I think you are right........A tap on the rear to get their attention is a method we believe in. I would never smack my kids though...never use a paddle....and don't want anyone else spanking them. As for people who have bratty kids because they let them do whatever they want....well, they will be dealing with those bratty kids the rest of their lives.....so they get their karma there! I think some kids are sensitive enough to just be able to talk to them and have it work as well as a pop on the rear.
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Spare the Rod, Spoil the Child?
by Sailor Ripley innot sure if this has been posted before, but i'm wondering, since i have a two-yr-old and she has friends that are bad (scream, fits, say "no" a lot, hit, kick, whatever) and no one seems to care.
we get a note yesterday from her mommy-day-out about "discipline vs.
punishment.
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Robbed Again!
by hambeak inthursday morning 2am cst i got a call from the garland pd my shop was broken into again 3 times this year i am so hopping mad because this is going to put me out of business i can't claim on insurance not that much only a few hundred dollars but the clean up and disruption of business i am at the point of buying a gun.
i had one of the guys replace the window again and this time put heavy duty cage wire over all of the windows.
any suggestion on how to deal with this anger?
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megsmomma
Aaaarrrrggggg! They must be a very organized group of robbers then...If they did 5 jobs in one night. You are dealing with professional it seems. What JERKS!
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Robbed Again!
by hambeak inthursday morning 2am cst i got a call from the garland pd my shop was broken into again 3 times this year i am so hopping mad because this is going to put me out of business i can't claim on insurance not that much only a few hundred dollars but the clean up and disruption of business i am at the point of buying a gun.
i had one of the guys replace the window again and this time put heavy duty cage wire over all of the windows.
any suggestion on how to deal with this anger?
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megsmomma
That is terrible! What kind of store do you have? Could you get a dog to protect it? Have they caught the robbers on any occasion?
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the walk of shame
by nonamegiven init all starts after you hear "these things we pray through jesus christ, amen".
i gather my books and the kid's books and put them away.
by that time people are walking over to us and talking to my wife and playing with my kids.
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megsmomma
I loved the advice from On the way out.....You do have to do something to keep your sanity. I have never been to a meeting since I was DA'd. I did go to a memorial once with my DF'd friend and her parents are JW's. It was like EVERYONE knew about us and no one made eye contact either. But, I did look at them all with their FAKE smiles and had a very hard time not LAUGHING MY AS$ OFF!! Hang in there!
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another new guy
by Art Vandelay inactually, i'm new to the whole forum thing in general.
i guess i should say something about myself...
i'm 23, born and raised in the organization.
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megsmomma
Welcome to the board! I remember that feeling of amazement of finding this site too....You are not alone!
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Elders with STRONG personalities....
by JH inthere is an elder in my congregation that has a very strong personality.
he drove volkswagens and many bought the same make as he did.
we had another elder back then that drove a dodge aries and another elder who had a peugeot garage and he sold so many second hand peugeots to members of the congregation.
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I remember one that drove all the other elders that could switch halls to do so. If we had a "get together", he would always be so highly competitive that he would YELL at little kids for missing a volleyball....in a nice family challenge! He would also say to you when he had you in the "back room" Now...this is just what I feel you should do, but I believe I have Jehovah's holy spirit.
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Hi Everyone
by Stezza ini have been reading here for a while but as you may of noticed the assembly games post has flushed me out!
it has been fascinating to read all your experiences and to know that the stuff that i thought was odd, was thought odd by others as well.. two things made me leave:.
1. i found i could not do return visits as i did not want to break up families.
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Welcome!! I get so excited when new ones join!!!!!!! The truth is getting out there more and more!
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Who is your Best Friend?And why?
by megsmomma ini ask this because i have a hard time making and keeping friends since i have left.
my husband is my best friend now....but he is my only friend.
i do have some wemon friends, but i don't like to get too close.
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Thank you all for responding. It is nice to know I am not alone, and also good to hear how those with many friends handle it. I am off to join the Marines now! JK....I like my dogs too!
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OMG Trev in hospital now!
by fullofdoubtnow intrev (dedpoet) experienced breeathing difficulties during the night, and i had to call for an emergency ambulance.
he was kept in overnight, and is still there under observation.
he was conscious and breathing normally when i left him around 30 minutes ago, having been breathing through an oxygen mask earlier.
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I am sorry to hear that you have another loved one in the hostpital! I was thinking...maybe you can admitt yourself and all could share a big suite! You could probably use someone taking care of you at this time.....and your mum and Trev would probably find some joy in you having to eat hostpital food too. (Trying to make you smile here) You are all in my thoughts!
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To be a Nice Apostate or a Mean Apostate.....
by AK - Jeff in..... that is the question.. how do you react - and is it a 'planned reaction', when confronted with jdubs in public?.
i have personally determined that i will not allow people whom i knew for 40 years in some cases to 'shun' me without a cost to the reputation of their religion in the eyes of those who see it.. if i come face to face with a witness who turns the other way or rudely brushes past [as if i am dead], i will point out to all in the area [carefull not to appear the raving lunatic] that this is the way jehovah's witnesses act toward one who has quietly left their faith.
i expect two things will begin to happen as a result.. 1- witnesses will become so paranoid of the possiblility of meeting me and being embarrassed in public, that they will alter their schedules to avoid the places i might be.
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megsmomma
"As for me and my household....we shall be nice postates" We have this hanging in our kitchen. JK.....I also have no one around here that knows me, so I don't get faced with shunning when I go about daily life. If I was around that though....I am sure I would have to show the DUB that it is ridiculous to act as if I have joined a satanic cult when they see me. I do try to act as if I am no different around my mom (on that oh so rare occasion)....but it makes her mad and then she has to say I am going to DIE DIE DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!