Scotsman:
This is the best of all situations, imho! Any reason not to attend meetings is a GOOD ONE...because the 5 meeting a week schedule is a 'brainwash, rinse, repeat' cycle that needs to be kept up to be effective. The more meetings in a row that are missed the greater the chance that the 'spell' will be broken and true intellectual clarity will set in. I first missed occasional meetings, but then due to sheer physical exhaustion found myself missing more and more. Once that happens, and you realize no one at the hall actually gives a rat's patootie about whether you are even there, you find less and less reasons to make all the effort of getting yourself ready, doing the 'drive' to the hall and sitting there during the mindlessly boring routine. And then, when you finally do actually go, after weeks away, you can see right through all the drivel, and actually HEAR the brainwashing mantras for what they are, DO MORE, GIVE MORE, blah, blah, blah.
I would tell her you will eventually go with her, but while you're 'between congregations' as it were, you'd like to actually DO something different for a Sunday or two (with her) and take it from there. I can assure you that time spent anywhere else on a Sunday without the wrath of God thundering out of the sky will be an eye-opener for her and she might actually LIKE IT! Eventually, when you sheepishly suggest that maybe it might be time to go to the hall, she may be the one to say, 'nah, let's skip it again!' ALL THE BEST!
