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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP back and I want to steer this back on course. The response to many of these questions confirms my hypothesis. I like my job and have had some success here, but I also don’t want to have a child that resents me or thinks that I put a career before his happiness. [/quote]

Have you considered moving out to a place like Burke or Chantilly where people don't get so crazy about politics?[/quote]

The neighborhoods that have a higher concentration of military seem to have more reasonable folks with regards to politics.

You might have chosen a place with a good DC commute, but if the neighbors are horrid and cruel to your kids, a job change won't help that.

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Military spouse here. Not an unreasonable idea. Is it a catholic school you are at?  We live just outside the beltway in the Annandale/Burke/Springfield area and my kids are at a catholic school where I'd say it leans conservative but is politically mixed.  We're new this year so I'm probably not super-aware of all the social nuances, but I couldn't imagine your child being ostracized like that at our school.

I will say on email typo, I did that to one parent for my son's bday party evite.  My eyes are old, the print in that dang directory is so small!  I caught it a week before the party, thankfully!  My point is that could easily be an honest mistake.  [/quote]

New poster, in this area, we have been to social events with people from all political spectrums, from a huge Trump supporter from the south (kindest person in the neighborhood) to a very liberal political worker (outspoken and open with her politics), and everyone in between. Other than those two, I don't really know the politics of anyone else. No one else really discusses it. We talk about our aging parents, kids sports, who is doing what renovation, scouting, teachers, normal stuff. Everyone is cordial and friendly. Everyone's kids play together. No one gets shouted out of a party because of who they voted for or where they work.

Ironically, the very liberal person and the Trump supporter above are actually really good friends who hang out all the time. They have family nights together at the pool or firepit, watch each others' kids, chat while gardening or doing yardwork. They treat each other like people and not like a political meme.

OP, move your kid to a new school or move to a neighborhood with a variety a voters where politics do not encompass everything.  Whatever you do, don't quit your job and leave your kid in that school.[/quote]

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