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Why are never-JW spouses treated so differently from Inactive-JW spouses?

I am in a POMO/PIMI relationship.

My experiences are that Never-JW spouses can pursue and engage in many "worldly things" that are banned by The Governing Body while also being happily married to a PIMI.......and no one including the PIMI spouse really cares.

However, when an Inactive-JW is in a similar situation due to simply leaving, it is an opportunity for the PIMI spouse and other JWs to endlessly treat them like crap while the Inactive-JW spouse tries to do some of the same things.

Trying to understand this dynamic better and need your thoughts on it. I realize there are a lot of variations in this but am trying to summarize some basics below.

Things that are the same with Never-JW and Inactive-JW spouses:

  • No interest in being a JW or professing to be JW.
  • No interest in JW activities.
  • Little or no interest in being socially involved with JWs.
  • Pursues and maintains social connections with non-JWs.
  • Engages in social activities outside JW Land such as hobbies, sports, entertainment, etc.
  • Has embraced that the JW spouses spends massive amounts of time doing JW Hamster Wheel Activity and is okay with it.

Things that are different between Never-JW and Inactive-JW spouses:

  • The Never-JW has always been someone outside JW Land and has made a point of always staying outside.
  • Inactive-JW was once inside JW Land and now is outside.
  • Debatable: The Inactive-JW has a deeper understanding of JW life and the organization.

Does their being treated differently in the JW Community simply boil down to the reality that an Inactive-JW was once an adherent and also had a religious/social contract with their PIMI spouse that they have now broken?

Is it simply an opportunity to beat a former slave?

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u/JWTom — 11 days ago
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Real truth doesn't fear questions

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u/Disastrous-Roof-5391 — 9 days ago

My issue in my work and as a POMO JW and JW always shunned me

Pwede mag sh3t dito!

Last week I am been walking to a Dali store para bumili ng paninda ko and guess what ah,, nagparinig ung tagalog congregation na kakilala ko sa cart witnessing na sabi "wala na yan makain!" tang ina yan!

F.Y.I lang sa kanila purket wala akong makain minsan sagana ako sa pagmamahal ng aking mabuting mga kapitbahay kasi may nagpapamasahe pa din sa akin..

Kakapal ng pagmumukha. makaganti nga sa susunod. masagot na ung mga gurang na iyon.

I am been a POMO JW since 2023 yes po. PHYSICALY OUT MENTALLY OUT po ako. Disassociated JW po ako since last year talaga pero dito na ako napipikon talaga!

Ngayon makaganti na talaga.

Mostly nag shunned sa akin ay matatandang Saksi talaga.. kaya mas naasar ako. nanahimik buhay ko since 2023 talagang binabanas nila ako sa tuwing nagpaparinig sila.

ngayon ipapakita ko ATM ko sa kanila!! kakapal ng mukha nila! grrrrrrr..

Ngayon papalag na talaga ako!

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u/One-Bench-1389 — 14 days ago