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i got back-room counseled one time for saying “dang”.
not even joking.
just wanted to share that.
not even joking.
just wanted to share that.
I noticed each congregation has different temperaments & some are ridiculous.i got back-room counseled one time for saying “dang”.
not even joking.
just wanted to share that.
I hear you! When I was a kid, I was taught that we were not supposed to use any substitute words. The elders gave several talks about that. No heck, gosh, darn, dang, freak, not even a gee whiz.i got back-room counseled one time for saying “dang”.
not even joking.
just wanted to share that.
See if they will take you into the back room with this little gem:i got back-room counseled one time for saying “dang”.
not even joking.
just wanted to share that.
I’m trying, but I cannot make the connection between your assets and a kid let loose with a microphone that often appears phallic in shape as it is. Regardless, how did the elder come to the conclusion that your assets were worthy of counselling? The elder is clearly afraid for his own immature mind and is simply using the boy as an excuse to berate you for his own inadequacy. My father was a Victorian gentleman in his outlook. Always look a woman in the eye. My mother was much the same and started instructing me in courtship at a far too young age. “Never get a girl into trouble!” she would say. I spent a few years wondering why on earth I would want to sneak on a girl for some misdemeanour at school. When I did get a girl into trouble I was already married to her and nine months after that, boy! did I find out what the trouble was about! Twenty years and more of trouble, expense and beat music at all times of night.I've also heard talks discouraging use of euphemisms... my husband got soap in his mouth for saying the word crap. I was also told that was a curse word, and instead I should say "crud"... what literally is the difference?
I find this disgusting, but I was counseled several times over the years for a "cleavage" issue, starting when I was 17 volunteering for food service after a convention. I was sent "home" - back to the hotel, and I had to walk by myself because that was before cell phone days. It was literally not even immodest. The other time was after I had a baby and was nursing (not nursing during the meeting, just swelled with milk.) The brother told me it was disrespectul to the young brothers carrying the microphones, one of whom was his teenage son who was standing there when he counseled me.
Bahahaaaa. You are so funny, and thanks, now I will never look a a microphone without thinking that. But you know, I guess the young men stand over us as they are doing their mic duty, so they can see down every sister's shirt who isn't wearing a turtleneck. Have they ever tried to nurse a baby in a turtleneck? Yea I didn't think so. It's really sad though that more men weren't raised to have your attitude toward women. It really made me downhearted anytime this became an issue for some brother, because honestly that's the last thing i would EVER want is for anyone to give me that kind of attention.I’m trying, but I cannot make the connection between your assets and a kid let loose with a microphone that often appears phallic in shape as it is. Regardless, how did the elder come to the conclusion that your assets were worthy of counselling? The elder is clearly afraid for his own immature mind and is simply using the boy as an excuse to berate you for his own inadequacy.
that would have blown my mind too. wussy is wayyyyy worse than dang. haha. it’s just so silly."wussy". From the platform!!!!
if only. my new saying would be: oh, go vaccinate yourself.I'd tell the word police to "go shut the front door!'
GASP! well i never!Te futueo et caballum Tuum.” (I’m not translating that here!).
you know you wanted her to tee-pee the principal’s office with you, you troublesome teen, you! heheheI spent a few years wondering why on earth I would want to sneak on a girl for some misdemeanour at school.
Dying here This totally cracked me up I needed thisif only. my new saying would be: oh, go vaccinate yourself.
That's just mean. It makes me think that they'll say all brothers need to get circumcised even though the old covenant has been terminated. I am surprised that sister hasn't been completely stumbled.I know this thread is about being counseled over speech, and I am speaking about breasts, sorry. But I know I'm not the only one who endured this for years. There was a beautiful young sister in one of my pioneer schools who was naturally voluptuous, but dressed very modestly, yet she was a constant target for our C.O. about her body being a distraction. (I think some of these brothers think we need to wear moo-moos). Sadly, this poor sister ended up getting plastic surgery to downsize her breasts dramatically just so she wouldn't have to endure that kind of attention. And we're not talking Dolly Parton here, just a little more curve than average.
One of my former PO's and former bethelite loved to use the term "freakin'" in his informal speech.I hear you! When I was a kid, I was taught that we were not supposed to use any substitute words. The elders gave several talks about that. No heck, gosh, darn, dang, freak, not even a gee whiz.
Then a few years ago I was sitting in the Hall, listening to the Sunday talk and I about fell out of my chair when the brother used the word "wussy". From the platform!!!! It absolutely blew my mind. I thought we had so much unity. That every congregation had the same rules. So much for that
I had to look that one up in the American urban dictionary!you know you wanted her to tee-pee the principal’s office with you, you troublesome teen, you! hehehe
That is so sad to hear about that sister. I wonder what brother would have his asset shortened! Your story does though lend insight into the basic level of supervision and spiritual thinking amongst the ruling classes of the watchtower. They look to the issues physical rather than spiritual, and assume that the former informs the latter. In fact, in terms spiritual, men should be controlling themselves using the spirit as a guide, rather than try to do away with the physical issues all men and women face, just as the ****** religion in its extreme form punishes a woman for life with the garb she has to wear to not inflame others. The spiritual informs the physical. But the watchtower prefers the “bottom up“ approach, teaching with the physical to make spiritual. It doesn’t work that way, but that is all they understand. Hence the problems we see today.Bahahaaaa. You are so funny, and thanks, now I will never look a a microphone without thinking that. But you know, I guess the young men stand over us as they are doing their mic duty, so they can see down every sister's shirt who isn't wearing a turtleneck. Have they ever tried to nurse a baby in a turtleneck? Yea I didn't think so. It's really sad though that more men weren't raised to have your attitude toward women. It really made me downhearted anytime this became an issue for some brother, because honestly that's the last thing i would EVER want is for anyone to give me that kind of attention.
I know this thread is about being counseled over speech, and I am speaking about breasts, sorry. But I know I'm not the only one who endured this for years. There was a beautiful young sister in one of my pioneer schools who was naturally voluptuous, but dressed very modestly, yet she was a constant target for our C.O. about her body being a distraction. (I think some of these brothers think we need to wear moo-moos). Sadly, this poor sister ended up getting plastic surgery to downsize her breasts dramatically just so she wouldn't have to endure that kind of attention. And we're not talking Dolly Parton here, just a little more curve than average.