Posts by Princess Daisy Boo

i dont think i have ever mentioned this story - mostly because it is quite a painful memory but a@g's post about his recent da'ing and how upset his wife is made me recall this dreadful period in my growing up years.. i was about 17 or 18... i think i was out of school by then but to tell the truth - i cant recall.

my dad started going through this really strange phase - maybe it was a midlife crisis - he was in his late 40's or early 50's.

i woke up one sunday morning and overheard a conversation between him and my mom.

Princess Daisy Boo

Thanks for your messages H4O, Mrs Smith and Lou!

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Questionnaire: Hypothetical Jehovah's Witness Nanny

by betterdaze in

you are a born-in, baptized jehovah's witness female, early 20s.

you are employed as a full-time nanny for a married couple of business executives who have a preschool-age child.

1) is your first responsibility to jehovah god and his earthly organization, or to your "worldly" employers?

Princess Daisy Boo

1) Is your first responsibility to Jehovah God and his earthly organization, or to your "worldly" employers?

Jehovah first!

2) Would you expose the child to "My Book of Bible Stories" or other Watchtower Society indoctrination? With/without seeking the parents' permission/input?

Yes, I would (and probably count the hours as FS)

3a) Would you bring the child along in Field Service to fulfill your hourly reporting obligation, or to Kingdom Hall meetings? With/without seeking the parents' permission/input?

If the parents allowed me to take the child out anywhere I might do this.

3b) If another Jehovah's Witness in good standing offered to watch the child (if only for a few moments, say, while you took one last door), would you allow them to do so?

Probably - I would trust them!

4a) You are in an automobile accident and the child is injured. Serious blood loss. At the hospital, who would you call first: The Hospital Liaison Committee, or the parents/other nearby family?

The parents or nearby family

4b) Would you purposely delay contacting emergency medical services or parents/nearby family? (This delay could "buy out the opportune time" and prevent the child from receiving a dreaded blood transfusion. "Wait on Jehovah." After all, the child may have a future "earthly resurrection hope" in the New System of Things.)

Definitly not. I think I would take tha approach that it is just a child, so Jehovah would not judge her for this.

5) The Brothers ask you to report on the parents' personal activities and observe any business associates visiting their home. You have access to their opened mail, home computers, fax and telephone answering machines, filing cabinets, etc. It would be easy to take a look while the child is napping, or eavesdrop on discussions with their high-profile business guests.

I probably would, if this was what was being called on me to do by the congregation.

Betterdaze - Can I ask why the questions???

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JWD Discussion Board - How You are Benefitting - Discussions and Support

by flipper in

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jwd means many different things to many different people .

some like to play the werewolf game.

some like to promote atheism.

Princess Daisy Boo

JWD started out for me as a place where I could find people who understood where I was coming from.

It has now become a bit of a way of life - I feel like I have friends here and I care about them. I come here to catch up on what is going on in their lives.

It is also a hobby - I am enjoying werewolf and I enjoy reading some of the fluff. I also enjoy posting things and getting responses and attention.

Coming to JWD has forced me to confront some issues that I had tried to suppress for the years immediately after I stopped being and active dub. I find that I am now a lot angrier, vocal about JW's and determined to find closure on my dub childhood.

My reasons for leaving are now very different to the reasons why I will never go back, and JWD has given me that!

I JWD

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CT Scan

by Princess Daisy Boo in

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i have to go for a ct scan - i saw the machine - it looks scary!!!.

how long does the scan last?

do you just lie still while they take pics?.

Princess Daisy Boo

Thanks people - I am a little less stressed now!

I am having the scan because to check out my sinuses - I get sinus infections really often so the ENT has referred me - so nothing serious!

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A little story about my Dad

by Princess Daisy Boo in

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i dont think i have ever mentioned this story - mostly because it is quite a painful memory but a@g's post about his recent da'ing and how upset his wife is made me recall this dreadful period in my growing up years.. i was about 17 or 18... i think i was out of school by then but to tell the truth - i cant recall.

my dad started going through this really strange phase - maybe it was a midlife crisis - he was in his late 40's or early 50's.

i woke up one sunday morning and overheard a conversation between him and my mom.

Princess Daisy Boo

Thanks for the comments!

Chickpea and Velvy : I guess this is what concerns me - this happened 13 years ago and to this day my mom has never spoken about it again, and I am fairly sure that her and my dad have never dicussed it again. I do not believe this can be healthy for her.

I also worry about my sister - I worry about her ability to handle difficult situations... She maybe a settled down married woman living the perfect little dub life in Bethal but if something bad happens, I hope that she will be able to cope as we are certainly not close enough now to be of any support to each other. I really saw her come undone at that time in our lives and my mother refused to believe that there was anything wrong with her.

Flipper: Thanks for your words! When you shared your story about what those horrible men did to you, I was a little more encourages to share this story - being able to type it out as I remember it is somewhat healing in itself! I do resent what my parents and largely my mom did to my sister and I - not for having a hiccup in their marriage, and for my dad having an affair, but for not allowing us to talk about it and get closure on it!

I love you guys!!!

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A little story about my Dad

by Princess Daisy Boo in

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i dont think i have ever mentioned this story - mostly because it is quite a painful memory but a@g's post about his recent da'ing and how upset his wife is made me recall this dreadful period in my growing up years.. i was about 17 or 18... i think i was out of school by then but to tell the truth - i cant recall.

my dad started going through this really strange phase - maybe it was a midlife crisis - he was in his late 40's or early 50's.

i woke up one sunday morning and overheard a conversation between him and my mom.

Princess Daisy Boo

I dont think I have ever mentioned this story - mostly because it is quite a painful memory but A@G's post about his recent DA'ing and how upset his wife is made me recall this dreadful period in my growing up years.

I was about 17 or 18... I think I was out of school by then but to tell the truth - I cant recall. My Dad started going through this really strange phase - maybe it was a midlife crisis - he was in his late 40's or early 50's. I woke up one Sunday morning and overheard a conversation between him and my mom. It was about him leaving and my mom could have everything, him having to talk to the elders, stuff like that. I got up - asked what was going on. He informed my sister and I that he had had an affair and was going to confess all. I grabbed a bag and walked out. I walked to some friends and spent most of the day and next night hiding out there. My mom eventually begged me to come home for the sake of my little sister.

My Dad was subsequently DF'd and what followed was a horrible dark period in my family's history. My sister was seriously unbalanced and I made her sleep in my bedroom because I thought she may try to off herself. She was also showing signs of becoming a bulimic. My mom would not let us talk about the situation to anyone. She would not talk aboout the situation to anyone - not even her own "fleshly" sisters. She also refused to let my Dad leave. She said under no circumstances would she start her life over again.

Things got a little worse. My dad did not stop the affair immediately - I heard him on the phone to this girl. I snooped around - found out that my Dad was arrested for indecent conduct (I never ever found out what that was about - not sure whether I want to know?), found out that he was on Prozac - I never realised he was depressed. My mom became seriously zealous - she had always been quite zealous but she went a bit OTT after this.

After a while - my dad started going to meetings again and eventually was reinstated. I know at the time, I was really angry at him and could not fathom why my mom let him stay, When Dad was reinstated - it was like we were expected to pretend nothing had ever happened. And to this day we have never ever spoken about this again.

My Dad and I had a conversation just before he was reinstated and he spoke to me quite frankly about his mistakes and some of the reasons for his actions.

Its funny how all of our relationships were affected differently by this. My mom and I drifted apart some - I resented that she pretended nothing had happened. My sister became closer to my mom and her relationship with dad broke down completly. My mom became a serious zealot. My Dad and I became closer.

Thanks for listening guys!

PDB

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CT Scan

by Princess Daisy Boo in

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i have to go for a ct scan - i saw the machine - it looks scary!!!.

how long does the scan last?

do you just lie still while they take pics?.

Princess Daisy Boo

Anyone???