So sorry about your family. It sucks. Unfortunately, when we get the opportunity to connect with them, we don't connect at all, it's just an opportunity for them to hurt us emotionally.
The force is strong in you.
In my hometown
by sass_my_frass 11 Replies latest jw friends
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*sigh* *GRRRR* *boggle*
Man its been icky, but in reality only two days out of our life. Mr Frass is the magic man, he understands that I love them and they're where I come from, he's brilliant. But we went away for a few days and got back in time to see Dad before they took off for a quick-build weekend. Turns out Dad had replied to my email telling them to reply if they want to stay in touch, but I didn't get it, so both of us were thinking that the other was closing the door. Dad wanted me to explain a few times why I didn't tell them earlier that I'm not getting reinstated, I'm sure that if they ever find me here they'll understand why, but at the time I couldn't think of the words to let them know.
One of my sisters is very upset about me not telling her that I'm not getting reinstatedit. I could try and make up for that, but then she'll just be upset that I'm not getting reinstated, so it would really only make me feel better, but still I'll think about it.
We came over with only the intention of seeing my non-witness grandparents and the meetings with my JW folks are just bonuses really (heh). We're pretty exhaused by it all but figure that it's basically a compulsory part of being decent human beings. I don't really know what we can do now. I'll start a habit of emailing them as much as I can with the news of our lives (not that there's that much; just to keep a dialogue going). They can lick their wounds for a while, and we'll see where it goes.