Reply #12: Yes, for the most part.

[calico1]

And this is a friend from childhood that I considered a lifelong friend. We have known eachother since second grade and we are now 46. I often wonder why. We grew up in similar circumstances, went to the same school, had many of the same interests. Somewhere along the line she became more and more Conservative, while I have become more and more Liberal during the same time span. Ironically, I have led a more "Conservative" life than her. No drugs, no wild partying in college, a handful of serious relationships. Good money manager and saver. She on the other hand got kicked out of college for having too low grades, slept around a lot which shocked me when she told me that, snorted cocaine and drank. She is married to her second husband now. She has a son from her first marriage and 3 sons from her second. They can't afford a home yet. She stays at home with the kids. So I guess in that sense she is more "traditional" since I work, am not married though I have been with the same man for almost 10 years and am engaged, and I don't have children (not the 2 legged kind, anyway). I miss our friendship but discussing politics with her is like entering the Twilight Zone. There is just no way to have a conversation on the subject and she is always the one to bring it up.