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blue cat

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29. You learn to be southern belle like

Reply to BigDemVoter (Original post)

Sun Jan 1, 2017, 10:18 PM

Jan 2017

and just not bring it up. My friend invited me along with other women to her lake house for a 🍷 festival, and all the other women assume that you feel the same way about politics. There was another woman there that is my only liberal friend (from California), and we listened to their liberal bashing and neither of us said anything but we were texting each other jokes to each other about it. We were both guests is one reason that I didn't speak up, and I wanted to listen to see how far they will take it.

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Question for my DU friends in deep RED places. . . [View all] BigDemVoter Jan 2017 OP

you become a social recluse Horse with no Name Jan 2017 #1

Yeah, I think I would. BigDemVoter Jan 2017 #3

I did. n/t Different Drummer Jan 2017 #4

me too. n/a Horse with no Name Jan 2017 #6

Definitely that. QED Jan 2017 #9

I am a social recluse and I like it. kickitup Jan 2017 #15

and you haunt DU for relief Sunriser13 Jan 2017 #35

Are there any people of color? vlyons Jan 2017 #2

I grew up in the same town as you. Cracklin Charlie Jan 2017 #5

You be true to yourself. easttexaslefty Jan 2017 #7

I do agree with you. BigDemVoter Jan 2017 #8

I am in a family of former Democrats who are now mesmerized by Thinkingabout Jan 2017 #10

Are there a lot of fights at the dinner table? BigDemVoter Jan 2017 #11

No, when they start I give facts and then I ask if there is something I could say Thinkingabout Jan 2017 #16

I similarly grew up in a southern state that has morphed from blue to deep red Docreed2003 Jan 2017 #12

Enjoyed your post. I can't imagine moving back to my birthplace. I have made the promise too. Missn-Hitch Jan 2017 #19

Thank You! Happy New Year to you and yours!! Docreed2003 Jan 2017 #20

Years ago I moved to a red town. safeinOhio Jan 2017 #13

Ugh. What is your impression of the UU church? Missn-Hitch Jan 2017 #21

Love that one, safeinOhio Jan 2017 #24

I know! I had to move back down there in 2012. . . . BigDemVoter Jan 2017 #23

1500 people in my small Kentucky town. My adult sons are constantly telling us to get out. kickitup Jan 2017 #14

What do you do? LWolf Jan 2017 #17

You do not talk politics mcar Jan 2017 #18

You go to work, you come home...same as anywhere USA ileus Jan 2017 #22

The letter from Pelosi and Shumer about Sanders'... LAS14 Jan 2017 #25

first step, find your local party. If you don't know anyone on the central OhioBlue Jan 2017 #31

Avoid politics liberal N proud Jan 2017 #26

We keep to ourselves. femmocrat Jan 2017 #27

Red state survival.... Dawgman49 Jan 2017 #28

You learn to be southern belle like blue cat Jan 2017 #29

I'm in rural North Alabama sarah FAILIN Jan 2017 #30

I honestly find it hard to understand why anyone would stay. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2017 #32

I live in Walker, AJT Jan 2017 #33

the beauty is Skittles Jan 2017 #34

You work to turn your state blue Gothmog Jan 2017 #36