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In reply to the discussion: I have never felt so alone in all my life. [View all]emmadoggy
(2,142 posts)You are not alone. We live in a very Trump-happy area, my brother is a raging Trump supporter, as are some uncles, aunts and cousins. Hubby's family is mostly Trump supporters too, with a few exceptions. My co-workers are a mix (though I suspect there are more R's than they let on. I work in education so they should NOT lean that way.) Hubby is miserably surrounded at work with only one other true Dem in the place (and he takes heat for it, too. He won't let me put up yard signs because his bosses greatly frown on him being liberal. The last time we had signs up, his boss said she wanted to tear through our yard and run them all over.)
We are dreading Thanksgiving. We don't live far enough away to make excuses not to go and my mother would be very upset if we didn't come.
Thankfully, my hubby, teenage kids, and my two sisters are all true blue. My mom leans blue, but is pretty moderate. Unfortunately, we are a pretty disfunctional family and have had many blow ups and conflicts over the years. My brother certainly NEVER deigns to keep his mouth shut in the interest of peace (and one of my sisters struggles with this too). My mom has given orders that politics are not to be discussed that day, but I doubt my brother or uncle will stick to that, and frankly, it will be hard for me not to slip and grumble something.
The problem for me goes deeper, though. It doesn't matter if politics are not discussed. I still have to LOOK AT and MAKE POLITE CONVERSATION with people whom I know to have voted for this catastrophe! How do I do that? I can't forgive these people for what they have wrought. I will never look at them the same way again, and yes, that is sad.
We desperately want to move, but have no options in that regard. Hubby has the opportunity for a new job, but it does not provide health insurance (nor does my job), so we would have to go on the ACA - but that is likely to be gone or gutted in short order. What the hell do we do? This election has had an immediate negative impact on us, and I am ANGRY at all these stupid fucks for doing this.