My MIL just left. She came over to discuss why I don't want to go to meetings anymore. I didn't go into too much detail but every time I would say something she kept responding with circular reasoning. At the beginning she got very emotional and started crying. I was upset but held it in. I could pick up on the mind control tactics and I wanted to scream it out whenever she did it but I didn't. I stayed calm and at the end I just told her that I've listen to everything she is saying and I'll think about it but it's ultimately my decision. At the end she told me to just wait on Jehovah and in the mean time go to meeting with my husband. She tried to get me to agree to go to the meetings but I wouldn't. I just told her I would think about it. One thing I did bring up was about the pinata and she claimed that she knows for a fact the witnesses don't approve of the pinata. I told her that they did and that I have the watchtower cd and I could show it to her. Just as I thought that I was making my point she said we didn't need to look it up because she knows that's not true. I realized that I couldn't reason with her so I just let her talk and didn't say anything. It made me mad when she accused me of not sticking with my vow that I made when I was baptized. She said I made a vow to stick with this organization and that I also married into it. Right before she left I decided to see if my husband had told her that he feels God might also being working through other organizations. It started a 15 minute debate between them two. I didn't understand anything that was said because they talked in spanish but his mom looked nautious. After she left I asked him what she said. She said that that may be true but she doesn't think about those other religions because she's not apart of them. It made me made when he told me that. How can she make I big deal about me not going to meetings anymore if she admits that God might be working through more than one religion!
So after all that was over she wanted to attack me for getting into acting. She told me not to get too involved in acting and to not let it take time away from my husband. How dare she! I set her straight on that. I remained calm when she wanted to attack my beliefs because I understand how she feels and that she is under mind control. But to attack my acting in the same session is just too much. This woman needs to learn how to pick her battles!
That's my rant for the day. Thanks for listening. I feel better now.