I ususally see old congo members in situations where we only have a few minutes to talk. Depends on the person what is discussed. Dubs used to stop by to "encourage" me when I sat in the other office (half door was always open so they could see me working there).
One brother stopped by to tell me about how his family fell apart which was quite a shock. I thought they had a strong, loving family. Just goes to show that you often have no idea what is going on in people's lives until the shit hits the fan. I'm thinking he told me himself because he didn't want me to hear it elsewhere. Not sure.
Another sis who I saw at the bank for a couple minutes told me about her daughter's marriage and about the struggles with her husband's cleaning business. They are probably approaching their 50's now and I know she's had difficulties with ill health for several years.
I often think about all the JWs that are self-employed doing manual labor (usually cleaning but there are also a number with small construction/odd job businesses too) who are having physical problems as they get older. What are they going to do with no health insurance and no pension? The WTS doesn't care that they've condemned these folks to an old age of penury. Heck, they don't even care about their own Bethel workers who have slaved at headquarters for decades.
Maybe JWs feel the bad things more acutely because they are so looking forward to to relief from their crappy situations. The sad thing is that many times they are in a mess because of trying to obey the idiot directives coming out of Brooklyn.
I agree with the idea that they seem to talk about their problems, perhaps more than non-dubs, because it validates their view that the times are "critical".
