Well, how did you deal with temper tantrums when they were younger? Maybe there is a teen-age correlate? Bad manners = consequence.
Bad language - aw Shit,f**k, damn, ah dunno.
Madame Quixote
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Freedom of Speech
by Scully inmy family has had an interesting evolution over the past few years of being exjws.. as jws, it didn't even occur to us to use profanity or vulgar language.
jehovah's witnesses don't speak that way - at least that's how i was brainwashed to believe - although i knew plenty of jws who do.. once we started experiencing the real world, it no longer seemed like such a crime (or sin, to be more precise) to say the occasional word that might get *bleeped* on tv.. after a while though, it grew old.
i started to feel that it wasn't my nature to talk that way, and using that language was not conducive to who i wanted to be as person and a professional.
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Do you get "tired" of "Apostates/ex-jws" bashing the WT to you?
by booker-t ini know it is good to let out pent up anger for healing purposes, but do you ever get tired of some "apostates or ex-jws" constantly bashing the wt?
for instance when you or having lunch and all they do is say "the evil wt this the evil wt that" during the whole time you are at lunch?
sometimes i just don't feel like hearing it especially when i am at an event for fun.
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Madame Quixote
Wow! Your friend just might have a problem. Does he ever talk or think about anything else? Maybe he needs to go to school or find a hobby or something.
I must say, though, that I am with stealth on not tiring of hearing - at least on this forum - that people are realizing what a crock of shit the WT Society is; after losing one's childhood and one's entire family to that god-forsaken organization and always hearing them say "jehovah" this and "satan" that, and "jehovah's will," it's like a refreshing splash of cold water in the desert to hear people "bashing" the Watchtower.
BTW, good for you in avoiding your friend. If he is annoying you, find others to talk to. Just don't abandon him altogether; he may one day get it all off his chest. Was he 'born and raised'?
His wife recently left him because she just got tired of the WT bashing.
Is she a jw?
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No celebrating mothers day with my mom
by restrangled inif anyone dared bring her flowers, cooked her dinner or gave her a card they would have gotten an earful about how she doesn't celebrate and the jw take on her entire life.. my brother who has never been a jw and looks and is tattooed as much as richie rich never fails to send her flowers and call.
guaranteed she is bitching about it.. my other brother is dead.
she can't be gracious and accept anything from her remaining children.
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Madame Quixote
The biggest gift would be to hear that their offspring are full fledged JW's. It would make their year.
Sorry, ain't gonna happen!
r.
And only a narcisistic parent would want their child to choose being miserable to give the parent peace of mind!
Loving parents want their kids to live their own lives, find their own bliss, and make their own mistakes; and they usually accept them, despite the mistakes and disappointments. Not so with most JW parents, thanks to brainwashing. Glad you've got your mom-in-law, res! Hope she enjoyed the flowers! BTW, did I wish you a happy mother's day? Happy Mother's Day, Re-! Hope your children remembered you today!
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What to do?
by adam1989 inive currently been dating a jw girl for aboit 10 months now.
i met her at college and eventually we started going out.
at first is was difficult with me it took her a while to open up to me especially with holding hands and kissing.
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Madame Quixote
what questions do you think i should ask the guy because in a study he will i feel be obliged to answer my questions?Then it would be up to me to decide
Maybe you could start with asking why JWs think it's okay to allow their children to die by refusing commonly acceptable medical treatments, such as blood transfusions? Then ask if they know about how Watchtower Society literature from the JWs has misrepresented medical facts to promote this death-dealing cult belief. In other words, why did they make up lies?
http://ajwrb.org/whatsnew/church_state.shtml
Then ask them about their involvement in the United Nations and why they think the Society joined in the first place, and no, it's a lie that they needed a library card; that can be obtained without joining the UN, an organization the Society has called the "wild beast" for many years.
Anybody else want to offer good questions?
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What to do?
by adam1989 inive currently been dating a jw girl for aboit 10 months now.
i met her at college and eventually we started going out.
at first is was difficult with me it took her a while to open up to me especially with holding hands and kissing.
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Madame Quixote
Run, run, run, far away! Go to school. Find a real, live woman who doesn't shut down when you need to talk about important things. Run, run, run. Your girlfriend's in a brainwashing cult, and if you try to please her and her elders, you may end up wasting your life as a brainwashed fool, too, like a lot of people here have done and deeply regret. Run, run, run, away into the real world!
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If my daughter Or grand-daughters
by mouthy inare lurking.
i want you to know i am sure you at least thought of me today...mothers day.
do you remember how i tucked you up every night & kissed you.
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Madame Quixote
Grace -
I hope you find comfort and joy knowing that some here have been able to keep their own daughters out of the "troof" and that your sharing here has helped others to recover and not to get entanled in that terrible cult. I am sure there are moms and daughters who thank you for your input and assistance in helping them to see the light of the real truth about 'datroof'. You are a mom to the people you help here and in your own day-to-day life. Happy Mother's Day, GRACE!
-Teresa Nichols
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No celebrating mothers day with my mom
by restrangled inif anyone dared bring her flowers, cooked her dinner or gave her a card they would have gotten an earful about how she doesn't celebrate and the jw take on her entire life.. my brother who has never been a jw and looks and is tattooed as much as richie rich never fails to send her flowers and call.
guaranteed she is bitching about it.. my other brother is dead.
she can't be gracious and accept anything from her remaining children.
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Although Mother's Day would be a nice time to at least say, "hey, mom . . . thinking of you . . . and thanks for trying . . ." or whatever . . . but thanks to a stupid religious cult, we get rebuffed for even that simple, kind gesture. What asses they are!
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No celebrating mothers day with my mom
by restrangled inif anyone dared bring her flowers, cooked her dinner or gave her a card they would have gotten an earful about how she doesn't celebrate and the jw take on her entire life.. my brother who has never been a jw and looks and is tattooed as much as richie rich never fails to send her flowers and call.
guaranteed she is bitching about it.. my other brother is dead.
she can't be gracious and accept anything from her remaining children.
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Madame Quixote
Hey there restrangled. I deliberated a bit about it and decided not to send my mom anything afterall; instead, today I put together a bunch of little pastries for a bunch of the nice moms I work for and gave them the goodies wrapped in expensive, lovely floral napkins with a happy mother's day note to each. There are zillions of moms who will appreciate my gestures zillion times more than my mom would, and who might deserve them more, too! Sorry about your dilemma; it is a bit like mine, too. Hugs!
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How do you unwind?
by YoursChelbie inafter a long day, what helps you relax and unwind?.
for me it's having a strawberry margarita.. it's re-freshing and it puts me in a good mood.
yc.
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Madame Quixote
When it's still light out, I like to walk on the beach at the end of the day; and sometimes after dark.
Tonight, it was red wine with honey roasted turkey and artichoke dip on artisan bread. Thank goodness for Costco!
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Thanks, stealth. A nice sentiment after a very long, exhausting day at work; no mother's day wishes from my daughter (yet), but from a stranger! Thank you so much!