Hello Everyone,
I haven't posted here in such a long time! Most of you probably don't remember the details to my situation....in a nutshell, my son married into the JW cult, there is a grandchild involved and at the very least I want to always maintain a good relationship with my son, daughter in law, and grandchild. This was my main concern from the beginning. He's been married now for four years, and so far things have been going just fine in regard to our relationship, although a red flag was raised a few weeks ago, and I'm not sure how to proceed. I should also mention that the "other Grandparents" (daughter-in-laws parents) are JW.
Anyway, without going into mind numbing details...grandaughter is just over three years old, and out of the blue the other day she looks at my husband and says "you don't know Jehovah". About six months prior to this, again, out of the blue, she picks up a copy of TV guide off our coffee table, hands it to my husband and says "talk about Jehovah!" Actually, the way he tells it, it was more of a command than a request...Anyway, a few days after the "you don't know Jehovah" comment, I ask her who told her that we didn't know Jehovah, and she tells me **** and ****, her other Grandparents. I was livid!!! Although, I remained calm, and explained that we did indeed know Jehovah, because after all, Jehovah is another name for God and we know God. I tried to keep it in terms that her young mind could understand, but I'm quite sure that anyone could clearly see the steam coming out of my ears!
Ok, so where in the heck do these other Grandparents get off? The kid is THREE years old! I find it impossible to believe that the subject of our religious beliefs would just "naturally" come up in conversation, which leads me to believe (and pardon me if this sounds paranoid), but it leads me to think that the other grandparents are just planting the seeds, trying to prepare her to distance herself from us.
I once remember once browsing through this book my grandaughter had, and I can't remember the name of it, but it was talking about having friendships with other people, but if they weren't JW, you didn't want to get "too close". If I remember correctly, this was a book aimed at kids...sort of struck me as "handbook" of how to be a JW.
Please...please, please.....if anyone can tell me where I might have read this, it would be very much appreciated! I know this seems like an odd request, but there is a method to my madness, I assure you.
Thanks so very much!
