I got an email from an old friend from my JW days.
Our families were close for several years before they moved to another state. Afterwards we kept in touch by phone and visited each other’s homes a few times. Before we left dubdom in 2003, we had seen them just once in several years. They communicate with mutual acquaintances in our old congo so I assumed they knew we had made our exit.
In his email, he said they'd like to reconnect with us and wanted our phone number as the old one was disconnected. He didn’t mention our "status." I wrote back and made no mention of our phone number, just a general greeting and update on family members, and then added "I’m sure you know we no longer attend meetings" at the end.
A week went by and he responded by filling me in on the lives of his family, closing with: "No, I did not know you weren’t going to meetings anymore. What happened?"
My philosophy since I left is to grant no interviews. That hasn’t been difficult since almost no one has ever asked why we left.
Should I make an exception? What should I tell him? I think I know the answer but would appreciate some feedback.
p.s. As far as I knew he is still an elder, a lifer, second-generation dub, and "all in."