Topics Started by DiscoSandy

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Help me with my "empty nest" moment!
by changeling in
1. jw
2. friends
my daughter is married and lives in another state.

i miss her but i'm happy for her and have long ago adjusted to this situation.

we have a wonderful relashionship and talk almost daily on the phone and see each other about every 6 to 8 weeks.. my son is in college about 45 minutes from home.
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No Emotion at Funerals
by DiscoSandy in
1. jw
2. experiences
i was a chaperone for my daughter's out-of-town volleyball tournament last weekend - got to meet another mom that had grown up in the same area i grew up in.

she proceeded to ask about my childhood, etc.

and i had to spill the beans on my jw background (i usually keep this to myself!
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Being shunned by JW's who you know have done worse than you
by milligal in
1. jw
2. experiences
okay-here's one i was thinking about the other day-after reading some of your posts.

have you ever been shunned by a jw who you know was doing (or had done) some really devious things?

for instance when i was df'd the first person to give me the five minute long evil eye at the grocery store was a sister who had five children by two different fathers and a sixth child who was molotto (she was white) and she insisted that she had no idea why he came out so dark skinned.....she was never df'd.
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My favorite uncle passed away
by DiscoSandy in
1. jw
2. experiences
hi everyone - i don't post here often, but i need some help.

i just received a letter from my (jw) parents, informing me that my (jw) uncle has passed away.

he was my favorite uncle who could always make me laugh.
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What about your JW past are you thankful for?
by nvrgnbk in
1. jw
2. friends
in the interest of self-healing and finding the peace that comes from being grateful, can you think of anything at all that was positive about having been one of jehovah's witnesses?.

not to be misunderstood with missing something about it, is there something about the experience that has enriched you?.

to answer the question myself, being forced to face the fallacies of the teachings of jwism, i was also prompted to look past those teachings and reevaluate everything i believed in.. that experience was frightening and unsettling, but i'm thankful for it.. i now have a greater appreciation for life in all its wonder than i did when i took it for granted as one of jehovah's witnesses.. i'm more determined now to find meaning in this life, after having lived for so long for a future that was never to arrive..
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JW's Raised In - Did you get bullied during you Grade School Years?
by BBOARD in
1. jw
2. experiences
due to the way i was raised a jw i constantly felt guilt for trying to act like the other guys and it made me stand out even worse.

to this day, due to this, i nowdays become somewhat physically ill whenever i hear a brother give a talk where he says (many here have heard it in different forms) "if jehovah was looking at you youths in the congregation during school could he tell the difference between you and a worldy person.

" myself and most of the other jw guys during middle school and high school did not have the confidence or the "rough and ready to fight" type of body language so we tended to get picked on.
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How Would You Handle Your Daughter Dating A Different Ethnic Person?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
i know of someone who's daughter is dating a young man from the bahamas.

the girl is 20 and he's 24 and was already married to an australian woman 10 years older than him.

he has no use for his crack addicted mother and he tolerates his younger sister that seems to be on the same course as her mommy.
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What Are your Favorite Hobbies? Things you do for Fun ?
by flipper in
1. jw
2. friends
hello folks.

just a little continuation thread of another one i did.

would be interesting to see what fun things people like to do, so we can get to know one another better.
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Your most hated Kingdom Songs ever...
by B_Deserter in
1. jw
2. experiences
we all know that skilled songwriters the brothers are not, so what are your most hated kingdom songs?

the ones that made you cringe when you saw them listed on the km or watchtower?

mine?.
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What Do You Do for Work / Career?
by BlackPearl in
1. jw
2. friends
i've been on the board for quite a while now and was wondering, what do my fellow jwdr's do for work, employment or career?

me, i'm in probably one of the most hated careers in america right now.

(not gonna tell you what it is either) but how about you, what do you do to earn a little coin?.