Well, yesterday sure was interesting. I had my JW parents over to my house for a party along with my mom's JW sister. There was a steet festival going on in my town called Jubillee Day so my wife and I invited friends from work and some relatives on her side of the family as well. One of the friends I decided to invite was a DF'd girl from my old KH who now lives in the area. She was DF'd like two years ago for apostasy and my dad was one of the elders on the Judicial Committee that DF'd her. So, it was exciting to watch, my JW parents and this DF'd girl along with other worldly people all in my house congregating together, I loved it. Hey, and the DF'd girl and my parents actually talked together and were cordial.
In addition, when we walked through the street festival with my parents, we stopped at a John Kerry booth, got a bumper sticker, my parents didn't say a word. On the way back to the house, my wife and I stopped and took a tour through a new Non-Denominational church (we just wanted to see how they had fixed up the old church), my parents didn't say a word.
How is this possible? I possess the ultimate bargaining chip, my 2 year old son. Is this right or just what has to be done in order to level the playing field?