Posts by blackout

he looked like a cross between brad pitt/tom cruise/evan marriott.... he wore a very nice dark gray suit that formed perfectly to his sculpted muscles...he had a very nice book bag.

black, brushed silver hardware.

I have had many dreams about going to assemblies over the past few years. It is usally a humiliating experience, sometimes I suddenly realise I'm naked or wrongly dressed. Sometimes Im doing something 'wrong' at the assembly and have this terrible feeling I'm going to get caught.

I haven't had one since I've been on this forum though.

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Interesting UK Daily Mirror Article

by DakotaRed in

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since some consider the us to be the most dangerous rogue nation currently and others have stated we are little more than corrupt thugs, i find this article from the daily mirror to be quite intersting.. .

tony parsons - uk daily mirror september 11, 2002 no matter what your views on president bush's statement of upcoming war, this is from an english journalist, is very interesting.

no, do more than remember.

blackout

Avery good article, red.

It made me cry, then it made me mad, then it made me realise that Bush could have done that, I never thought about it before. I hate the anti-American BS too, I am constantly reminding my husband that if it wasn't for America, Australia would be Japan right now.

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Gratitude and apologies to the group, and a question for Simon.??

by kat_newmas in

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gratitude first...thank you all for tolerating my rambling, self indulgent, and sometimes "know it all" posts.

you have all been gracious, caring, and wonderful support.

i have found some of you to be hilarious and warm... those who have come here for help, have cerainly stumbled into something wonderful.

blackout

Hi Kat,

Thanks for the explaination on your pic. I wondered if that was your butt.

Actually I miss it a bit, don't get to see cute butts very often. LOL.

Have fun on the board.

Blackout, who will be changing her name as soon as profile edit is fixed.

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What's The Worst Pressure You Endured Because You Were A JW?

by minimus in

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was it internal or external?

i know of some that pioneered because they felt they had to.

we know of many that felt awful because they were ridiculed because they were witness children and had to get baptized and face school pressure, all the while hating it.

blackout

My worst pressure was at 14 yo was feeling that I had to tell my dad that he was no longer my father and that Jehovah would be my father from now on. This was because my dad was disfellowshipped and my mum had divorced him. My mum and an elder we were studying with put a lot of pressure on me that this was the only way to prove my commitment to Jehovah.

I shunned my dad for 15 years.

It made me miserable.

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Finally received our "shepherding call" today

by Jourles in

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it was inevitable.

after dodging the bullet for a few weeks, the elders finally made their way to our house today.

the reason i think this to be so, is because he asked me what he should write down for my report.

blackout

This is very interesting.

We recently had a phone call from elders in our new congregation which we have never attended after moving into their territory. They wanted to do a 'shepherding call' we were immediately suspicious and thought somone had 'dobbed us in' for something.

My husband told them in a very polite and friendly tone that we were quite happy and fully understood our current position and don't really need a call, thanks all the same. The Elder said ' I will have to see if we can accept that.' or something very similar. So now we are not sure whats going to happen but we hope that's the end of matters.

I wonder what they'll put about our heart condition?

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