Don't let relatives gaslight you, re: not speaking to Trump voters [View all]
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Like many here, I just can't believe Trump won. And I just don't know how to approach the people I know who voted for Trump. My wife won't speak to her two nieces because they voted for him, she was very close to both of them.
Your feelings are valid, it's a 2 way street, don't allow other family members to gaslight you about your feelings. You aren't "dividing the family..." You have every right to feel how you feel. With Christmas next week, there's going to be pressures and claims of unfairness, don't allow it.
I simply cannot reconcile voting for Trump with being a good and decent person. I cannot find an excuse yet and won't for some time. Maybe I will get there, maybe I won't, but I need to be allowed to go through my own process on it. I do not need to be made to feel guilty. It's not my fault that people revealed their true character, (or lack of) with their vote.
Everyone's situation is different. But I see a ton of gaslighting going on right now with people making it out like people bitter over the loss of our democracy are being petty and unreasonable. This isn't politics, this is morals and ethics. Right or wrong, a vote for Trump seems like a personal choice to hurt people. Choices have consequences. Don't let people diminish you and what has happened to our nation.
And it is a 2 way street. There are Trump voters feeling slighted by their relatives and friends no longer speaking to them. Well, what have they done to reach out and mend fences?
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