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  Words can hurt - Stupid me!

  by JK666 in

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  in the past week, i inadvertantly made a snide comment to someone new here on this board.

  i sometimes can come across more abrasive than i think i am.

  i would like to apologize to anyone else that i may have offended here over the years.

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  Wise words.....

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  I found an old friend who is an Ex-JW!

  by reneeisorym in

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  my mom is disfellowshipped ... she works as a bank teller.

  one of my old friends from high school who went to my congregation went by my mom's window and they talked for a while.

  somehow she had her mom call my mom and they even offered to let mom and me visit their vacation home.

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  Re,

  How wonderful!!

  We had lunch, yesterday, with some folks that are out...after a LIFETIME in the Borg. We knew each other from our teen years. It was so neat....

  Congrads on your new found old buddy!

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  Controversial Halloween constume

  by Billzfan23 in

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  what's the most controversial halloween costume that you can remember seeing?

  i saw one last year that a friend of mine wore last year - it was the entire catholic priest outfit - but had one major change - there was a young boy in a baseball cap wrapped around the waist of the costume doing a dirty deed.

  what's the most racy or completely controversial costume that you can thing of?

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  Rub,

  What town is the Fantasy Fest held in?

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  wow so much love

  by Dianna in

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  i really didnt expect a lot of people to respond to my message.

  now i see why my friend insisted me on posting something on here.

  thank you very much for your support for the people that answered to my message.

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  Keep Posting!!

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  Apology for raising children in the Truth

  by jeanne40love in

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  2. family

  would you apologize in writing to your children for raising them in the truth?

  i've apologized verbally........ none of them is going to meetings any longer...... my husband and i have been drifting away for several years..... .

  i was raised a witness, and thought we were doing the right thing.

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  Doing so might be a cleansing experience and it might help your kids see you guys are on the same square: I regret , also, raising my kids in The Lie.

  With you,

  Vernon Williams
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  New here...

  by tribalgirl in

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  i joined this forum a couple of days ago and didn't want to just keep lurking, so here goes!.

  my family have been jw's since before i was born, i was baptized at 12.i have six sisters, only one who still attends meetings.

  my mom and stepdad no longer attend either.. i met and married my so in the congregation that i attended.

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  Vernon Williams

  Hey!

  Here is how very lazy I am:

  I just posted this to "Diana" as she is new and all I did was copy her post to give to you!

  This is for you, too:

  Welcome to the Board!

  Your question could go like this:

  "Is there air ABOVE the surface of the water?"

  YES!!

  We are closing down our site, however, there is some ideas there: take a look:

  http://www.jwmidwest.com/

  If you would like to write me at my personal email:

  [email protected].

  If you want to talk by phone, email me and we can make arrangements.

  Well, that is the best I can do on "assistance and encuragement....."

  Yours in this Journey,

  Vernon Williams

  Monett, MO (SW MO about forty miles W and a bit S of Springfield

  ps: Keep posting!!
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  My first post

  by Dianna in

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  2. friends

  i was kind of skeptical about registering or even posting anything on this site but after a long struggle of going back and forth and after talking to a friend telling me that it would be good for me i decide to do it.

  i grew up in a jehovah witness house hold.

  it all was great a had a wonderful childhood but everything went down hill when i started to have my own opinion on things.

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  Second Bush-ism: should have been "I accomplishED...."

  OK, I will stop, now.......

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  Wife vented tonight!

  by 5thGeneration in

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  my babe (wife's approved nickname) finally vented today because it was her birthday, which we couldn't acknowledge, and she feels really emotional that she never had a chance at a real career, may have wasted her life, etc.... she may be coming around a bit but now this is really uncharted territory!.

  ironically i'm getting through to her but it's scaring the bajeebers out of me now!

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  OK....exciting times....

  This is the hard part, in my opinion. You want to say SO MUCH, however, in this hillbilly's opinion: now is the time to listen and just be cool. "It" is comming together in her time and her time does NOT need to be rushed. The crack is in the dam.....let that little stream start flowing.....it will widen and widen till the whole damn dam splits in two.

  Best wishes,

  Stay calm...it is happening...

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  My first post

  by Dianna in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was kind of skeptical about registering or even posting anything on this site but after a long struggle of going back and forth and after talking to a friend telling me that it would be good for me i decide to do it.

  i grew up in a jehovah witness house hold.

  it all was great a had a wonderful childhood but everything went down hill when i started to have my own opinion on things.

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  I accomplish a "Bush-ism:"

  I meant ....."there ARE...."

  Ha!

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  My first post

  by Dianna in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was kind of skeptical about registering or even posting anything on this site but after a long struggle of going back and forth and after talking to a friend telling me that it would be good for me i decide to do it.

  i grew up in a jehovah witness house hold.

  it all was great a had a wonderful childhood but everything went down hill when i started to have my own opinion on things.

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  Vernon Williams

  Diana,

  Welcome to the Board!

  Your question could go like this:

  "Is there air ABOVE the surface of the water?"

  YES!!

  We are closing down our site, however, there is some ideas there: take a look:

  http://www.jwmidwest.com/

  If you would like to write me at my personal email:

  [email protected].

  If you want to talk by phone, email me and we can make arrangements.

  Well, that is the best I can do on "assistance and encuragement....."

  Yours in this Journey,

  Vernon Williams

  Monett, MO (SW MO about forty miles W and a bit S of Springfield)