Buck Rogers... welcome to you too, sounds like you are
going to enjoy this site.
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"Well bugger, trumped my traumatic child hood intro and I haven even written"
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Looking forward to seeing that intro!
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First post after a year or two of lurking on this site-Sorry for the length!
by Pattytheperfect1 innot sure of the point of telling my story, but just got off the phone with my grandma and i am so angry, stressed and i don't know what else...i guess i just wanted to hear from someone other than my husband that i'm not crazy for my reaction to family interaction.. my condensed story gramatical errors and all :).
father was a born in jw, mother was a convert.
i was born the last of 3 siblings and shortly after my birth in 1981 my parents divorced.
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First post after a year or two of lurking on this site-Sorry for the length!
by Pattytheperfect1 innot sure of the point of telling my story, but just got off the phone with my grandma and i am so angry, stressed and i don't know what else...i guess i just wanted to hear from someone other than my husband that i'm not crazy for my reaction to family interaction.. my condensed story gramatical errors and all :).
father was a born in jw, mother was a convert.
i was born the last of 3 siblings and shortly after my birth in 1981 my parents divorced.
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Ok, first of all Patty we welcome you here & I hope you
can find freedom for yourself. You have been through hell,
you deserved better. Keep posting. You will find strength
to stand up for yourself and never let anyone push you into
things that you do not want! As for the uncle-dad ..........
demand that he stay away from you! Carry a baseball bat!
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Are you a good person?
by Xanthippe insomething happened this week to make me think about this again.. it feels like all bets are off and i really don't know what a good person is anymore.. when i left the jws i was so sure i knew what it meant to be a good person.. this has been revised many times since.. i tend to favour the utilitarian approach, the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people.. sometimes you have to stick your neck out and say this is not good for me no matter what others may feel they need from me.. no idea where i'm going with this maybe this is a breakthrough in my life or maybe that glass of wine was stronger than i thought!.
any thoughts?.
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Xan ...you are probably sleeping at this moment, sorry if I
sounded a bit silly! I get what y ou are saying here ......>
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"I see people who protect their own interests as selfish.
That's my cult upbringing. It's that I need to deal with."
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Maybe it is a balance, sort of like the old illustration of putting
on your oxygen mask first ......so you can then help others!
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I have to admit that when members of cliques only stick to
themselves I do feel a sense of betrayed somehow. :-(
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How many members of our forum are there, and where are most from?
by stuckinarut2 ini would love to know where most of our fellow forum members are from.... is there a way to compile a quick list?.
for example, i would love to know how many live near me......
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West Coast of Canada!
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Are you a good person?
by Xanthippe insomething happened this week to make me think about this again.. it feels like all bets are off and i really don't know what a good person is anymore.. when i left the jws i was so sure i knew what it meant to be a good person.. this has been revised many times since.. i tend to favour the utilitarian approach, the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people.. sometimes you have to stick your neck out and say this is not good for me no matter what others may feel they need from me.. no idea where i'm going with this maybe this is a breakthrough in my life or maybe that glass of wine was stronger than i thought!.
any thoughts?.
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Xan...........yes I am a good person. You are over thinking.
Have another glass of wine or go for a walk. "-)
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Involved with a JW woman
by jonza inokay so i'm dating a born-in jw woman, she's younger than me and has no kids.
i'm a christian man whos divorced with 2 kids.
we're in love and seriously want to be together.
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Hi ...welcome to jwn!
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I was captive to this society for 50yrs, it has taken me 4yrs to
get my sanity back again. Puleeze do not get involved with this
person.
You are 8 yrs older...lol ....all jw women are insecure, and would
give their right arm to have a MAN to take care of them! They will
promise anything & everything to (ohpleasegodletithappenplseplse!!!)
have you be da man!
Do not do this to your children ...they deserve more!
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"I have a hope that she will wake up from this mind control and I believe I do have reason to think that. I got her to admit that they at least used to be false prophets, " lol................
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This thread has so much great advice in it .... it should be
a classic!
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Doctor affirms the fact that JW religion was a massive strain on my life
by confusedandalone init has been over a year since i offically stopped caring about and going to jw meetings.
prioor to this time i had tons of responsibility that drained every once of time i had.
like any father i had family matters to attend to.
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Omg ...I am so happy for you and your family!!!!
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Funny this made me cry a little ... "On my way home I stopped
along the road at my favorite pasture with the same cows
that are sometimes there."
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All the best to you!
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Dear Ken ...cheer up sweety, we have good reasons to be sad
but don't let it get to you.
*We feel the 'let down' of the Watchtower's "this generation will not pass..."
Don't know about you, but damn it, I never planned on getting old!!
Armageddon is right around the corner!!!!! Oh YEAH!! Right!!
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Don't let the bu$$ers get to you Ken, don't waste the precious time
that we do have. Make sure you are getting some fresh air & excercise.
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Very sorry about your friend, ... that loss is hard to take.
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Need advice, really wanna play COD
by DuvanMuvan inwell my ps3 is downstairs because i had no idea how good games looked on tvs that weren't older than you are and i've run into a problem.
my mum doesn't know that i have "bad" games like cod, gta 5, legend of zelda and final fantasy (yeah ik last two aren't that bad but loads of religious stuff and magic) and it's getting harder to keep it a secret.. i was just wondering if anyone had any ideas on how i should go about this.
should i just wait a while and slowly introduce the idea to my mum that i play these games or should i just come out and play them and act like it'a nothing?.
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Oh shoot Duvan ...I saw the title "wanna play COD",
and thought you meant GOD ...shhhheeesh....
I don't speak the language ...sorry!
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Selective memories and disfellowshipping
by Really?! ini've been out around 20 years (da'd), but recently i've really started to struggle with certain aspects of relating to family members who are still in, as well as my own thoughts and feelings about my upbringing and my personal views about god/life the universe.
i have an older sibling and my mum who are still in.
we are a small family and my dear grandmother, who was not in, passed away around a year ago.
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Welcome Really? ... Nice to have you here.
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Time has a way of letting us see the obvious ...
25 yrs ago, as I chatted with a 'brother', asking about his
children, ..his daughter was praised, but the son had
left the organization and he said , "we don't talk about him"
Even then, I could feel that weird numb blocking-out of reality,
and just shrugged & stopped my thoughts!
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Hopefully, your Mother will 'get it' soon.
Maybe make a small quiet comment ...and then just stretch it
out a bit more ...just to get her thinking on it.
all the best
clarity
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