Apparently my neighbors are right wing wackos

[Rorey]

4. My neighbor

I've lived in my house for 17 years and have had a good relationship with everyone on my street, and especially with one of my immediate neighbors. I knew she was a Republican, but I didn't think she was a trump supporter. We just never talked politics because I didn't want any kind of rift considering that neither of us is likely to move.

Well, right after the election she called me to chat, and brought up the election. She was very upset. She started talking about all of the great things that she thought OrangeAss had done for the country. I told her I couldn't stand him and elaborated just a bit about what a despicable creature he is.

I bit my tongue a lot during that conversation.

Things got cold. I tried to call her prior to Christmas to wish her happy holidays, which is something we always did. She didn't answer. I figured she must still be pretty upset. She finally did call me just before Christmas, and we had a nice chat with NO mention of anything political.

Ordinarily I'd distance myself from Republicans, because I feel that anyone who can STILL support the asshole is just not the kind of person I want to have in my life. But our relationship is pretty casual, and she's in her 70s and unlikely to change. I don't wish to upset her. She's got some health issues and I see no point in getting her riled.

I've distanced myself from a lot of people in real life and social media over the last four years, but like I said, I have no intention of moving and neither does she, unless she has to for health reasons. In this case, I'm going to keep things on a quiet level.