Do You Get Along with Your Adult Children Well ? (page 2)

flipper

WHITE DOVE- I'm glad you have a great relationship with your daughter and a good one with your son.

LISAVEGAS- I know how you feel friend. Words of wisdom get lost on the young sometimes. I've found that I can put little signposts up and give suggestions for my adult kids occasionally - but they are going to do what they want to do anyway - so I try not to worry too much about it.

JAGUAR BASS- I'm glad you got your son out of the witnesses at age 12 and you have a great relationship with him. My son got out at age 18 and we are very close. I'm glad your son is doing well and great that you helped him !

IS THERE HELP OUT THERE- It's easy not to say anything to my youngest daughter - because she refuses to talk to me. I never bring anything up that's JW related. No- She doesn't live with me. She got married at 18 yrs. old a couple years ago to a witness boy. I stay hopeful that someday she'll get out of the witnesses .

TEN YEARS AFTER- I'm glad your adult kids have a great relationship with you. And they went to college, got good jobs, and have healthy relationships ! Great job Dad ! Peace out, Mr. Flipper

changeling

I'm very close to both my grown children.

Hi flipper!

tenyearsafter

Thanks Mr. Flipper...I hope that your youngest comes around. I think idealism is a function of age, and as she matures she will see that when things get tough the only thing we have to fall back on is family. My wish is that she softens and realizes she has a dad who cares much more for her than any pseudo-friend she has at the hall. Cheers!

OUTLAW

I made dam sure my kids knew the WBT$ Cult was Crap..It thwarted indoctrination by my idiot relatives..My mom was a WBT$ Nazi!!.. Clint Eastwood ...OUTLAW

Seeker4

I get along well with my three adult kids. My youngest just turned 30 on Jan 2, so I have three kids in their 30s now - makes me feel the years!

My oldest, my daughter, is still an active JW, my two boys never became Witnesses. Relations with my daughter are most strained, though we talk and I get to see her and her two daughters when they come up to visit. My leaving her mom and now living with another woman is the biggest part of that issue, not just my leaving the Witnesses

S4

crapola

I have a very good relationship with my son and my daughter. In fact we are closer than ever.

sspo

I have a good relationship with all of the 3 girls i have. Two of them stopped going to meetings and oldest one is still pioneering but i make sure that i don't say anything against the watchtower in order to keep a relationship with her. Wish i could see more of them but everybody seems to be busy nowdays.

beksbks

As I've said before, my proudest achievment in this life, is that my children knew not one day of JWism. They are my buddies, we've always been able to talk about everything. Girl 23, Boy 21. She and I had a rough spot when she was about 18, but now are closer than ever.

That's not to say they have enough time for me!!!

snowbird

My oldest daughter - 35 - and I get along well together. I apologized for putting all that pressure on her by trying to make her accept the JW religion, and she graciously said that she forgives me.

She was wild and unruly for awhile, and I couldn't stand to have her around. Now, I love being with her. She took me shopping for groceries this am and bought me a nice coffee.

My youngest daughter - 19 - and I have a little strain in our relationship because she's a zealous JW. Sometimes when she's on her bitchy horse, she semi-shuns me. Little heifer!

Sylvia

sammielee24

Nope. No contact. I was very close to my son while we were all JW's...since I was df'd I am dead to all 3 of them as well as my entire family. I apparently am now a grandpa for the first time. My mother is held hostage by my kids in that if any of my JW family speak to me, she forfeits a relationship with her grandchildren. So it goes.

I do not wait for them to 'come around'. They are all adults and married within the organization so unless some major life change happens they will never exit.

I have moved on with life and yes, sometimes it is painful remembering..but life goes on. I need to live mine just as they feel the right to live theirs.

Sadly, distance and time do not bring families closer. You cannot get back any of those moments and as each passing year goes by, families become strangers. That is reality.

Do You Get Along with Your Adult Children Well ?

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