Wonder why the didn't dare?Does your family shun you?
Yes, mostly. My parents are actually disfellowshipped themselves. Long story but my JW family is grandparents, cousins etc. But was closer to them then my parents. So my parents don't shun me but the rest of them do. I don't know why the congregation never went after me. It's a mystery. I guess they figured I disassociated myself. I don't think any kind of announcement was made though. That was 6 years ago. I got a reputation as an apostate right away even though I wasn't - was just angry at the GB for lying to us about the sheep & goats parable.
A friend of mine who later left the witnesses herself confessed to me that I was the subject of much gossip for a long time after I left. They knew absolutely nothing of what I was doing but somehow I was an apostate slut shooting up heroin. lol! Lovely Christians they are. I was a popular, cute single sister/ pioneer with a old school JW family known far & wide. Was once the darling of the congregation. You know how those things go. As much as they build you up they tear you down even worse. It hurt, I confess but I'm so over it now.
I hear through the grape vine that they miss me and my auntie *cries* every time someone mentions my name. Crocodile tears since she is the person who started the apostate rumors.