I am in a situation that many of you have faced... whether to stay with my spouse or not after having learned the falsehood of the org.
My wife is diehard Witness who gets upset whenever I talk about the org negatively. She is not happy that I am on JWD... in fact the other day she picked up the keyboard and wanted to throw it accros the room or bash me with it when she saw I was on JWD... She is also very upset about me making friends with "apostates" and worldly people, and told me never to bring them to our home! This concerns me, since I am not going to have any friends in the org, and I need at least a few friendships...She doesn't want me to talk to the friends in the cong about my decision so that I don't share my doubts. I am not "officially" out yet, so I can associate with JW's but I admit that I am not likely to keep my thoughts to myself...
We are trying to get through this, but it is a roller-coaster ride. I have read some other recent threads. like Quirky1's, so I see that many are in a similar situation.
So I am curious...
Did you try to stay with your JW spouse after leaving? Did this work long-term, i.e., with each of you having your own set of friends?
Or did you divorce your spouse after leaving the org? Do you have regrets about this?
I know that every marriage is different, and there are many reasons for staying and or leaving, but I would like to hear your thoughts...
AaG