Happy Birthday Gordy!
I have found that sometimes it is simply basic communication problems. Often husband will use a word in a way that is so different from the rest of the world. Or will say something and then say, I didn't mean it that way! I think so many words have taken on a different meaning that it makes basic conversation difficult. Or he doesn't like to be held responsible for things he has said. Sometimes I can see people don't quite get what he is tying to say and just move on in the conversation. Of course the ones that know about all the jw stuff just pass it off as some wierd jw thing.