An update on my present situation with my Dub friend!
It's a bit of a pickle, to be honest. He's a great guy, and his wife is a lovely girl, I just can't stand to break their bubble.
Let me get you guys up to date with events that occurred recently twixt him & I.
We all spoke at a recent event at Microsoft, and I pretty much had to coach him through all the things he would say, make sure he got it right. Previously, he'd shocked me by saying "I've only ever spoken for 5 minutes at my church for a 100 people" and revealing he's a Witness, so now I was giving him some instructions on how to handle something more along the lines of a public talk. As soon as he got up onto the stage (well technically the stage was at the bottom of an amphitheatre type presentation room) I felt like jumping up and screaming out "This is NOT the Theocratic Ministry School!" but I restrained myself, heehe.
He started talking and got pretty nervous, but calmed down after about ten minutes. One striking thing about our speeches was that they were in a format where questions could be asked at any point about anything by the audience - this must have unsettled him a little bit, considering the fact that such a thing is "verboten" and very much against the grain of any Dub gathering at all. He handled it with great aplomb though, and gave a really impressive presentation. Seems that he felt the fear, but handled it (Microphone "Handling") Note that there were no microphones or speakers in evidence - it was all done person-to-person, with our natural voices only. You could tell he was used to speaking with a microphone, as his voice was pretty soft initially
My main problem here is that this guy is becoming pretty good friends with me, and he assumes I don't even know much about his "religion", but I have this secret coiled up inside me like a snake that threatens to strike one day when I let slip an inappropriate and wholely damning Theocratic Phrase (TM) that will give the entire game away. For now, I'm hedging my bets and forming an action plan - I can tell that he's not a happy camper. His wife is very far from being hypercontent herself - she sits at home everyday while he puts food on the table, and she is not the kind of girl who takes lightly to that sort of treatment (she's very feisty), but then, that is what the Society wants, so that is what she does. Thus he constantly has money issues, even though he doesn't have a bad job, purely because looking after two people can be a draining activity financially speaking.
So I think for now I will just keep quiet, and hopefully one day an opportunity will present itself that will allow me to make a decisive blow, all the while not telling him that I am in fact an Apostate Guy (TM), because I know the instant I say anything along those lines the Apostate Shields (TM) will be erected (LOL) and he will stop listening to what I say.
Anyone have any advice on this? Things I could do? Or should I not rock the boat?
[SYN], Worried Class.