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[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]

I live in Chantilly. I don’t know how people act where you live, but we have a lot of immigrants and a lot of politically active parents. Lots of feds. It’s hard to see people hanging with Trumpkins even in Chantilly.

The kids?  Depends on the age. ES aged kids don’t deserve to be excluded because of what their parents do. My HS kids have their own beliefs and opinions. They are expected to be polite and civil to everyone. But we are way past the stage where I am forcing them to be friends with someone they don’t want to hang out with. Their call. Not mine. [/quote]

It sounds like OP is talking about little kids, because the invites and events she described (class parties, not enough room at the venue, being "accidentally" left off the class evite list) are all elementary events.

High schoolers manage their own social calendars, so I doubt OP would be posting if her kid was a teenager. OPs kid(s) is clearly and elementary kid getting bullied and left out by parents.

My experience with people in the suburbs (yes even folks from Chantilly) is that they (generally) do not let politics permeate every day life and certainly not to the point of ostracizing elementary kids. But if you as a resident of Chantilly think that you and other parents would ostracize a kid whose parents work for Trump, thanks for being honest.  [/quote]

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