Do you align politically with your partner on the major issues?
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Anonymous
| I’d say on 90% of issues, yes, we do. |
Anonymous
| Yes, we are both pretty conservative |
Anonymous
| Not at all and getting further apart by the day it seems. |
Anonymous
| No, but it doesn't matter. We are aligned where it actually counts in a relationship, but we don't vote for the same candidates and we don't try, too much, to provoke each other over politics. We are aligned with respect to ambitions, financial goals and approach to achieving them, our approach to raising our child, how and where we want to travel recreationally, where we want to live and our lifestyle. Politics is a relatively trivial dimension in our relationship; we tolerate each other's occasional expressions of support for, or antipathy towards, candidates, politicians, or policies with which the other disagrees. We just accept that synchronization on politics is improbable and not actually important in a relationship. |
Anonymous
| I am a liberal, but my wife has always been a conservative and it was never an issue. However, my wife is now MAGA and a KAREN. Sex is great, but that's about it. This woman is an ivy League grad (I am not) and the nonsense that she knows believe just baffles me. I don't want to go down the divorce path yet, but once our kids are off to.college I am.sumling her. I don't recognize the person I married....I never looked at other women during our 20 years marriage until now. Therapy has been useless and lost of time and money...The other day I told her to please divorce me and go marry MAGA Bob. I really hope I don't end up cheating on her because I am really tempted. I am lonely and I want to have conversations about various issues with someone who is not indoctrinated. I mentioned earlier sex is still great, now I don't know maybe I just do it with her cause I have to. |
Anonymous
It's an issue. I wouldn't give my husband the time of day if we met now. |
Anonymous
I posted just after you - I'm in the same situation except I'm the wife. It's been a very, very long ten years. |