Does anyone NOT talk politics with their spouse/partner?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
My experience is similar to the friend's. It's been pretty miserable, to be honest. My spouse was always on the conservative side, but it was like a switch flipped. It's been jarring. I guess lazy is one word that could be used to describe why I'm still here. Exhausted and depressed are other words.

Let me give you a conservative perspective. Until 2016, I didn't feel like Democrats violently hated me and wanted me fired, hounded off social media, and preferably dead. But now I do, and as you say, it was like a switch flipped in 2016, and yes, it is exhausting and depressing. Very likely your DHs attitude reflects, to some degree, the hate he feels coming at him.

That may be true but we're discussing what has happened with our spouses/partners as OP asked, not lamenting about online backlash.
What is your personal perspective in regard to your intimate relationship?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
My experience is similar to the friend's. It's been pretty miserable, to be honest. My spouse was always on the conservative side, but it was like a switch flipped. It's been jarring. I guess lazy is one word that could be used to describe why I'm still here. Exhausted and depressed are other words.

Let me give you a conservative perspective. Until 2016, I didn't feel like Democrats violently hated me and wanted me fired, hounded off social media, and preferably dead. But now I do, and as you say, it was like a switch flipped in 2016, and yes, it is exhausting and depressing. Very likely your DHs attitude reflects, to some degree, the hate he feels coming at him.

Democrats aren’t the ones who showed up to the Capitol on January 6 armed and put up nooses. I think that’s a pretty good indication of who actually wants whom dead.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
My experience is similar to the friend's. It's been pretty miserable, to be honest. My spouse was always on the conservative side, but it was like a switch flipped. It's been jarring. I guess lazy is one word that could be used to describe why I'm still here. Exhausted and depressed are other words.

Let me give you a conservative perspective. Until 2016, I didn't feel like Democrats violently hated me and wanted me fired, hounded off social media, and preferably dead. But now I do, and as you say, it was like a switch flipped in 2016, and yes, it is exhausting and depressing. Very likely your DHs attitude reflects, to some degree, the hate he feels coming at him.

Democrats aren’t the ones who showed up to the Capitol on January 6 armed and put up nooses. I think that’s a pretty good indication of who actually wants whom dead.

WHAT??!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
My experience is similar to the friend's. It's been pretty miserable, to be honest. My spouse was always on the conservative side, but it was like a switch flipped. It's been jarring. I guess lazy is one word that could be used to describe why I'm still here. Exhausted and depressed are other words.

Let me give you a conservative perspective. Until 2016, I didn't feel like Democrats violently hated me and wanted me fired, hounded off social media, and preferably dead. But now I do, and as you say, it was like a switch flipped in 2016, and yes, it is exhausting and depressing. Very likely your DHs attitude reflects, to some degree, the hate he feels coming at him.

Democrats aren’t the ones who showed up to the Capitol on January 6 armed and put up nooses. I think that’s a pretty good indication of who actually wants whom dead.

WHAT??!!

Um, January 6. The Capitol. Hoards of Trumpsters breaking windows and threatening to hang the Vice President. Google it.

[Anonymous]

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How can you share a life with someone who doesn't value anything you value?

if you value politics and think it is "integral to everything that matters" then you are a profoundly broken human being and you should definitely avoid interactions with normal, sane human beings (i.e. those who do not think politics is "integral to everything that matters").

Curious: What matters to you? Anything besides your own personal welfare?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why is everyone talking about "politics" like it's some knd of separate topic and not about everything we do and experience? Our money, our food, our transportation, infrastructure, education, health care, etc.
Right now it's our values.
How does anyone opt out of talking about everything?

And the wife who claims to not know what political affiliation her husband is? What? After these last 7 years? Are they cognitively challenged, depressed, living under a rock?

I talk about food when discussing what farmers market I’ll buy from this week or what recipes to try, no politics necessary. I talk about transportation when I need to buy a new car or complain about gas prices-sometimes political. I talk about education when I discuss curriculum with teachers and do homework and supplemental education with dc. I’ll discuss health care with my doctors. Majority of topics don’t center around politics unless you want them to. I don’t want my life to be like that. If you do though great I won’t judge you for it.

Agree. Not everything in life is politics. I can discuss the menu for the week and items we need to get from the grocery store without talking about how much money farmers get from the government or how the pesticides are destroying the earth. We can discuss who’s picking up Larlo from practice and who’s covering early school pickup without discussing the greed of oil companies and how our cars are polluting the air. We can talk about the upcoming school projects for the kids and what craft supplies they’ll need without talking about the good/bad of common core, or the inept school board.
Frankly, my opinions on politics won’t change anything. Discussing with my husband won’t change anything. Only through the ballot box and choosing candidates that have similar ideals without being in the pocket of lobbyists will policies change.

And all this is fine. It's fine to find politics frustrating or depressing or confusing or overwhelming or even futile. But to say it's not important is to brand yourself an idiot or a complete nihilist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We both hate politics, hate career politicians and prefer mayors or governors who managed cities or states and have a budget track record to any politiking congressman or senator out lying for votes.

I amazing we’ve continued to live in this crazy city, but for the most part we could avoid the swamp, but now with our children’s schooling going down the tubes we’re making it a priority to relocate.

??? Plenty of mayors and governors are career politicians.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
My experience is similar to the friend's. It's been pretty miserable, to be honest. My spouse was always on the conservative side, but it was like a switch flipped. It's been jarring. I guess lazy is one word that could be used to describe why I'm still here. Exhausted and depressed are other words.

Let me give you a conservative perspective. Until 2016, I didn't feel like Democrats violently hated me and wanted me fired, hounded off social media, and preferably dead. But now I do, and as you say, it was like a switch flipped in 2016, and yes, it is exhausting and depressing. Very likely your DHs attitude reflects, to some degree, the hate he feels coming at him.

Maybe this is my husband posting, I don't know. But it's clear that you drank the Kool Aid and have lost your mind. I doubt you are capable of self-reflection, however. Just go on being angry forever and alienate everyone around you. At least you'll have the anger in the end I suppose.