I had a boyfriend in high school who was a JW (oh yes, he was in trouble for that...). His parents were nice enough to overlook our relationship for the time we were together, but towards the end he was "strongly discouraged" from dating me any further. I think one thing going for him was that his mother had stopped going to meetings but had not formally denounced the religion. What repercussions would you have faced if you had simply started ignoring them? I am often curious how she got away with it.
That said, I am very sorry that you can no longer speak to your parents, but happy for you for finding a way out ;-) he and I retained communication until he mysteriously got married very quickly and suddenly disappeared from every avenue of communication we had. I do miss him (not romantically) since he was one of my best friends post-breakup.
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I had a boyfriend in high school who was a JW (oh yes, he was in trouble for that...). His parents were nice enough to overlook our relationship for the time we were together, but towards the end he was "strongly discouraged" from dating me any further. I think one thing going for him was that his mother had stopped going to meetings but had not formally denounced the religion. What repercussions would you have faced if you had simply started ignoring them? I am often curious how she got away with it.
That said, I am very sorry that you can no longer speak to your parents, but happy for you for finding a way out ;-) he and I retained communication until he mysteriously got married very quickly and suddenly disappeared from every avenue of communication we had. I do miss him (not romantically) since he was one of my best friends post-breakup.
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