Never got the opportunity...
My JW bf and I went to my mother and told her we wanted to get married. We were both 22. She panicked and called an elder who came right over. He questioned us a little bit about whether or not we felt we were ready, then told us point blank all the reasons we weren't, including my bf being only recently reinstated and needing time to prove himself (a couple years, in fact).
A lot of the things he said were extremely disrespectful and hurtful and made me hoppin' mad. I responded that my bf was being treated like a criminal and the elder said "He is a criminal."
They proceeded to tell us we couldn't marry, no more debate on the matter, and I said "We're not asking your permission, we just wanted your help to get our marriage off to a good start." This was refused to us. So we went to an elder in my bf's congregation and asked if he would study the Family Life book with us and marry us. He too refused because he had been friends with my mother a long time and didn't want to step on anybody's toes.
So we eloped...
--Merry