Topics Started by dobbie
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It's Pancake Day!
by dobbie inanybody else cooking pancakes for tea?
i've never bothered before (for obvious jw reasons!lol) on shrove tuesday so i thought i'd cook up a big batch tonight yum!have bought a lemon, got the sugar - just hope they don't end up on the ceiling or the floor!
they are nice with savoury fillings too but i couldn't be bothered with that tonight.
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Sometimes i miss talking to God
by dobbie inalthough i now no longer truly believe in god ( i now neither believe or disbelieve anything about anything, its easier that way), there have been some very low times lately where i have started to actually pray and quickly stopped myself.
although i didn't ever pray v often i did used to find that if i had something troubling me or was upset then praying used to leave me feeling so much calmer afterwards about things.
i realise i actually miss being able to do that as now i have no way of feeling better over sad things or whatever may be troubling me.
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taking jw kids out of school for xmas week
by dobbie indid anyone else do this?the whole week?i was helping out at my sons school this morning and it was mentioned that one of the jw mothers had removed her child from school for two weeks prior to breaking up for xmas!i knew instantly who it was cos i haven't seen her at the school this week, and she is from a staunch elder family who married someone from my old congration who also has a family of staunch elders/pioneers etc so i guess it should'nt surprise me but two whole weeks?
!this morning was a normal classroom lesson, ok the two jw kids went off and made mince pies(that made me laugh) but it was lessons as usual.
i'm surprised the school would allow this much time off to be honest.
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careful who you send text messages to!
by dobbie ini'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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Finally posted my d'a letter today
by dobbie ini wrote my d'a letter several weeks ago, then my husband talked me out of posting it.
however, with xmas coming up i didn't want to be looking over my shoulder all the time when xmas shopping, in case a dub was about, and that if it comes to it, i'd rather d'a myself than have them'kick' me out for whatever reason they can find.plus i'm fed up with waiting for the axe to fall and i just want some closure on all this.
the only reason i have given them for my leaving is that i know i would give my children blood if the need arose so don't see the point in going to meetings and pretending, when god knows how i feel anyway.
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On ebay
by dobbie inwas just browsing on ebay out of sheer boredom and typed in 'jehovahs witnesses' .one of the things i spotted was a no blood keyring for children, asking for their parents to be contacted, apparently from an ebay shop a pioneer couple run.
this made me feel really sick, fair enough to carry one if your'e an adult, but children?
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Fireworks night tonight!
by dobbie inanybody going to a fireworks display tonight in uk?it'll be the first time since being a jw but i love fireworks and am going to one tonight(for the scouts-another no no!
)i still feel abit uneasy about it cos of why jws should'nt do it but know my little boy will love it.i was so disappointed when i became a jw and couldn't do this either!sorry to post something so unimportant but i'm being very childishly excited about it and can't tell anyone else!
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did you listen to the kingdom songs on CD?
by dobbie injust wondering if anyone else had the collection of kingdom melodies on tape or cd and if you ever listened to them?i ordered the whole set of 9 cds 2 yrs ago and donated over 100.00 for them!
!was just thinking i could have bought a nice winter coat with that!i used to play them at home all the time, even in the car or when we had the group meeting at our house.i used to love one particular song cos it had a full orchestra and would play it over and over again.some of them were pretty cheesy though - one song was sung in opera style but not the words she she 'ahd' it all the way through - horrible!was anyone else as sad as me and did you actually pay for them?i regret it now cos they're all in the attic and can't bear to use them ever again..
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What did you throw out when u became a JW?
by dobbie init really pigs me off now when i think back to what i was told to get rid of when i was studying.my collection of stephen king books, my new madonna like a prayer record that i loved, my alice cooper and guns and roses album.
i was even told not to listen to classical music because some of the composers led such debauched lives!also any film with an 18 certificate was a nono in case others were stumbled - even though i have seen other jws reading stephen king books and watching 18 cert films and my husband had the complete madonna collection!and of course depeche modes 'personal jesus' song which i loved.
and my lost boys album and video cos it was about vampires.i was just wondering what sort of things were you told you should get rid of and why?
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Having Bible studies to make you strong
by dobbie inhow many times in the religion were you offered a bible study to build yourself up again?i have been thinking about it and i think i must hold the current title for this cos apart from the first study which brought me in i have had at least seven others!everytime i got 'weak' i'd be offered yet another study with some sister to help me - and one is trying to get me to have another one but i've had 2 with her b4!
!personally i think that with all these studies under my belt i don't think another one is going to help me much do you!