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In reply to the discussion: It depresses the hell out of me that people I grew up with... [View all]Tweedy
(1,231 posts)94. If you still speak
Take them to a beautiful place that you both once frequented
And be kind and decent.
If they are not in return, ask them what has made them miserable? Remind them, if you can still remember it, what a bright, happy person they once were.
Dont mention Mr. Trump, his hate or his weirdness. Maybe they can be retrieved from the quicksand of miserableness that is sucking them dry. It is never too late, I hope and pray, for any one of us.
All of that said, never tell them where Anne Frank is hiding.
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That wouldn't be enough to save Anne or any of the rest of us.. That is a devastating fact of our current time...
hlthe2b
Oct 2024
#3
What keeps me going is remembering that HRC won the popular vote by more tha 5,000. This means
in2herbs
Oct 2024
#18
Good points, but Trump is not a sexual "harasser" he is a sexual 'assaulter' and an adjudicated rapist.
OMGWTF
Oct 2024
#39
I took the OP at their implication that there were people they'd feel comfortable telling where Anne Frank was hiding.
WhiskeyGrinder
Oct 2024
#56
I am also very sad to the bros I used to run with 50 years ago are so maga.
chicoescuela
Oct 2024
#8
I never went to a reunion. I wouldn't want to in any way show support for the school I went to. Catholic.
twodogsbarking
Oct 2024
#10
Well ... money is power, and I think power is what they really want. If they don't have a lot of money, at least ...
eppur_se_muova
Oct 2024
#54
Quite the inspiring story. Very happy that you found your place with people who cared about you.
Jmb 4 Harris-Walz
Oct 2024
#36
I met up with a woman at my recent 50-year high school reunion and we had a great conversation.
OMGWTF
Oct 2024
#34
I'm getting pummeled by Classmates.com. I guess there is a high school event coming up. But...
SupportSanity
Oct 2024
#70
One of my best friends for almost 30 years went off the deep end during the Obama administration
AZSkiffyGeek
Oct 2024
#52
My neighbor tried to force out my political views. Claiming that Biden was responsible for high grocery prices.....
SupportSanity
Oct 2024
#53
Yeh, well. If Kamala wins, no more arguments. If Trump wins, everything my neighbor says is right.
SupportSanity
Oct 2024
#68
I'm lucky. Most of the people I grew up with are now liberal. Most of our parents were Reps.
kerry-is-my-prez
Oct 2024
#57
I know a lot of highly educated Trumpers, including two PhDs in my own family.
Elessar Zappa
Oct 2024
#75
I know, I've lost ties with friends I once considered close over this bullshit.
Initech
Oct 2024
#69
Pat Conroy cookbook? The author of "The Great Santini" and "The Prince of Tides"?
SupportSanity
Oct 2024
#96
Girard, welcome to the club! Family and friends who turn out to be MAGAts make me question everything I believed
Martin68
Oct 2024
#87
An excerpt from "They Thought They Were Free: The Germans 1933 - 45"...
ColoradoHoosier
Oct 2024
#97