Quite some time ago, I made a topic asking for advice concerning a friend I had that is still a JW. He's the guy who initially recruited me. After I left, he still contacted me occassionally, sometimes offering to help me find a job and whatnot. However, I suspected his motive was to recruit me back into the fold, as many of you said.
Recently, I finally worked up the courage to tell him straight up that I have no interest in the JW religion. I was not impolite. I did not insult the organization in any way shape or form. Irregardless, he never contacted me after that. It seems you were all right; he never was a true friend to begin with and was only pretending to be one in order to sucker me back in.
I'm not posting this for pity; I have plenty of other true friends, whom I can count on. I just hope current JWs who have serious doubts read this and realize that there is no such thing as a true friend in the organization.
It kind of reminds me of how New York Yankee fans responded to A-Rod after he hit a home run after being down several runs behind the Red Sox; count on him when the run doesn't count. The JWs are kind of that way. You can count on them as long as you are a JW, are following all their doctrines to the letter, attending the meetings, etc. But when you fall on hard times, they'll drop you like a hot potato. What good is that? Wouldn't they be better friends if they bothered to help people who were down? What good is supporting someone who is up?
Borderline JWs, read this and take warning. We all know you are out there lurking.