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Anonymous
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My daughter broke up with her boyfriend mostly because he voted for a different person than she did..
She had no idea he felt the day he did, is it normally to brake up with someone mostly because of politics reasons? She's a 25 year old preschool teacher. |
Anonymous
| Good for her. |
Anonymous
| Yes, of course. When you discover that you don't share basic values, that can be a deal breaker. Sometimes you learn that through an election cycle, sometimes during a medical crisis, sometimes during holidays, etc. |
Anonymous
| Team daughter |
Anonymous
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yes, amen.
I have told my kids, you may not think these things are huge deals when you are dating, but when you're married and raising kids it becomes very important really quickly |
Anonymous
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She didn't break up with him over the election. She broke up with him after discovering they had very different values.
25 is far too young to settle for someone who believes in fundamentally different things that are important to you. |
Anonymous
Agree with this. She seems like a smart girl. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
| Not sure if you're trolling or not, but for many people, this election wasn't just about "politics," it was about core values. I can't imagine a starker difference in values than those that exist between a MAGA voter and an anti-MAGA voter. Why date someone whose core values you don't share? |
Anonymous
This. The election just showed that their values are different. She's fortunate she found this out now. And hopefully going forward she's realized it's a discussion that needs to happen in non election years since it is obviously something that matters a lot to her. DH and I don't see eye to eye on everything, but there are issues that if he believed a certain way I never would have married him. |
Anonymous
Imho they broke up because they've a different world vision, not because he voted differently. His vote was probably just made it clearer. |
Anonymous
| I cannot fathom ending a relationship because someone didn't want to vote for Kamala Harris. |
Anonymous
This. |
Anonymous
You think this but it is not true. I am a never trumper and voted against him three times but the differences between the two sides are not as great as people on both sides think. Both sides have blown everything out of proportion. I do not see this stark difference. Even on the abortion issue Trump would if he can get away with it support some level of abortion rights. The 16 week federal law is a real possibility over his term. So your daughter can do what she likes. For a long term partner there are lots of factors and lots of give and take. Maybe this was the last straw. |
Anonymous
| Waiting for OP to say DD voted for Trump and he voted for Harris. |