The ability of the WW to compartmentalize is incredible and difficult for us as the LBS to comprehend. To all casual observers, my W is an observant member of the orthodox Jewish community and she has no shame mingling within it even though she is breaking at least two of the ten commandments. Kind of a big deal, right? But she does not see it that way. She is experiencing such a cognitive dissonance that she must, for her own sanity, justify and rationalize everything she does. This cognitive dissonance is also the reason that the WW will vilify the LBS and make them out to be the bad person. It is the only way to justify her actions which are, by societal and moral standards, just wrong. It must take a lot of brain power for her to do this all day long.
I look forward to the day when I can see this from a distance, rather that daily under the same roof.
