind of relationship outside of work. I guess what I’m asking is: Is 10 years a big difference in age? Have you ever dated/married someone with such an age difference? Does it really matter? The thing I don’t want is to come across as the “creepy old guy” hitting on the younger girl. Normally I would not have even considered it, but this girl seems mature and we seem to be hitting it off.
I put this question to a friend of mine and she said it all comes down to life experience, meaning I have more life experience than she does, thus we could not possibly have anything in common. To a certain extent I understand what she means because at my age, most people have gotten married, they have children and a mortgage or have been through divorce. However, I’ve not done any of those things. After I left the “truth” I was in a bad place and sheltered myself from everything and everyone. No relationships, no family, no friends, nothing. It took quite a while to figure out who I was and what I wanted out of life. So while I have experience in life, it’s different than most.
Sorry for the long post, and I don’t mean to ramble but I’m confused as to what I should do next. She is the first person I’ve started developing feelings for in a long time and it turns out she’s younger that I am. Am I creepy for having feelings for her given our age difference? I don’t want to be. Do these relationships work? How do younger women feel about situations like this? What do you guys think? -
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Holy spirit my ass!!!
by unbeliever inmy mom called to tell me that my cousin made ms and how happy everyone is.
we got to talking about how the elders think they are led by holy spirit and crap like that.
it damn near killed me not to say anything but my cousin is a double lifer.
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noontide
Yeah, I learned all about being appointed by the Holy Spirit the day I moved congregations. When I told the elders I was moving congregations they told me they would not recommend me as an MS. Basically I was doing a lot of their grunt work and they did not want to see their free labor go away. They told me point blank that if I stayed I would continue to be an MS but if I left they would not recommend me. I asked them if that was the way the Holy Spirit worked. They said nothing in return. I left that congregation and sure enough they wrote a bad letter about me. Though in hindsight I think they did me a favor.