TheHighWay

Hahahahaha... yes, Dooj... about that poodle !!! (sorry about my previous post... just lost my mind for a sec) I agree with previous posters: One of the quietest, most well-mannered dogs I have ever encountered was a large standard poodle. One of the loudest, most annoying little yappy mindless run around in circles dogs I ever encountered was a little toy poodle.

All those posts about bigotry, and then Rick responds with this?

Oh man... this brings up memories... not only did you have to hide any sign of affection for fear of being picked apart, but if you were not at the very end of your last year you were NOT to get attached to any one person!! The men were supposed to escort lots of different girls to the Sunday Service, etc. If they realized two folks had become attached to each other, they would immediately ship one to another campus, or haul them in for a reaming. Their excuse: you might get more focused on your sweetie and less focused on the corps training. Most ridiculous thing I ever heard of!!! I felt so bad for folks I knew who endured this kind of blatant manipulation.

All best wishes to you, Rascal... enjoy your day!!!

Man, this thread is actually giving me the shivvers.... I can't believe I went along with all this looney ideas and behaviors!!!

When the first lawsuit hit, and I went online and found WayDale for the first time, my hands were shaking so bad I could hardly click the mouse. I was terrified of getting caught. Terrified of what I would find. Terrified I wasn't in my own right mind for believing what I was reading. Terrified that I was on the verge of walking away from twi, my marriage, and maybe even God. But as I read more and more, and the realization hit me that I had been doing and saying things that I really didn't believe in or want to be a part of for YEARS simply for the sake of trying to keep it all together... because that's what wives were supposed to do... the less I believed that I would be a greasespot by midnight. No, let me restate that: I actually got the point where I just didn't care... I was so miserable in my current circumstances that I figured if God abandoned me, I would take those consequences. If He couldn't understand what was terribly wrong with twi and with my marriage, and would hold my leaving all that against me, then he was not a god I could worship anyway. And, interestingly, once I made my decision to leave and started taking action on it, I got all kinds of confirmations and reassurances that I was doing exactly the right thing. I saw leadership and my ex do and say things that were absolutely appalling, and clearly not godly just to try to talk me out of it. And the people around my son and I were commenting that he and I seemed so much more light-hearted and fun-loving recently... so much less stressed and negative. Hmmm....

Not me... I was a poor in-rez at the time... barely had my monthly allowance!!

Oooh... I have a collection of little dog figurines. A little golden Coco would fit in nicely. (just don't think I want to spend $250 on it, though)

Wow, dooj, I didn't realize that, but it makes so much sense. I had to take an art class this year and we had to keep a sketch book. I have always had artistic abilities (lots of crafts, painting of objects, making of costumes, etc.) but have never had a real art class. I found that I could sketch things that other people had drawn (like birds, animals, book illustrations, etc.) but couldn't seem to transfer "real life" into a sketch, and couldn't seem to come up with my own ideas or images in any quality way. Anything I imagined I wanted to draw pretty much came out like a 4th-grader's cartoon. Your explanation helps put all that into perspective for me. Thanks!

Quick!! Someone make a golden statue of little Coco, so that we may bow down before it!

They are absolutely NOT about reaching out with the Word... Just think about it, if they made their materials available (as most ministries do these days) they wouldn't have any CONTROL. No control over how the person received the information. No control over how they used the information. No control over where that person might send their charitable contributions. What would twi be, without all its controls?

Johnny, Johnny, Johnny... You just don't understand what a twisted thread you started, my friend. A sick sense of humor. Yes, that is what comes from spending half your life in a cult, and then escaping. Not much in life is sacred. Not even a poodle.

JavaJane, yes you hit a very sensitive spot here on the forums. There are several of us way-wives who's stories are almost identical when it comes to the course our marriages ran. 1 - Woman joins twi, excited to be learning and moving God's Word. 2 - Woman falls for Man who seems to have equal enthusiasm. 3 - Woman tries to be the submissive, faithful, supportive wife she is told is Biblical. 4 - Man becomes just what twi has shaped him to be: someone who cannot think for himself and must ask leadership before wiping his arse. 5 - Due to Leadership's interference, Man makes decisions that are increasing bad or ineffectual for the family. 6 - Woman begins taking on more and more responsibility for the family in an effort to avoid real catastrophy in the physical world, losing respect and patience for her hubby in the process. 7 - Man mentions something to Leadership, who then promptly, and without any real investigation into the matter at all, blames Woman for not being submissive enough, and not being obedient enough, and not making her Man feel like a Godly Man. (and maybe, if you were lucky, they threw in a few comments about Man being a big wuss. But their method of "correcting" this was to make him feel like an even bigger wuss by making him report on the family situation once a week.) 8 - Procedures and Practices follow in an effort to either get Woman to SUBMIT and OBEY, or to split the couple up. As for the idea of the submissive wife being a twi convention, I have to disagree. I live in the south where this attitude is still a very common way of thinking. But, I do think it was VP's own sneering attitude towards women that shaped twi's practice of this concept. The Bible doesn't say a man is supposed to disregard his wife's input, or treat her like a second-class citizen. But that is definitely the example that was set over and over and over again by Doc Vic and the other elders of twi. EXACTLY!!! EXACTLY!!! EXACTLY!!! My husband, out of fear of the leadership, made a series of bad decisions. Leadership found out, called us to a series of meetings in order to 'get to the bottom of things', and I was told while hubby had made the mistakes, I was EQUALLY at fault just because I was married to him!!! Why hadn't I stopped him? (HAH... like that is a submissive wife's place) Why hadn't I reported him to leadership? (Because a submissive wife is blessed by God for her OBEDIENCE to her head, even if her head is wrong, remember?) The biggest thing I've realized about twi since leaving is that they always want to have it both ways. They teach one thing and practice another. That way, no matter WHAT the situation, they can spin it just the way they want. They always win and you always lose.

Somehow I imagine poodle tasting more like squirrel...

...and casually nice, and SNS dress... Yeah, THAT's witnessing, isn't it? (some of them weren't so bad, but if I had to do that today... UGH!) And you still think you are living the ABUNDANT LIFE!!!

Well, they've got a blurb on there about their new sound system and say: "So that you too could appreciate this recognition, we have made their Web site address available for you to enjoy the magazine and to read the article." They list the URLs but don't make them hyperlinks That's almost as good as their contact page having no email link or phone number!! A website run by technophobes... makes no sense to me!

Well, I haven't made it to a Greasespot Weenie Roast yet (how many have there been now? three?) but I suspect they have LOTS of strong coffee and, um, other liquid refreshments as well.

Aww, ((((Rascal)))), you didn't squelch anyone's fun!!! I think the pooch died of old age and bad breath just like most little housedogs do. But I also think it would be just like ol' vic to sit out in his clubhouse saying things like, "I hate that dog. Wish it would just disappear." And he and his cronies would dream up ways that could happen, and laugh, but not do any of them.

Every once in awhile I post his name here, hoping someone new to the forums knows the whereabouts of this sweetie. He made me laugh a LOT in-rez and I would love to get back in touch with him!! Anyone seen him, or know anything about where he went after New Knoxville? Thanks

DOH! Set Requirements... No set requirements on Gunnison Vacations... Well, I repeat: Weenie Roast, in the Rockies anyone?

Well, rascal, of course we don't know that happened for sure... just "someone said, someone said"... since no one has jumped onto this thread and said anything conclusive (yet), it's probably unfair to judge the old b@$t@rd on what we THINK he might have done... no matter how true to form it would have been.

I joined at the end of the drambui years, just as the jr-mog was taking the reins (early 80's). survived the era of tights (the late 80's) the era of the spittle inquisition (the 90's) and finally saw the light and left at the begining of the lawsuit era (2000's)

LOL!!! Now I will never be able to hear that beef commercial music again without picturing a little fluffy poodle dog running around!

My grades came out this week... A's.... I cannot believe I got A's (just barely!!) GPA currently 3.57 (wow, that feels GOOD) I have a degree in music ed, but have worked in offices for many, many moons doing accounting, and am now working on getting my computer programming degree in website applications. I might be finished by the time I'm 55...lol. At least I currently have a job I like! The coursework is just a "someday maybe" thing and a way to further my hobby of messing around with computer stuff. I think all us scholarly-types need a big, loud, PARTY!!!! (wake me up in a couple of weeks and I'll get to work on that)

I can't believe some of the lifers don't know the truth about this dog... Ex? Radar? Catcup? Doesn't anyone know the truth about poor little Coco's demise? Was it natural or "directed"?