It's been one HELL of a week so far peoples!
It was my oldest son's birthday on Tuesday, he was twenty. For those who do not know, we are a quietly faded away from dubland family. My eldest son has a lady friend who happens to be a JW and also a FT Pioneer. I have nothing against her and would never rat on her to any elders. Infact, she's quite a sweet girl, prone to getting beaten by her father with his walking stick if she misbehaves. Apparantly he does the same to her mother. He never hits her brothers though. I wonder why? He is, needless to say, a fine upstanding JW Elder!
So, I was busy and had heard her come in and go upstairs to son's bedroom. What to do? What to do?
I was concerned but still, you know, they're twenty and well....
Then I realised! It's window cleaning day and...our window cleaner is an .... JW Elder.
Grabbing hold of eldest daughters arm, I announced to her that we were going up there!
She said 'Go yourself! I don't want to see anything that'll scar me for life!"
I persuaded her to come upstairs with me and went into son's room. JW FT Pioneer sister was in his bed with him, but with her clothes on, thank God but the curtains were wide open. I didn't want to draw the curtains for no reason as I didn't want them to ...well you know, get the wrong idea. So there we stood, me and daughter like a pair of gooseberries chatting and keeping them....well, chatting. Finally, I saw the window cleaner driving round the corner.
Suddenly his ladder appeared at son's window and he was sprinting up it. Daughter and myself, caught on the hop, grabbed hold of the curtains, one on either side, and drew them so fast we scared ourselves, not to mention son and JW FT Pioneer who went a certain shade of scarlet when we told her who was up the ladder, just behind the curtains.
Sometimes, being a faded JW gets really complicated especially when your kids are not playing the game by the same rules!!!
I think I need a holiday!