My son, who is 17, saw my mother while out in service on Saturday and was shocked at the way she acted. He said she smiled and jumped out of the car, gave him a big hug and looked at the others in the car and said how much she loved him. Needless to say, he was not fooled by her complete FAKE attitude and the show she put on for everyone. See, all she can do when she sees us is complain or act sad because we are not JW's anymore (I thinks she's jealous of us, lol) and NEVER hugs any of us. He was definitely weirded out!
She proceded to tell him about the new NO bookstudy arrangement........it's been at their home for
20+ years.
I always thought it was a way for my dad to feel more important, having the BS at his house, but anyway, she told him that it was so they could have more family study time (yeah, like my parents study together, HAH!) and because the economy is SO bad right now, it makes it easier to not spend the gas money for another meeting. My son was NOT FOOLED! I am so proud of him!
He came back at her with the examples he heard at the assemblies about brothers in Africa and other poor areas who walked 30 miles through dangerous terrain, through crocodile infested waters and in the heat........they put Jehovah first and went to their meetings no matter what. He told her that is a dumb reason to cancel a meeting, if anything, they should be adding another if things are that hard on everyone in the "last days"..........SMART KID!
I am a proud momma today! :) :)