After reading many stories here I guess I should have seen this coming but I would not have thought it possible with my family.
My brother and his family went over to the org over ten years ago. We did not like it but what are you going to do? We were informed recently that one of my nephew's(Jeff) got out and we could not be happier. Jeff is seeing a woman who is very nice. We met them for dinner and learned that he has not been in the org for a few years and she has helped him with being with people for holidays and the like. My brother has known this for over 8 months but did not say anything to us even when we asked how Jeff was.
Now to what happened yesterday. My mother wanted to have the entire family over for dinner in May. She talked to my brother's wife, agreed on a date and mentioned that she would call the grandchildren that are not living with my brother. She called the grandchild(Mike) that is still a JW but he and his wife did not answer so she left a message. An hour or so later she received a call and thought it was Mike. However it was my brother who informed my mother that if Jeff was going to be at the dinner then he would not be coming. My mother tried to reason with him but he would not discuss it with her. So I guess he is shunning his kid. I never thought it would come to that. At the moment it looks like we will be having the dinner without Jeff just so we see my brother and keep the peace. Has anyone else had a situation similar to this and how did you handle it?
TIA
John