Can you be married to someone with different political views?

[Anonymous]

DH and I have similar but slightly different views. Anyone married to someone with opposite views?

[Anonymous]

It depends on the issue IMO. For me, I could be married to someone with opposite views, minus a handful of topics (pro-life vs. pro-choice, being one of them).

[Anonymous]

Be married, yeah

Stay married, well...depends on how big the gulf, and whether it widens over time

[Anonymous]

I'm a D and he's a R but we are both moderates. We are both voting for Biden but there have been times when he went R and I went D and the marriage survived. But this year if he went for Trump it would have been a problem. If Sanders was the Dem we would have had a problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DH and I have similar but slightly different views. Anyone married to someone with opposite views?

No this is impossible.

Seriously, how old are you? Of course there are people with opposite views. For example, I think you are an idiot and should be burned at the stake. My DH would rather show kindness for your ignorance.

Someone is triggered. Did someone leave you because of your political views? I could not be married to a Republican, just polar opposite views of the world to me.

[Anonymous]

Maybe. I could be married to someone with different political views, but I would have a really hard time being married to a person who supported putting children in cages.

[Anonymous]

I'm tolerant. But I wouldn't be able to be married to a militant democrat or a woke person.

[Anonymous]

Different? Yes. Diametrically opposed? No.

[Anonymous]

I've personally never met someone married to someone else with opposite political views.

[Anonymous]

I could not be married to a man who did not believe a woman has the right to make decisions over her own body. Yuck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I could not be married to a man who did not believe a woman has the right to make decisions over her own body. Yuck.

So it depends, you could have a fantastic marriage to someone with different and even opposite political views to you. However, if you have certain views that are tied to your moral values, or single issues that are make or break, probably not. PP could never be married to someone who supports life, where I could never be married to someone who is for killing babies. Values.

[Anonymous]

Not me.

[Anonymous]

It used to be much more common I think. Growing up in DC, I can remember at least two really good friends’ parents who were on opposite sides of the aisle- but pretty intense, DC opposite. One had a dad who worked for Carter and her mom was high up on Reagan’s re-election squad. They met at a house party in the early eighties.

Another friend’s dad was a big deal in GW’s DOD and the mom worked for Clinton when she was First Lady. No divorces yet and they all seemed totally happy, although who knows.

And James Carville and Mary Matalin are the classic example of bipartisan love. I think this type of toxic and divisive environment is (hopefully) an actual outlier and people can learn to be friends again one day. There has been a palpable shift.

[Anonymous]

I think we could have different views, but I would have to agree with his morals. If we had different morals I don't think we would make it. I think the past 4 years have really shown the gulf between the parties and have shown where people are in terms of their beliefs.

[Anonymous]

Quite different but, both my parents are Republicans and my siblings and I are Progressive Democrats. We have not decided to end the family over this.

Though me being a vegan may push them over the edge.