~~~ an imperial nod....

chickpea

it was a classic moment of JW-ery

my son, who happens to be a female to male
transgender 17 YO boy, was with me at the
(as in THE only) grocery store in town, where
LOTS of people are stocking up for a late winter
blast that could leave 16 inches of snow and
power outages in its wake....

there was a JW sistah TM who saw us, and i just smiled
and said "hi ya", since i determined a while back that
i simply dont play their game or respect their stance...
( i would have used her name if i could recall it!!)

i kid you not! she tried to look away, but she could NOT
hide her smile ( as mine was genuine, since i really did
like her, and probably still could) and she literally gave
me and my son what can only be described as an imperial nod....
eye-contact, broad smile, and a dip of the chin, but not a word
passed her lips...

i just chuckled and shrugged my shoulders and kept discussing
with my son what our options might be for food that we may not
be able to cook or heat..... she left very shortly after that

wasblind

Good for you and your child chickpea,

I had a visit this weekend, blinds wide open

they cold see me and I could see them they rang

the bell this time and knocked, I wasn't up to takin'

any visitors, just didn't feel like it , I wonder how they

like them apples. They did leave some lit though, so at

least they will be able to report a placement

Satanus

Yah, good. And, a person needs to say it loud enough, so that they can't pretend to not hear ya.

S

pbrow

I have recieved similar. The same smile and awkward look down from them. Its like they are ashamed but they are unable to overcome their shame from doing something so unchristian.

pbrow

chickpea

pbrow

(firstly, hello and welcome to JWN)

i think you are spot on with your assessment....

the KH i attended had JWs from at least half dozen
small surrounding communities, of which this town
is one, and this woman came to the B/S at our home
for over 10 years, my kids called her grandma "cxxxx"
so it isnt like there wasnt a viable relationship....

i think she might know it is crap but she is single
getting older by the day, and unlikely to leave
since the KH is her sole community support....

but i really think she knows....

charlie brown jr.

sounds like this.........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r5pqkE4jik

GOrwell

thanks charlie.. I just had to watch kill bill 2 all over again cause of that clip :)

Scooby-Doo

chickpea: First of all, you are a great mother for supporting your son! If only transgender children raised in JW families had parents like you...

I haven't had the nod yet. But there was an experience i had recently that is very similar. I was shopping with my mother when we spotted the JW that i had studied with for 5-ish years. He spoke with my mother but ignored me. He did that staring-at-you-but-trying-to-not-be-obvious thing.

Not a single JW has spoken to me since i stopped studying, it's curious.

chickpea

thanks for the "nod" scooby-doo....
i dont think it extraordinary for a parent to,
oh you know, support their kids in a really
REALLY difficult circumstance they did not
invite or create!!!! call me crazy but i think
that is what a parent is supposed to do.....

the more i consider this little non-event
the more i realize that i really dont know
what i could have or would have said to
this JW, except maybe talk about the
weather.....

i know for sure i would not have wanted
to hear ANYTHING about how close, really
REALLY close "the end" TM was, in light of
all the upheaval and catastrophe currently
crowding the stage....

i also know she would not want to be
updated on how often i write to my
elected officials about marriage
equality and other policies that i have
sincere opinions about.... or how close
i am getting to completing a degree...

i suppose the nod was as friendly as it needs to be....

(i am SO glad my son was there to witness it, tho...
bordering on priceless and good for a chuckle)

charlie brown jr.

No problem love my movie clips that feel like things we live thru

~~~ an imperial nod....

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