My son and daughter from my previous marriage have just been “kicked in the teeth” by witness teaching. They have never ever been JW’s, which makes it worse IMO.
They have just been dumped by their JW grandfather, dumped by their Uncle, dumped by their Aunt.
When my DF’d ex-wife lost her Mother a couple of years back, her JW sisters and brother decided to put a stop to my ex’s alienation. All is forgiven, you are still our sister, we can talk to family, honestly you can trust us, we will never ignore you again. Hug hug, kiss kiss, undeserved kindness rules.
My son and daughter were very wary of all this new-found LURV , they recalled how distressed their mother was when she was DF’d in the 70’s during their childhood. Consequently they hardly knew their JW relatives until my ex’s mother, their grandmother, died in ’99 and they were all re-united at the funeral.
As they visited and phoned ever more frequently, my son eventually got them all together and asked them if this was for keeps, were they going to turn their back on his Mum and hurt her again?
No no no! She’s family, it’s fine, really it is, don’t worry, we can talk with family. We love you too! Lets all go on holiday together. Lets all visit the Xmas markets in Germany. Come and stay for a few days, it’s what families do. Yeah, right.
2 days ago, my ex got the letter. Sorry, but you are DF’d, we can’t see you any more, turn back to Jehovah then we will talk to you, this is a loving provision, blah blah blah. So as a result, my son and daughter have now lost contact with:
1 Grandfather.
2 Aunts.
2 Uncles.
4 Cousins.
Great religion, this Jehovah’s witness thing, isn’t it?
Ack.
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