Hello, Im just gonna jump in here. I was raised JW. Was being crushed under the weight of the expectations and at 20, after moving to a new city (boy do I wish I hadnt trasferred to a new cong) I quit attending. My sister was all torn up about my "fornication" so she asked me to turn myself in. I did and told them I had no desire to meet. The end.
My mom and one sister kept seeing/talking to me for the past 8 years. One day I forgot to take of the cross my DH had given me for xmas - they decided they had to cut me off. I miss my sister soooo much, my son was so attached to her and his cousins.
I sometimes wonder about going thru reinstatement and then handling my fade away more tactfully. How hard is it, does it take a lot of time, do I have to attend EVERY meeting? My mom and sister are so pained by what the THINK they have to do and I know that if I werent officially DF they would come back into my life.
Thoughts?