Only my loving JW mother stood by me when my whole world fell apart. For sixteen long years, my brothers would have nothing to do with me, and I never got to meet, or know, my niece and three nephews. My son re joined the Watchtower after he grew up, as his now wife had begun studying and she told him he had to join her if he wanted to be with her. Though neither of them was baptizied at the time, I was the only one not invited to their wedding.
The JWs are known to profess that their religion "makes families stronger." Well, this is only true if each member is unitedly dedicated to serving the Watchtower Organization. But let one member become doubtful, or leave for any reason at all, the "family" of "love" is now "shattered." Ultimately, like many other "Watchtower fallacies," this belief proves to be nothing more than a fantasy. And "waking up" to "reality" can be a very painful experience, indeed.