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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsI think I'm falling in love with a Republican.
I didn't know until today, so don't blame me.
Does that make me a bad person?
That makes you human.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)So far Mom's managed. Somehow.
tridim
(45,358 posts)I'm bonkers.
Demoiselle
(6,787 posts)Everything else is mere detail.
(Mazel Tov.)
Bertha Venation
(21,484 posts)seabeyond
(110,159 posts)a decade into the marriage he voted kerry, and then obama. but, dont be calling him anything but a repug, lol
bluesbassman
(19,372 posts)Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)J/K
I've lived in Arizona for 11+ years...from Chicago. Most of my friends are Rs including my closest friends. One on one, they can be reasonable and compassionate. It's when you put them in groups they become soulless morons.
tridim
(45,358 posts)Thank Jebus.
If she is, I have to assume she's a moderate. She's too smart and kind to be a wingnut.
Chan790
(20,176 posts)Given, my mother is what we used to call a liberal Republican (Like Lowell Weicker) and my stepfather is a very-conservative Labor and Catholic-Doctrine Democrat. (Like Bob Casey)
Ironically, they couldn't be further apart if one of them was a hippie and the other a Moral Majoritarian.
struggle4progress
(118,282 posts)(such as myself), you do so at your own risk: many of us have a great deal of experience giving advice on the internet, to people whom we have never met and about whom we actually know nothing at all; in fact, we have been giving such advice for years and years, to thousands of people whose lives would no doubt have improved considerably, if only they had listened to our advice
tridim
(45,358 posts)I'm not quitting no matter what anyone says, IRL or on the Internet.
struggle4progress
(118,282 posts)lastlib
(23,226 posts)It almost happened to me, too, but I soon realized it was doomed: I was Scorpio, she was Feces.....
Bake
(21,977 posts)Just sayin'. The heart hath no politics sometimes.
Really? A Republican? Can you get your money back?
Bake
UTUSN
(70,691 posts)Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)To me, if you can't respect someone's beliefs, then you can't respect that person, and what's the point of a relationship like that (beyond somewhat superficial friendship)?
Chiyo-chichi
(3,580 posts)NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)if you like her and she's a good person (despite being a Republican), then you should count yourself lucky.
Bertha Venation
(21,484 posts)My sister, a liberal atheist, has been happily married for nearly 31 years to her husband, a conservative Christian fundamentalist.
Best wishes to you.
tridim
(45,358 posts)Probably just a typical mid-west conservative. At least that's my best guess.
We haven't really talked about anything political yet, there's too much other good stuff to talk about.
Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)Did she brand her initials on your bum with a red-hot coathanger yet?
That's how she shows that she really cares.
tridim
(45,358 posts)Gawd no!!
Can't wash that one off, but she is NOTHING like Ann Coulter. She's nice, for one thing.
Rowdyboy
(22,057 posts)to fall for someone you can live with happily. Otherwise, your life could suck, big time.