Can a Republican and a Democrat successfully mate?Follow

Much like these boards, the amount of head butting for the smallest rock on the mountain often crops up in RL. Recently a girl that I've known for 5 years showed her political and religious beliefs and it struck me that I never really knew much about her. Ours was always a more run into each other, hang out, drink some beers and bullsh*t about nothing kind of friendship.

But when she showed me one of those chain emails that have pictures of marquee signs in the South that read "When I press one for English how come I'm not talking to anyone that speaks English?" kind of bullsh*t. I made the flippant off handed remark that those kinds of emails are "pro-americana at the point of a gun" and they're total bullsh*t. Then we got into the debate about Arizona (you know the one).

In hindsight, I realized we had nothing in common (because we don't have sex, we only have personalities) and I couldn't figure out how we were friends for so long.

My question is do Politics and Religion matter so much to people that it would prevent them from hooking up with someone that didn't share the same core values or can you get past certain things like stances on immigration and just agree to disagree, then have a relationship?

Are politics a deal breaker for you?

Edited, Jul 13th 2010 1:55pm by Kaelesh

Politics would not be a deal breaker as long as the other person's ethical values match or approximate mine. Differences of opinion can be refreshing. I have to be able to respect my partner, though. That's just basic.

According to the Wikiwebs they have two offspring. I'm guessing they had more but Carville messily devoured the other children before his handlers were able to separate them.

Haha, I guess I just assumed then didnt have kids cuz Mary looks barren...and I'd never read or heard anything about offspring.

Mating != breeding, you reproductionist.

This isn't exactly on topic of my original question but this has happened to me. The woman I was dating (who I know have a 7 year old with) when she got pregnant, it was a total 180 on me. She went from liberal to conservative, athiest to god-worshipping and from loving my black *** to hating me.

Now our daughter is completely raised in her mothers values with no influence of mine and hot damn it would be nice if she could be taught the differences in the world. I'm squashed out by the very nature of being a "part-time father".

What if you had a deadly peanut allergy?

No opposite attracts kind of business going on there?

I don't think I could be with a woman that, or friends even for that matter, that refused to even discuss the issue, regardless of their beliefs. It's too wierd for me. Like that elephant over there.

Right.

In terms of religion, aside from a short-lived dating thing with a Jewish girl, anyone I've ever had a lasting relationship with was at least raised nominally Christian* although some were pretty much agnostic by the time I came around (and one who was into the whole "majick" and "Isis" thing). Again, I don't think I could be involved with someone actively hostile to my beliefs but adherence to Catholicism wouldn't be a requirement.

My question is do Politics and Religion matter so much to people that it would prevent them from hooking up with someone that didn't share the same core values or can you get past certain things like stances on immigration and just agree to disagree, then have a relationship?

Relationship? No. Sport fucking? Sure. The great thing about conservative women is that, like all conservatives, they don't apply any of their political beliefs to themselves, so you can have a one night stand with one then just kick her down the stairs without worrying about the consequences. Try that **** with a NOW member.



They managed to stay married for 39 years (before my dad passed away) by never, ever, ever, ever talking about politics to each other

Aww, that sounds like a sweet, completely loveless, marriage where you and your siblings ate your parents dreams as they quietly prayed for death. I hope I can have that with Nexa someday. Maybe she'll find God soon.

Relationship? No. Sport *******? Sure. The great thing about conservative women is that, like all conservatives, they don't apply any of their political beliefs to themselves, so you can have a one night stand with one then just kick her down the stairs without worrying about the consequences. Try that sh*t with a NOW member.

Mmm, yummy self-hatred.

It's mere peanuts, Joph.

I'm not certain I know what this means?

As for myself, I can have very close friends who are moderately religious (hi Joph and Flea), but again, reasonably share my value system and aren't pushing some religious ideology on me. However, I can't imagine being in any sort of serious relationship with someone who was either religious or on the opposite end of the political spectrum as me. I recognize that that's because I'm one of the few Americans who are actually active politically. I think asking this question in this particular forum will result with more answers in the "hell no" category than are really applicable to the population at large (at least on the political side, if not the religious side) since the majority of Americans either don't really understand their own political affiliation, don't care, or both.

Nexa