Originally posted by: shinerburke
Originally posted by: CADsortaGUY
Originally posted by: shinerburke
I married a Democrat. Her whole damn family(except her Dad) are pretty much socialists. I never understood why her parents got divorced until the whole political issue came up. Her Mom is WAAAAAAAAY to the left and her Dad is a fairly middle of the road conservative.
How do we deal with it? We don't talk about it much. Espeically taxes....damn she has some messed up ideas when it comes to taxes.
Of course I think a lot of her beliefs stem from the fact that she has never really worked a "real job" and is currently working on her Masters. I can't wait until she finishes next May. Should be interesting to see how/if her views change once she is working full time in the real world.
I married a democrat family too. My wife isn't hardcore but she does seem to have some old school democrat party things stuck in there. I have been working on her father and I'm 95% sure he's voting for Bush this time and I got him to actually talk politics in more than just soundbites like his dad does to me.(gramps is an old school socialist democrat - the kind that thinks they can change the world with more gov't programs and handouts) Also, my m-i-l is still up in the air - she's a democrat(or atleast thinks she is) but on every issue we talk about she seems to take the "Right" side. Dunno if she'll vote bush or not but I have her new husband to be leaning towards Bush and he's a dick gephardt democrat.
The thing is - when I first married my wife - politics were taboo - PERIOD. Good thing I don't follow other people's rules for themselves. It's been a fun and interesting road but I'm happy with the progress that's been made. The hardest part was to break down that "silent" wall - since then it's gotten better as there is more trust there.
CsG
In the beginning I tried talking to my wife's family about it....no go...... Her Dad was a corporate attorney and made assloads of $. Growing up my wife nor her brothers had any concept of $. Their Mom didn't work either. What did they do for $? Well there was a drawer in their Dad's nightstand where he put $ for them to use. They could come and get whatever they needed. Their Mom pretty much had an endless budget as well. I asked my father in law once how much $ he put in that drawer yearly....he said he knew exactly how much he put in there. The answer? $20k a year!! That was for 3 kids!! Can you imagine having access to your share of $20k a year growing up? It's no wonder the kids have no clue about $ and have a "let someone else take care of us attitude."
Honestly my wife isn't as bad as the rest of them. Her two brothers constantly blow my mind. Neither of them wants to work. One is the artistic type(40 years old by the way) and is always saying he shouldn't have to work to get by, he should be able to just do his drawings, etc...and the govt. should subsidize him. The other brother(45 years old)....well he just doesn't want to work. He recently found a job after being unemployed for nearly 2 years. The whole time he was unemployed he rarely bothered looking for a job. Drove me nuts. Of course he always complained about not having any $, but he never wanted to do anything about it.
The mother in law is the worst of the bunch. She came from a wealthy family, married a made man, never worked a day in her life. Well after the divorce she got the house, assloads of $, and an incredible amount of alimony. Just blows my mind. She still doesn't work, just flits around all day being a social butterfly and bitching about how hard life is. There have been several times I have wanted to slap her silly and tell her to STFU. One night not too long ago at dinner she was bitching about the economy and how hard it is to get by in the world. I couldn't take it anymore and finally blurted out "What the fvck do you know? You have never worked a damn day in your life!! You are nothing more than a leach on society!!!" She shut up and since then she doesn't talk anything political around me.
Anyway...what was my point? Bah...who cares? Guess I just needed to vent.
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