Hi Everyone
So I have some interesting news about the Special Assembly day. Normally at the assembly, my parents pay close attention and take turns taking notes. Then after the program, they enjoy socializing for some time. This time was much different though. We arrived a bit late so we missed the first talk and part of the next one, but at the beginning of the next one, my Dad nudged the clipboard of paper towards my mom as he normally did in the routine way he had done all their married life. But this time, my mom declined for the first time! My dad, somewhat surprised, put the clipboard back in his case and never brought it out again the length of the program. I later inquired about it and my mom told me she had no desire to take notes and she plainly said "what's the point?". After the final song and prayer ended, we began making our way through the crowd towards the main lobby where my dad then informed us that he was going out to the parking lot to wait in the car for us! My mom whispered to me after he left that he couldn't stand being in a building full of people who are shunning me. May I add that not everyone is shunning me, only a handful, but that is too many for my parents to handle. After we got home, my mom told me she felt very strange that day, almost as a foreigner looking into a religion instead of being part of it. She said it was the first assembly that she went to where she didn't feel like a real JW . I think it really hit her hard.
So needless to say I am intrigued with their behaviour lately. I think the the self righteous people are really bothering them.
Let me know what you think!