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Anonymous wrote:I’d stay away from anyone who posted their political litmus test on their dating profile. People who are that obsessed with politics, in either side, are tiresome and boring.
Yup. I've long exited the dating pool, but I was in early in the online dating thing and never once gave a thought to whether any potential date was a Democrat or a Republican. And I was literally in politics until my mid-30s.
If you dated before the Trump era, this is irrelevant. I am also long out of the dating pool, never put political stuff on my profile, but absolutely would after Trump.
So would I.
I’m a Dem married to a Republican. When we married 20 years ago he was pretty middle of the road. Fiscal conservative, strong defense, and pretty much stayed out of social issues. He was even pro-choice back then.
Then Fox News went apesh*t over a black President, and DH went right with them. Born in Kenya, all that nonsense. Then Trump came, and life has not been the same in our house. I don’t discuss politics with him but he just can’t keep his mouth shut.
So my advice to my daughter now is do not get serious with someone whose politics are different from your own. If you want to advertise it up front and save time and headaches, go right ahead.
This. My H was middle of the road, even liberal on some issues. Then he went nuts when Trump came around. I couldn’t have a civil discussion with him, he’s get extremely emotional and start attacking my character (“I forgot you’re one of those FEMINISTS”). Would spend all night watching alt right YouTube videos and would legit cry over how hard it is to be a white male. There were many factors that contributed to our divorce, this was one. It was awful, I’d come home and he’d immediately bombard me with whatever political issue he had watched a video on, and even if I just remained politely quiet he’d get angry at me for not agreeing.
A lot of misogyny also developed, he believed I was taking advantage of him for his money, he stopped contributing around the house, and a belief he had access to my body whenever he wanted.
I tell my daughters to never get involved with conservative men, or even moderates. There’s a high risk they will become more extreme as they age. Ideal is a man who is a feminist, does his own internal work, and fights misogyny.