My dub sister planned this little event to see the Lion King. She invited my two other sisters and their families and purposely left me out. When my family asked about me, she just shrugged her shoulders -- the little hypocrite couldn't "stumble" them by telling them she was shunning her own sister. Well, she also included about 12 of her dub friends and invited my "worldly" family out to dinner afterwards with them -- no doubt so they could "count their time."
Long story short, my sister's baby got sick and so her husband gave me his ticket at the LAST minute. Nobody was expecting me. When I walked into the place you should have seen my sister's face. IT'S THE DEMONS!!! She was faced with a DILEMA: Should she uphold Jehovah's sovreignty by shunning her own sister, the hater of Jehovah, at the risk of stumbling her family? Or should she be polite so they wont know about the shunning before they are "mature" enough to handle it?
Well, she chose to shun me big time. But I DID NOT COOPERATE! I went up to her and smiled really big and my whole family was watching. She looked away so I said, "Hi XXXX." So she said hi under her breath and looked down. She had the most ticked off face ever. I went up to her and kissed her cheek - TWICE! Once when I saw her and once when I was leaving.
Well, that's not all. None of the dubs shunned me either. I went up to each and every one of them and hugged them and smiled really big and talked to them. They didn't know what to do. Even her elder friend who tried to look away had to deal with me going up to him and giving him a big hug. AND MY WHOLE FAMILY WAS WATCHING their behavior. They were wierd! After a while, they talked to me like nothing. They all saw each other talking to me so figured "What the heck!" They didn't know what hit them. (some of them might not have known about me but I know the ones who did. I could tell by how they acted.)
Afterwards my family mentioned how disgusted they were with my sister's behavior when she saw me. In fact, my mom said she's going to tell her, "If I was very interested and about to get baptized, after seeing how you acted, I would have walked away."
My point: Don't cooperate when they try to shun you. I send my sister e-mails. I call her and leave her messages saying, "Just calling to say hi." I NEVER mention her shunning me or even act as if something is wrong. When I first left, I told her, "I don't believe in Watchtower rules and I WILL NOT ABIDE BY WATCHTOWER RULES!"
And you know what! It feels good. Instead of coming home and crying, I came home happy. My family saw me as being the better person. No one in my family will ever join the JW's and my sister did it all on her own. Who knows, maybe she'll ask herself why she's such a hypocrite. After all, if shunning was Jehovah's way, then why would it "stumble" anyone. Maybe not. But ya never know....