I have only been a recent user of this site. The other night I explained what it was I was spending time reading online some evenings when my boyfriend is out and tried to explain how it is helping me finally let go of the JW beliefs that I have clung to for so long. I thought he would be pleased, but he got really angry and now is very difficult any time I try to use the internet at home. He doesn't think I should be communnicating with such "sad weirdos" etc. Once again I tried to point out that the people here think just like him (well lots of them do) about the JWs, but he just got really angry and said he couldnt talk about it.
Has anyone else had this reaction from someone who is not and never has been a JW or any other religious? I'm upset because I really hoped he would dig it, but now I can't even talk about the things I'm learning or the laughs I have here or the comfort that I have drawn from others on the site and their experiences with him. Why can't he understand it is a good thing and that I haven't actually coped very well all by myself the last 13 years and that this, at the moment, is a stepping stone to me learning to think for myself? I can't afford therapy and this is the next best thing! But it is very frustrating that I can't share it with him. I feel like one of those JW sisters with an unbelieving husband!
Sad LOL!