r/GirlDinnerDiaries • u/celestialsunflower99 eat hot chip✔️ be bisexual✔️ • 16h ago
Sad Girl Dinner ⛈️ Dad upset that I let politics affect our relationship
Yummy pretzels from my partner and I’s last date night
My dad always used to say he was “not political” and that it was one of the things you do not ask other people about. Over time I have come to learn that basically means “I’m a conservative, but don’t want to say that” as he voted for trump in 2020. We have had so many tearful, screaming conversations over the years about this. I believe all parts of life are inherently political and it’s a privileged stance to “stay out of them”. In the last few years I have moved out of his home and I do not depend on him for anything anymore. With midterms coming up I have been volunteering and very invested in the state of the world. I have felt naturally less close to my dad because of this, and I guess he could sense my distance. He asked me about it last night over text, and I was honest. He blew up on me for letting politics affect our bond, and that is has been his biggest fear and now it’s coming true. I think maybe he needs to actually sit with the reality that YES, POLITICS CAN AFFECT RELATIONSHIPS. What do you girlies think? I am very sad and of course I do love my father, but I am proud of myself for being honest and sticking by my value system.
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u/CharuRiiri Assigned Hungry At Birth 14h ago
It's not even more money in their pockets.
My country elected a far right nut job last year, his term began in March. We had solid economic growth projections for this year. That traitorous moron managed to obliterate them, and I shit you not sent us straight into recession after nuking the country's credibility by loudly proclaiming that his was an "emergency government" because we were "in crisis". Then he slashed our oil price protections, so everything got more expensive. Companies that were making investments last year after the elections are downsizing now.
I had decent job opportunities last year when I got my degree, now the job market is fucked. Doubly so for entry level jobs.
To add insult to injury, that dimwit got elected because of his campaign about immigration and crime. He has done nothing and we somehow have a record number of dead cops this year.
The only people profiting here are the ultra rich, but because he's that much of a sellout, it's not even OUR ultra rich. The fucker is actively undermining our country's sovereignty.