Dumped over politics

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Venting. Today my boyfriend of a year dumped me over politics. According to him we are not on the same page about politics (even though we vote the same). He likes to OD on political news daily and talk about it together. This is not my thing, but I indulge him.

Outside of this difference our relationship was good. In the past few years it just seems many people have become pollitically consumed and it sucks.

He sounds like a loser. Only losers obsess over politics.

It's a form of addiction. You are better off without him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Growing up, I knew many loving couples who disagreed completely about politics. The US Senate is famous for cross-the-aisle friendliness. I think people who have political litmus tests for partners and friends are un-American and make this country a much worse place.

I wrote this. And now Charlie Kirk is dead. Enough said.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Growing up, I knew many loving couples who disagreed completely about politics. The US Senate is famous for cross-the-aisle friendliness. I think people who have political litmus tests for partners and friends are un-American and make this country a much worse place.

Have you been in the US Senate recently? Doesn’t sound like it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Are we going to get a daily thread trying to convince us that politics don't matter?.

If you have nothing else to do in your pathetic life other than typing up illiterate crap about the Anti Anerican Dictator, feel free to do so in the Political forum. Daily, if you like.

Ok, then you trying be literate for a second. Please explain how your right to vote is in danger. My guess is you won’t answer this. I’m expecting nothing but silence.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:as a european i am shocked that more americans ARENT freaking out right now. I think it's because they haven't grown up in a place where the remnants and history of the ramifications of extremism are so widespread, and perhaps they think they have the luxury of 'not thinking about it that much'. But truly, this is a code red situation and i would completely understand anyone wanting to talk about it a LOT. If op doesn't it could come across as that they aren't smart enough to see the bigger picture, or have very different concerns. I mean - we're living in the most extreme time in american history. If dh was like 'i dont want to talk about it' i would question his ability to grasp that fact.

Americans are idiots.

[Anonymous]

I understand breaking up with someone because you have different political views. Political views relate to your values, your worldview, etc. But breaking up because you don’t want to OD on political news and discuss it everyday is bizarre. I’ve been happily married for close to 20 years and can tell you that, while I think spouses should have some shared interests, you don’t have to have all of the same interests as your spouse or exactly the same level of interest in the same things. Plus, while I think being informed is important, in our current political environment, I don’t think ODing on political news everyday is very healthy. I think you dodged a bullet, OP.

[Anonymous]

I agree with him! Politics? Nope, these are values, not politics. The political ship sailed a decade ago. Right now, if you aren’t interested, don't care, or side with evil, nope, you are not a candidate for a relationship.

[Anonymous]

IT'S NOT POLITICS! IT'S ALL OUR LIVES NOW. Good grief. I would dump OP just for being dumb.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:IT'S NOT POLITICS! IT'S ALL OUR LIVES NOW. Good grief. I would dump OP just for being dumb.

Calm down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Venting. Today my boyfriend of a year dumped me over politics. According to him we are not on the same page about politics (even though we vote the same). He likes to OD on political news daily and talk about it together. This is not my thing, but I indulge him.

Outside of this difference our relationship was good. In the past few years it just seems many people have become pollitically consumed and it sucks.

Better to end it now/know upfront.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:IT'S NOT POLITICS! IT'S ALL OUR LIVES NOW. Good grief. I would dump OP just for being dumb.

Calm down.

Whoa, are you gonna dump me?

Hope so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honestly, you dodged a bullet.

Many people are damaging their mental health with the amount of news they consume. Should we be aware and vote? Yes. But people are wasting their lives watching/reading the news, arguing online, and it gives them massive cortisol spikes and ruins their mental health.

I've seen people spiral to where they spend hours a day on news consumption and neglect their families and become overall unbearable to be around.

This.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly, you dodged a bullet.

Many people are damaging their mental health with the amount of news they consume. Should we be aware and vote? Yes. But people are wasting their lives watching/reading the news, arguing online, and it gives them massive cortisol spikes and ruins their mental health.

I've seen people spiral to where they spend hours a day on news consumption and neglect their families and become overall unbearable to be around.

This.

By 2028 there will not be a US as we knew it. Your daughters won’t freely be able to cross state lines and you think people are too consumed by the news.


We are watching Nazis take over the US in real time anyone with a brain is watching the news constantly. Not FOx actual news.

[Anonymous]

You'll thank him later.

Post 2015, politics has helped destroy my marriage, and I can hardly wait to put this all behind me. Good riddance!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It sounds like he is giving you a fake reason for dumping you if you both vote alike.

Agree