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wonderwoman
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Sunday Evening Thread
by KW13 in.
so what are you doing this fine sunday evening (now or later for some...maybe you've even had your evening already).
i am going to be eating pizza, with my gf and watching tv and thats about it.
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The book of Genesis
by startingover in.
i was unsure where to post this.
i suppose it's safest here.. http://exchristian.net/exchristian/2006/08/ricky-gervais-live-book-of-genesis.html
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wonderwoman
thanks! that was splendid!
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Anyone forcibly removed?
by Wordly Andre innot sure if this has been talked about but,
when i was about 12, my family and i were sitting in the middle of the kingdumb hall, i was seated at the end of the aisle, and some lady sitting about 7 rows in front of us got up and started yelling, and ran up to the speaker, two guys grabbed her and took her outside, we never saw her again, but i do remember all the rumors about her, and what she did, i saw her clearly but people were saying that she tried to attack the elder with a knife, i did not see a knife, other rumors were drugs, demons, apostate, etc.
has anyone here been removed from the kingdumb hall by force?
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wonderwoman
my "crazy apostate" auntie wasn't allowed to come to my dad's funeral.
she snuck in anyway. i believe she was escorted out.
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..Comfort Food..
by OUTLAW inyou`ve just come down with a bad cold or you`ve got a terrible case of the flu..maybe you`ve been partying all night.you`ve just woken up.you feel like the cat crapped in your mouth and pulled your eye lids over your chin to bury it..lol!
!..what foods do you enjoy to comfort you,when your not feeling well?...outlaw
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wonderwoman
depends.
head cold: homemade pico with xtra jalp and garlic
stomache flu: miso soup
hungover: rootbeer/asprin and hasbrowns/frenchfries -
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I love my saturdays......
by freedomlover ini woke up this morning and made coffee and we are planning on eating a big breakfast and then doing a hike to a waterfall where we can play in the water and pick wild blueberries.
it got me thinking how wonderful it is to have my weekends to myself now.
when i was a dub i would skip out on service a lot but the whole day was ruined for me because i'd feel guilty for not going out in service.
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wonderwoman
the worst was having saturday morning bookstudy in your livingroom b4 feild service.
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Depression
by Honesty inhow widespread is it among jehovah's witnesses and how do they cope with it?
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wonderwoman
daddy dearest took multiple drugs, tried to kill himself with a handful of pills and a bottle of whiskey...everyone told him he needed to pray more. when i was a depressed suicidal teenager, grandpa told me to stop being foolish and get to the meetings and field service. gosh, how i miss all that great advice.
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Regrets of Being Brought up as a Witness
by chuckie77 inive never really been one to say a whole lot against the organisation, even though i was really unhappy in the years leading up to getting out of it, i still think theres so many good, peace loving and genuine people in it.
that said i was brought up as a witness and sometimes feel like ive been robbed of a true childhood.. my dad was a lot older than my mum, and was almost 50 when i was born.
he was the po in the cong and being a witness was, and still is, everything to him.
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wonderwoman
My little brother has the sweetest little manboy. It breaks my heart that I can't watch him open his 1st b-day presents, and knowing all the shit he has to endure the next 18 yrs. I love my bro, I practically raised him, but his heart and soul are in the "truth". He doesn't know any better. I can't imagine how much harder it has to be now than it used to be. There isn't anyone raised as a jw that had a normal childhood complete with worldly friends, sports, holidays and birthdays. I would tell my mom I was studying with my friends just so we could hang out in my room like normal little girls. What the f*?
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Who Pioneered?
by sass_my_frass inmy two sisters did the right thing, pioneering straight out of school, janitoring to pay for the petrol (one didn't even bother with her final year of school).
it was this kind of fine example that got me guilt-tripped into auxiliary pioneering just after getting baptised at age 20. i only lasted six months; i took a holiday in queensland and returned not knowing much more about life but at least that it's bigger than my little congregation.
i despised the field service, i dreaded the daily schedule and every morning i was on my way out there was this awful countdown from the alarm going off to the first door opening, knowing that it's just a big setup to another depressing humiliation.
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wonderwoman
I was baptized at 13, under major pressure as an elder's duaghter, and the oldest in my family I had to set a fine example for the rest of the little buggers. (looks like I did, three of them are still in. damn I'm good!) started pioneering that December. I was cold. It sucked. I hated it. Service was one of the worst experiences of my life. Humiliating. Embarrassing. I hated the fact that adults would use their kids as a trap for people at the door...look at us trying to sell a mag for $.50, c'mon, can't say no to a kid. I remember vividly calling on houses Sat morning and the smell of pancakes and bacon wafting out of the open door, and the kids inside still in their pj's watching cartoons and looking at me like I was an alien. Needless to say, I never did it again. Stopped service all together when I was 16, got a lot of hell from the elders. Now I make my kids pancakes Sat morning.
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Gen Xers--Who remembers when Smurfs were Demonic?
by apostawriter inwhen word came down that a smurf jumped up in the middle of a meeting, yelled 'i've had enough of this shit!
' and stormed out, i was probably 9 years old.
at the time i had a smurf record.
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wonderwoman
My parents didn't let us have any demonic smurfy stuff. they heard that a jw parent was burning their kid's smurf quilt in the back yard (a common practice for ridding thyself of demonic materials. what??) and *poof*, that little demon came screaming right out of the fire. nicely done. scare the shit out of your children. no wonder I still have nightmares.
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How to leave Jehovah's Witnesses (fairly) painlessly...
by DubBeachBabe inposted this as a response on another thread, but i know there are people who want this as a new discussion.
i'm sure there are many good people watching these discussions who know you want to leave, but also know that this is what may await you - family alienation and pain.
if you haven't already overtly left, my advice to you is this: don't succumb to the disfellowshipping process.
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wonderwoman
Hi. I'm the new girl... This is great. I was just discussing this with my partner. I've been out for 11 years, no df no da, just a good ole fashioned f you to the dicks at my final elders meeting. I have gotten a few knocks on the door, had a couple pushy elders at my work to try and "talk", and my grandpa who lives only a few blocks away likes to do a yearly visit Sat. morning...not for lunch or to say good morning sweet grandaughter, but to drop off a memorial invite. So, I have been thinking about writing the "letter", to finalize something, what, I really don't know; for my own peace of mind I guess. But I can't imagine losing my sister, who still visits and calls and has become more friend than sis the past few years. She is sister pioneer married to brother bethalite. I am sure any letter would regretfully change our relationship. So, needless to say, this has been weighing heavy on my mind and heart for a while now. Lifw has been good the past few years. I still have the love and friendship of family ( the ones that matter most anyway) and they all know I am in no way a JW and no desire to ever be so again. Do I just leave it alone?