I was married to a Republican...

[cbreezen]

There are worse things.

Lots of folks here at DU are close with people who see life from a completely different POV.

Group hug to all who work to weather the storm... with love.

[Skittles]

1. I am not close to any racist, misgonynist Trump Humpers

[cbreezen]

3. Me neither!

[malaise]

42. Hehehehehehehe

[secondwind]

2. One of my best friends is a Republican. I know what you are saying.

[cbreezen]

4. Just felt the need to

send some positive vibes out to the universe.

[Solly Mack]

5. Life is too short for that kind of stress.

[cbreezen]

6. It is, indeed! :) nt

[JI7]

7. Republican can mean many things. From Robert mueller ana navarro to

Devin nunes, trump, Huckabee etc

[cbreezen]

9. That's true... gotta watch those labels.

I'm a Democratic Socialist.

[Skittles]

10. bottom line is

they support a party that is openly racist, misogynist, homophobic, xenophobic - there is NO DENYING that

[cbreezen]

15. My husband would be appalled...

I doubt I would have turned him into a Democrat, but I do believe he would have "stayed home", so to speak.

[Skittles]

16. that is still being part of the problem

it's not like the GOP became corrupt because of Donald Fucking Trump - they have SUCKED for a long, LONG time and I cannot respect people who are a part of that

[cbreezen]

19. Yeah, that's true...

but, giving up isn't the answer either.

[TNLib]

8. Im married a registered republican

He’s consverative but generally votes for independents. He’s also anti Trump. We do argue about politics though.

[cbreezen]

13. We used to argue about healthcare...

Easy for him... we had a great plan back in the day.

In the end, our son is covered by the Obamacare Medicaid expansion

COBRA only lasts for so long, dear!

[Freethinker65]

11. Thanks. I am married to a republican

Not a Trump voting Republican, but a Republican.

It can be challenging for sure. Lots of heated arguments. Still though, our marriage has lasted longer than many of my friends who thought they had married their soul mates.

[cbreezen]

18. We were very happy...

Our arguments were kinda fun and the fact is...

If we all agreed, all of the time, we'd all be terribly bored!

[hlthe2b]

12. There are old school Republicans and then there are Trumpsters...

The latter are a very different issue.

[cbreezen]

17. He was very "old school"

Sad thing is, he would have been a Paul Ryan type Republican.

He thought he would live forever.

[peggysue2]

14. My father was a Republican

My father cried when JFK was assassinated. This is not my father's Republican Party.

[cbreezen]

20. I get weepy thinking about...

John McCain. Such a heretic I am...

[maxsolomon]

21. What's worse?

Married to a Libertarian?

A Bundy?

A Sovereign Citizen?

A Neo-nazi?

A Klansman?

I have a Republican father. It's not a "completely different POV". He believes flat out falsehoods. #1 is that Obama is Muslim. He's been brainwashed.

[cbreezen]

22. Not everything lives on your spectrum...

I think you know that.

[maxsolomon]

23. Yeah, are you saying I'm autistic?

There's differences of opinion (say, Marginal Tax rates should go up/down), and there's where we are now.

Where we are now is not OK.

[lunasun]

28. +1 not just a different POV, an insane delusion

[cbreezen]

31. As the mom of an autistic kid...

I haven't forgotten how to use the word "spectrum".

The spectrum of light is amazing.

I've never heard such a wide spectrum of music.

[Aristus]

24. Mrs. Aristus still calls herself a Republican, but openly declares her intent to vote only for

Democrats until Trump is out of office, or the GOP otherwise reverts to its pre-Goldwater incarnation. So, either four years, or never.

Long-time DU-ers will recall my years-long effort to convince her of the GOP's fecklessness. An effort that yielded gold in 2008 when McCain, whom my wife admires, nominated Sarah Palin as his VP candidate. After a long, loud, and largely unprintable tirade against McCain, Palin, and the GOP, she voted for Obama/Biden. She spent the next eight years expressing admiration for Barack Obama, Michelle, and their two wonderful daughters. She voted Obama/Biden again in 2012 without a qualm.

After Trump slithered into the White House, she was plunged into a depression that she still hasn't fully recovered from.

[cbreezen]

37. I hope you don't mind me taking liberties with your post...

It requires meditation and much reflection on my part.

[Aristus]

45. What kind of liberties?

n/t

[cbreezen]

46. Uh, I'm choosing the liberty of time...

to respond.

[imanamerican63]

25. I talked to a lady who is republican and voted for Trump...

her husband is a Trumpster. She told him that she made a big mistake voting for Trump. What does her husband of 27 years, do? He filed for divorce! She said his explanation for his divorcing is he could not be married to someone who didn't support Trump! I think there is more to this but you never know?

[cbreezen]

32. If Trump caused a divorce, I dare say...

this marriage was a bit rocky already.

[imanamerican63]

40. That is why I said there was more to the situation than she stated!

[marylandblue]

26. I have Trumpian friends and relatives

They are decent people. They have their faults. I can't hate them. Sorry if that makes me a bad person too.

[cbreezen]

33. Not with me. :) nt

[procon]

27. Its hard when the whole family full of 'em, but you're right,

there are worse things.

[cbreezen]

34. Indeed, there are,

[VOX]

29. My older gay brother was a Republican.

I say “was,” as he is very much still with us, and he’s transforming. My parents were Eisenhower Republicans (my mom voted for JFK in ‘60), and he just followed along, I guess. Being the youngest, and the “black sheep,” I registered Democratic at 21 (no 18-year-old vote for my vintage) and never looked back.

His partner is a Democrat, and over the years, my brother is softening. Last year, his partner revealed to me secretly that my brother actually wrote in “Bernie Sanders” on his ballot in the GE (we’re in California, so his vote did no damage to Hillary).

I strongly suspect that he’ll be voting for Democrats from here on in. If you knew how STUBBORN my brother is, you’d know that his transformation falls into the “near-miracle” category.

Screw Trump’s teabagging neo-Confederate base, they are as unreachable as rocks. It’s the centrist Republicans that Democrats should appeal to— they do exist, and they are fed up.

[cbreezen]

36. I love uplifting stories.

We can't change everyone, but time is on our side. I find that authenticity works well.

[RandySF]

30. My dad was a Michigan-style Republican until the late 80s

He started voting Democratic in 1988.

[cbreezen]

35. Thom Hartmann is the only source of my info of Michigan.

You can find a bit of every state I've ever lived in, in Michigan. Or, so it seems.

[TeamPooka]

38. Key word "was"

[cbreezen]

39. That is true...

now, I'm just blissfully single and still a Democratic Socialist.

[CanSocDem]

43. Yeh, but...

...you're still a good American citizen, able to see past the divisive nature of labeling.


.

[cbreezen]

48. Touche'! lol! nt

[RandiFan1290]

41. I've never met a republicon that could hide their racism for very long.

I guess it's easy for some people to ignore.

[alarimer]

44. Sure, "normal" Republicans back in the day.

But now Republicans and their voters are file, hate-filled assholes. Especially if they voted for that piece of filth Trump. It exposes them for who they really are.

When someone shows you who they really are (voting for Trump), believe them.

[cbreezen]

47. I know... sigh. nt