my dtr married young to prominent family in wtbs...had dtr...dtr now 14 years old....my dtr left hubby and wtbs about 10 yrs ago....she is doing very well in life.....
she told me today her 14 years old dtr has not heard from her father (x-hubby) for over a month....why i ask????because she does not want to become a jw...............he now basically has very little , if anything, to do with her due to this
all i could do is console with their love being conditional,,,but my dtr, being so strong,,,already knew this and was not phased for a minute about this situation......they feel no loss over his absence
What a stupid, stupid man this is, I cannot for the life of me understand how any parent could "revoke" their love and attention for their own flesh and blood child that does not wish to be a part of a religious group. Makes me ill. Thank goodness your grandaughter realizes it's not her fault.
No matter what age a child is when they are rejected by their parents it hurts deeply. Even at 33 I was devastated to know that mine would abandon me over a religion that had treated them so terribly over the years. I cannot imagine the anger and hurt that a young child must endure when faced with the same situation.
Perhaps a time will come when this "man" will see what a fool he has been and welcome his child back to him. Sadly though, as long as he is a "witness" it is not likely to happen.
. I hope they do alright. Rejection frrom a parent can be psychologically devastating, unless the child hates that parent (which is very rare, but there are ususally abandonement issues).
[edited to read]Sorry JB, didn't see your above post.
Very sad, orbi! The rejection will hurt, I'm afraid, even if granddaughter understands the JW mentality behind her father's distance. ((((((orbi's granddaughter)))))) The WT Society has absolutely NO IDEA how to "Make Family Life Happy!" -- Idiots!
