Hello everyone...before I even registered here I thought I'd peek in and check what everyone was talking about! Well, it all sparked my interest and here I am...maybe you all can help me cope with my little problem!
Here's some background:
My husband, whom failed to mention he came from a JW family until after we were engaged and I pregnant with his baby, is not a strong JW. He had become disassociated from them. He used to be all into it at one point. Here I am, a Catholic woman (not very debout), mind you, but schooled Catholic, raised, and family and all...listening to him talk about it and feeling betrayed. I had NO idea. I didn't know much about JWs, all I knew was that they didn't celebrate birthdays, so my only answer to him was this, "Well, I don't know, but my daughter will have birthday parties whether your family likes it or not." His answer was this, "Oh, that's fine, you can do whatever." OK. I met his mother and she's a nice lady and all, but very much into it...sort of brainwashed, if you will. The more I got to know her and the rest of his family I became convinced. She offended me on many occasions, talking badly about Catholics and such. Saying that b/c I displayed my flag I didn't "know" the Bible...(huh?) Well, things of that nature. It was not very nice. I NEVER expressed my opinions about them or even questioned their beliefs. I just respected them and left it alone. Luckily, I haven't been offered any Bible studies or any magazines. She (Mother in law) has been good in that aspect. I don't think she was happy with the idea that her son, whom in her eyes had rebelled and failed as a JW, had married a Catholic...which made it even worse. At the beginning, she was cold and reserved...I have, b/c it's just the way I am, been nice, respectful, caring, helpful, etc. prooving to her that Catholics are good people,too...She has a bad habit of thinking that only JW women are perfect and wonderful. She has little by little began to open up her mind a bit. Well, I have been educating myself on JWs and doing some research for my own benefit. I needed to know what I was dealing with. What I have found out has amazed me. How can they live this way and believing all these things? Some make no sense...and they say that Catholics and others are wrong and blah, blah, blah. I don't know and never will.
Now, it's becoming a bit frustrating because us Catholics do things a little differently than JWs. Their Memorial is today and they have invited me to their ceremony. I agreed to go out of sheer curiosity. I, then, asked my husband to come with me to Easter Mass on Sunday and he said, "no"...b/c he took an oath. I didn't think that was fair. I'm now debating whether or not to go tonight.
Oh, and what is to become of our daughter. I wish her to be raised Catholic, but that might be another issue in its own.