The memorial is back and I KNOW I am going to be harassed into taking my father in law to it. I refused last year and I have every intention of NOT going this year too. It is just so frustrating to me that he has a pioneer for a supposed wife who can take ALL the other sisters to doctor appointments and shopping and gets high praise for this by the congregation even as she neglects her sick husband. She will take him to the memorial as long as he sits in the van as she makes her pick up rounds. This is hard on him. So the big answer is ME. I did this for a few years but got fed up the last time I went which was two memorials back.
Last year I feigned illness. And I still got nagged up to the last minute to take him. I feel bad for him but why must I endure the ridiculousness of it all so SHE can be patted on the back for neglecting HER responsibilty. Why am I the only one that can do it when there are over 100 jw's in the congregation, one being his wife and another being his brother who lives next door to him.
Am I being an asshole for not wanting to take him anymore?