My DIL called to tell me that she, my son and the children got dress to go to the meeting last night. They have been somewhat irregular in meeting attendance. She has been receiving constant pressured from her sister to attend. On the way to the meeting she had a heart-to-heart talk with my son. She told him that she didn’t like attending the meetings. She would continue to attend until the children were 18 years old. At that time she would give them the option of whether they wanted to continuing attending or not, but that at that time she would no longer attend. In the parking lot of the hall, my son said to her that no one should attend against their will and that he would speak with her sister. He said let’s get some donut and go home.
Background information: I am a successful fader. Five years ago I told my husband (an Elder at the time) that no I didn’t have any time to report and no I was not going to the meeting that evening, or ever again, it split the family. My daughters stop attending and my son, with his father, continued being active JWs. My son’s response to his wife means a lot to me.