Posts by Mr. Majestic

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This one is for Hope4Others

by Mr. Majestic in

male vs. female at the atm machine .

2. put down your car window.

5. retrieve card, cash and receipt.

Mr. Majestic

Hi Hope4Others,

I thought I would get you back for your "being 6 again" thread.

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Why, Why, Why - lol, too funny...

by cognac in

why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are going dead?

why do banks charge a fee on 'insufficient funds' when they know there is not enough money?

whydoes someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?

Mr. Majestic

Another one:-

Why do we say things louder and slower to people who don’t understand English…???

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Can I (a Christian) go out with a jw?

by asdf44 in

ok, this is burning me up inside.

i really like this girl i work with.

she's a few years older than me, but we get along great.

Mr. Majestic

Way to be positive guys……..(LOL)

The only way to go out with a JW (in good standing) would be to be a JW.

I don’t think that anyone here would recommend that for you….

If she is not that strong in the religion, you might stand a chance. But apart from that, it’s what everyone else has said…

Good luck / bad luck….. delete as applicable

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Your opinion about Self Injury

by yumbby in

as a life long self injurer i belong to a couple self help type groups.

one issue that keeps coming up over and over is everyone's dismay over peoples attitude toward them when they are discovered.

i try to help the young ones ignore peoples ignorant remarks but its difficult.

Mr. Majestic

Sometimes, it's really hard for me to admit to things, so I don't. I describe it in third party.

Me too cognac. Getting a huge feeling of shame and vulnerability just talking about it over a computer forum. Third party speech makes it that bit easier..

Feel as if it will be used against me as some kind of weakness…

Sorry your mum reacted as she did. That really can’t have helped at all…

Understand about hiding it as well. People would never have guessed with me either….Parents don’t know to this day…

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Your opinion about Self Injury

by yumbby in

as a life long self injurer i belong to a couple self help type groups.

one issue that keeps coming up over and over is everyone's dismay over peoples attitude toward them when they are discovered.

i try to help the young ones ignore peoples ignorant remarks but its difficult.

Mr. Majestic

some people are afraid to admit what goes on in their life for fear of judgements from others

This is so true. There was a case when a sister was informed of self harm and she responded in sheer horror "what must Jehovah feel when you do that to yourself". "Why would you want to do that to Him?"

Obviously this sister was never told again (as was no one else for years) and then it was ‘bring on the shame and guilt’. Progress and help stifled in one swift, thoughtless comment, and a few more years of suffering totally alone…such isolation…..

The people I've known that self-injured did so because of the numbness they felt, as result of childhood abuse. Pain was a way of feeling their body, instead of empty nothingness.

Yes, the numbness and void. Quite a condition to experience. After months of that condition there is that desperation just to feel. Void, just hate it. Again, how can you explain it…??

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This one is for Hope4Others

by Mr. Majestic in

male vs. female at the atm machine .

2. put down your car window.

5. retrieve card, cash and receipt.

Mr. Majestic

Tell me this isn’t even mildly true….

MALE VS. FEMALE AT THE ATM MACHINE
A new sign in the Bank Lobby reads:
"Please note that this Bank is installing new Drive-through ATM machines enabling customers to withdraw cash without leaving their vehicles.
Customers using this new facility are requested to use the procedures outlined below when accessing their accounts.
After months of careful research, MALE & FEMALE Procedures have been developed. Please follow the appropriate steps for your gender."
*******************************
MALE PROCEDURE:
1. Drive up to the cash machine.
2. Put down your car window.
3. Insert card into machine and enter PIN.
4. Enter amount of cash required and withdraw.
5. Retrieve card, cash and receipt.
6. Put window up.
7. Drive off.

*******************************
FEMALE PROCEDURE:
Unfortunately, most of this part is the Truth.!!!!

1. Drive up to cash machine.
2. Reverse and back up the required amount to align car window with the machine.
3. Set parking brake, put the window down.
4. Find handbag, remove all contents on to passenger seat to locate card.
5. Tell person on cell phone you will call them back and hang up.
6. Attempt to insert card into machine.
7. Open car door to allow easier access to machine due to its excessive distance from the car.
8. Insert card.
9. Re-insert card the right way.
10. Dig through handbag to find diary with your PIN written on the inside back page.
11. Enter PIN.
12. Press cancel and re-enter correct PIN.
13. Enter amount of cash required.
14. Check makeup in rear view mirror.
15. Retrieve cash and receipt.
16. Empty handbag again to locate wallet and place cash inside.
17. Write debit amount in check register and place receipt in back of checkbook.
18. Re-check makeup.
19. Drive forward 2 feet.
20. Reverse back to cash machine.

21. Retrieve card.
22. Re-empty hand bag, locate card
holder, and place card into the slot provided!
23. Give dirty look to irate male driver waiting behind you.
24. Restart stalled
engine and pull off.
25. Redial person on cell phone.

26. Drive for 2 to 3 miles.
27. Release Parking Brake.

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Oh to Be 6 Again

by Hope4Others in

a man was sitting on the edge of the bed, observing his wife, looking at herself in the mirror.

since her birthday was not far off he asked what she'd like to have for her birthday.

'i'd like to be six again', she replied, still looking in the mirror.

Mr. Majestic

LOL

very good....

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I have lost all desire to study the bible... This sucks...

by cognac in

jw
friends

i just feel that the bible was put in place so that people can use it for guidelines and so forth.

i don't think that you have to know everything to be accepted by god.... the only problem is, is that i no longer study with my husband either.

now, he's not seeing the truth for what it is and starting to revert back to jw land... but, just the thought of studying anymore makes me sick... it's just, when you study so much after awhile you just can't take it anymore... i would like to actually enjoy my life a little bit.... i'm sick of trying to prove my viewpoint.

Mr. Majestic

I am emotionally, physically, and spiritually exhausted over it. When someone "goes religious" whether on TV, radio or personally I turn it off and can hardly controll the urge to yell "Just SHUT UP!!!!! YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT!!!!!!"

That is exactly how I feel. I have had enough of thinking about all of it. When people talk religious talk, I only have a very short span of attention.

Never thought I would get to this stage, but it just seemed to happen by itself. And the best thing is I don’t feel bad about it in any way.

Feel I’ve moved on from a bad place.

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I have lost all desire to study the bible... This sucks...

by cognac in

jw
friends

i just feel that the bible was put in place so that people can use it for guidelines and so forth.

i don't think that you have to know everything to be accepted by god.... the only problem is, is that i no longer study with my husband either.

now, he's not seeing the truth for what it is and starting to revert back to jw land... but, just the thought of studying anymore makes me sick... it's just, when you study so much after awhile you just can't take it anymore... i would like to actually enjoy my life a little bit.... i'm sick of trying to prove my viewpoint.

Mr. Majestic

I have also gone right off the bible. Can’t stand to think about reading it these days. Been out for a few years mind.

I don’t know why it is but from what I have seen it is a common reaction. But maybe it might be because of the intensity in which you have been looking into things.

A good hard rest might be in order, let some time pass by, and enjoy what you know about things so far…..

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Your opinion about Self Injury

by yumbby in

as a life long self injurer i belong to a couple self help type groups.

one issue that keeps coming up over and over is everyone's dismay over peoples attitude toward them when they are discovered.

i try to help the young ones ignore peoples ignorant remarks but its difficult.

Mr. Majestic

This is one of the hardest things for people who have never been there to understand or appreciate. I think that people try to look too deep into why it goes on:-

"It is a translation of mental pain into a physical one",

it is the person "feeling sorry" for him or herself,

"attention seeking",

even a "cry for help".

All of these statements miss the point of why it is done somewhat. Most people do it secretively and would be embarrassed for others to find out.

The bottom line is it is a switch, plain and simple. You have unbearable mental anguish, you may have had it for days, weeks, or months, and you are desperate for any relief. You hit the switch and it stops. Then you can numb over and cope for a little while without the pain of mind. No deep psychological reasons, just relief. Guilt sometimes comes with relief, coupled with shame (especially if someone finds out what you have done) but for no reason at all...

What needs to be appreciated is, not so much of what is done, ie self harm, but the amount of mental torment the person is in to do such a "shocking thing", as most would see it. Hard to put over but I would say that Cognac and Gadget have it spot on…

Deep, deep understanding is need to get close to even grasping the mindset motivating the act. Very easy to miss-judge and conclude wrongly. (usually condemnatory)

Upsetting to see and hard to grasp unless you know….