by kaykay_mp 33 Replies latest jw experiences
OK, I know this is a guy's perspective, but I would personally let him go. He's not going to get assimilated for one night, and it sounds like you could use the "quiet time". Play the music you want to listen to, sip a glass of wine, and relax. And, if you start feeling guilty, picture the scene of him asking all those questions out loud in the hall!!!! then you'll be LOL...
Just a quy's view
It'll start a trend.
I agree with shitkickers comment. She will want to take him more and more. If you explain you do not want this to happen on a regular or even 'not so regular basis'...then maybe....just to give you a break. A two year old isn''t going to get converted going a few times. He'll probably hate it anyway.....most kids do. What kid likes sitting quite for 2 hours?
I say let the child go, he's only 2 years old for Christ sake.
Of course, I'd make it perfectly clear that this does not give grandma the license to bust out My Book of Bible Stories, or otherwise indoctrinate your child, but if you just need a night off, I'm sure the child won't remember the experience 10 years from now .
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Edited by - RevMalk on 17 October 2002 17:14:3
he's two, he'll be bored, and the next time wont want to go. :)
Edited by - hamptonite21 on 17 October 2002 17:41:50
you're damn right im the mother...
but of course i was going to pick b .
ive had just about all i could take today. i rode on a plane for 12+ hours with him and the 2-month old and he hasnt been out of my sight since last saturday.
the question was more philosophical than anything--"like a what would you do" question--like i said, the answer was going to be b all along. i should have told you guys that before i asked the question. my bad.
come on--im not that helpless...
--yes, JT, it was a trick question.
Edited by - kaykay_mp on 17 October 2002 18:40:7
In the JW world, the man is the head of the family, even when he is in THE WORLD.
Exercise this GOD-GIVEN RIGHT, and see where it gets you.
If all else fails, take the kid on a long ride to the store and say you forgot about the meeting tonight!
Sorry, I retract my last post.....thought you said you were of the male gender.....
b. go to a movie sista! Sounds like you're just visiting (?). Let mom take the tyke and show him off. Perhaps the little hope you give her that she can indoctrinate him, will give her the push to stay involved in his life. Plus, this witness crap gives you something to talk to the kid about on his level, lol.
My daughter (10), reading over my shoulder says: Let him go, and if he his little mind sponges up anything at the hall, simply squeeze it out, lol; ie., tell him exactly the opposite, and since you're his mom, he'll believe you more than the person who said it.
Its a hard decision to make.. will I let my my mother see her grandson??
Is this the only time she wants to see him or does she take him other times when it isnt a meeting night? That will show if she wants to see him or brainwash him
