CeriseRose
I fully understand. However, I do realize that everyone's situation is different. Mine is such that I don't expect ever to even have a chance of talking to my family about the JW issue until any of them have made a decision to leave on their own. Doctrinal issues are strictly taboo. Furthermore, the fact that I can't be free and earnest to discuss anything with them makes it difficult to talk to them at all. So I avoid it. Incredibly, they have not officially stopped speaking to me. I get a call now and then from my youngest sister on the East coast and my Mom lives here in SoCal nearby. She does talk to me, but I can't budge her.
I few years back, my favorite nephew gave me a seriously frigid shoulder when he answered the phone. I asked him what was wrong and he told me that I "should know the reason why I can't talk to you" but that he couldn't discuss it at the moment. I was so pissed I could have choked the crap out of him, but I hung up and haven't called since. This was particularly bad since, up to that time, there had been no indications that anything was wrong, even though the knew about my DF status. He must have heard something from the Organization about dealing with DF individuals
So, I hear you loud and clear. Keep hoping and feel as I do: If the law of averages works out, it's bound to happen that sooner or later someone in the family, or an old JW friend will take a huge "stumble" out of the "Organization" and land face-first at your doorstep. I'm counting on that.
Étude.
