That would be all well and fine if only the witness mate would reciprocate. In large measure, most of them will not. They would be just as determined to get you back into the religion as you are to get them out. They will continually rag on anything not stamped with the WT seal of approval and expect you to sit there and take it even if you are of the opinion that there is nothing terribly wrong with the issue. If the conversation deviates to anything critical of the WT Soceity you're labeled the troublemaker and fault-finder when in fact, it is them on not seeing anything positive in the world.
@out4good3. That is a good point. It has to work both ways. I looked through all the Watchtower Library and their is a pittance of articles that deal with living with a mate who is an ex-JW. The most current one that discussed this at length was in 1952 (but let me know if I missed a newer one). Some of the JWs have mentioned on other message boards that this would be similar to living with an unbelieving mate. BUT, articles such as the following basically say that the now-unbelieving mate is under Satan's influence:
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w52 11/15 p.704 QuestionsFromReaders***God’s law does not allow a marriage partner to dismiss his mate because his mate becomes disfellowshiped or apostatizes. Neither will the law of the land in most cases allow a divorce to be granted on such grounds. The faithful believer and the apostate or disfellowshiped mate must legally continue to live together and render proper marriage dues one to the other
Satan’s influence through the disfellowshiped member of the family will be to cause the other member or members of the family who are in the truth to join the disfellowshiped member in his course or in his position toward God’s organization. To do this would be disastrous, and so the faithful family member must recognize and conform to the disfellowship order. How would or could this be done while living under the same roof or in personal, physical contact daily with the disfellowshiped? In this way: By refusing to have religious relationship with the disfellowshiped.
The marriage partner would render the marriage dues according to the law of the land and in due payment for all material benefits bestowed and accepted. But to have religious communion with the disfellowshiped person—no, there would be none of that! The faithful marriage partner would not discuss religion with the apostate or disfellowshiped and would not accompany that one to his (or her) place of religious association and participate in the meetings with that one. As Jesus said: “If he does not listen even to the congregation [which was obliged to disfellowship him], let him be to you just as a man of the nations and as a tax collector [to Jehovah’s sanctified nation].” (Matt. 18:17, NW) Hurt to such one would not be authorized, but there would be no spiritual or religious fellowshiping.
The purpose of observing the disfellowship order is to make the disfellowshiped one realize the error of his way and to shame him, if possible, so that he may be recovered, and also to safeguard your own salvation to life in the new world in vindication of God. (2 Thess. 3:14, 15; Titus 2:8) Because of being in close, indissoluble natural family ties and being of the same household under the one roof you may have to eat material food and live physically with that one at home, in which case 1 Corinthians 5:9-11 and 2 John 10 could not apply; but do not defeat the purpose of the congregation’s disfellowship order by eating spiritual or religious food with such one or receiving such one favorably in a religious way and bidding him farewell with a wish for his prosperity in his apostate course.
