Yep Happy Birthday mate!!!
Feels good eh! enjoy the day and the freedom
Ammo
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today i celebrated being 32 (i think) at university, it felt awesome to be public and not care anymore.
facebook was full of lovely messages and i had great cards.
wish i had been braver years ago.
Yep Happy Birthday mate!!!
Feels good eh! enjoy the day and the freedom
Ammo
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i wonder...for those of you who were brought up as a jw or who have been "in" for many years, how do you feel about birthdays and christmas and celebrations in general now?.
the indoctrination/brainwashing is very strong.
once you are out, or, perhaps, still in but totally disillusioned and sure that it is all a lie, not the truth, do you find that you are determined to celebrate like mad to make up for what you missed, or do you find you have a lingering sense of guilt, however irrational you may now think it is?.
Hey Charliko, happy belated birthday!!
Yes this year has been the first year I celebrated guilt free, my one's today so yay, woke up had pressie's given to me which I was very staunch for years about not recieving, went out for a cool yum cha, and when I woke up silly as it may seem I thought yay Its my birthday and felt like a kid-(whats wrong with that?) my own friends did not even know when it was, but this year my husband really surprised me with all the thoughtfulness, now after being away from things for 6 month's I'm starting to wonder what all the bs guilttrips were about in regard to birthdays.
Xmas-meh! still probably not going to be whooping that one up, not only was the wtbts not real, neither was Santa! But each to their own and the best present I have given myself EVER is the freedom to be me- FINALLY
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this is another fine spiritual gem from the january 2013 study edition.. .
as the great tribulation nears, we do not want to be plagued with such anxious thoughts as these:'could i have done more in god's service?
didn't i pioneer when i had the opportunity?
All in all it's just a..nother brick in the wall!!!
got it peeps!
they really like me and want me on board.
i'll be receiving the full offer and contract next week.
Yay indeed!!
Good ON ya Lou belle, it's amazing how our perspective on life can change from woe to go with employment, I'm very happy for you!! and proud of you for being able to talk about your downside in regard to this life, glad your feeling good and sounding stronger...... GO FOR IT!!!
Ammo
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solomon alluded to it yesterday in a thread, i found the online large print pdfs here, not sure where the regular version is yet.
here are the full paragraphs, grab your barf bags .
19 on the other hand, if you choose the path of resentment.
Rta _ I hear ya, I'm there but thankfully happier than I have been for years now.
Screw Them, the GB have alot to answer for, and I have no hesitation telling JW's it's blood guilt on them running around telling people of an organization they know nothing about, I have even told a few to get out of babylon and quit touching the unclean thing's! throw all the guilt trip's back at them (I refrain from eyerolling and hissing-supposedly the mark of a true apostate:))
The more I learn about the GB's way's.... well.....Grrrrrrr
some of mine are :.
boardwalk empire , deadwood , the borgias , game of thrones , homeland , vegas , political animal , the good wife, to name a few .
smiddy.
Modern family is very funny!
Breaking Bad WOW excellant ... hanging on the edge of my seat!
Mad Men..... I have only in the last 2 months started watching so I am still enthralled as opposed to most who are over it.
Homeland...
have you noticed there are certain movies you just never get tired of watching?
what's does your list include?
here are some of mine (in no particular order as to favorites):.
Ahhhh yes yes how could I have forgotten the Godfather- all of them
and Kill Bill 1 and 2-Fantastic
Your right Pan Handle Girl, there's just to many good one's!!!!
also Candy- Heath Ledger is a bloody good movie.
have you noticed there are certain movies you just never get tired of watching?
what's does your list include?
here are some of mine (in no particular order as to favorites):.
Troy - sound on or off who cares :)))
Moulin Rouge Ahhh Satine!
Zoolander - Blue steel x 6
Sex in the City 1 and 2 - with friends like these...
Notebook (yes I know but its still a good one)
Any Daniel Craig-Bond Movie "I have a little itch,could you scratch it for me"
The Untouchables- the version with Robert De Niro as Capone "I want him dead, I want his family DEAD!!!"
Good Fellas
Something about Mary still cracks me up!
and finally one I watch when feeling a bit bummed out on humans- Love Actually
oompa,.
i'm sorry that you had to endure the pain you did.
regardless if you believe in god or not, what you were going through was sheer hell.. i'll keep this short, i won't eulogize you too long, 'cause i can kind of detect that you'd hate that.
To Oompa
I can't stop thinking about you, you have become the final nail in the watchtower coffin for me.
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peace to you!.
lately there have been some accusations, allegations, concerns, and questions regarding how i hear our lord.
so i thought i would take a moment to nip this one in the bud, rather than have my words twisted further than what they have been.
Thanks for taking the time out to share your personal views on this topic Tec.
Much Love to you
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