MindBlown.... .when it comes to not having contact with your mother or others......and let's say someone else in you'd never expect to become a JW in your family that you really love. .
I have thought long and hard about this, I have a small child, if I were to continue to try to hide I would not get to take him to birthday parties, decorate the house, trick or treat, etc. I don't want him to have to lie to his grandparents becuse they don't want to hear about what he got for christmas.
I want to teach him that it is important to "be yourself", even if that does sound cliche, there is something to it.
If the family wants to be the "bad guy" and give him a reaason to hate the JWs and religion in general, then that will just have to be their choice. My first prority is to him and to see that he has a normal childhood, not screwed up like mine.
Mickey, that definitly ran through my mind. This is what I wrote on another post today....
what happens to many, myself included now, is like having an employee file a harrasement complaint after you leave and the company tracking you down and threating to fire you?