Were political views ever a point of discussion prior to marriage for you? Would they be, for those not married?
Do you and your husband agree on political views for the most part or are there huge differences?
If politics are being discussed at home or with guests, do you speak up or is it mostly guy talk and you swap recipes with the other ladies?
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And who influences the political ideas of your kids? Your husband or you?
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Were political views ever a point of discussion prior to marriage for you? Would they be, for those not married?
Do you and your husband agree on political views for the most part or are there huge differences?
If politics are being discussed at home or with guests, do you speak up or is it mostly guy talk and you swap recipes with the other ladies?
It's a turnoff if he doesn't hold his own political beliefs. Dude should show interest in matters relating to national defence including politics surrounding it. That's about as much thought as I'd give this topic.
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Were political views ever a point of discussion prior to marriage for you? Would they be, for those not married?
Do you and your husband agree on political views for the most part or are there huge differences?
If politics are being discussed at home or with guests, do you speak up or is it mostly guy talk and you swap recipes with the other ladies?
interesting question.
My husband is 100% republican, and I am more towards libertarian or slightly democratic but not completely. so no we dont agree on many things unfortunately. but either way, it doesnt affect our relationship. we do have alot of political arguments though.
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It's a turnoff if he doesn't hold his own political beliefs. Dude should show interest in matters relating to national defence including politics surrounding it. That's about as much thought as I'd give this topic.
Whether a guy holds his own beliefs wasn't even the question. Talk about ego.
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Just be grateful you got somewhat of a semi-decent response to whatever gem of a question you were attempting to ask
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Ooo, hoo. Insecurity is behind the lack of answering the real question I guess.
It's ok, most men wouldn't want their women to hold their own political ideas.
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Most men would also cringe at the idea of you being their spokesperson
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I'm not their spokesperson, thank God. No interest in talking for men, since I'm not insecure and do not need to influence the political ideas of the opposite gender to feel better about myself.
Now back to the question, scherbatsky, if you care to actually answer the question. You ok with your woman having her own political opinions, and disagreeing with you over a topic at a public dawat in front of your boy friends, or would your peanuts shrivel up if that were to happen and drop off?
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interesting question. My husband is 100% republican, and I am more towards libertarian or slightly democratic but not completely. so no we dont agree on many things unfortunately. but either way, it doesnt affect our relationship. we do have alot of political arguments though.
Talking of libertarian, coincidentally was watching Bernie Sanders speaking in NH. He related:
In 1980 a libertarian named David Koch wanted the federal voting commission disbanded. Wanted to abolish limits on campaign contribution. Wanted to abolish medicaid. Abolish taxes on corporations.
David Koch one of the two Koch brothers appears to be getting what he wanted.
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I'm not their spokesperson, thank God. No interest in talking for men, since I'm not insecure and do not need to influence the political ideas of the opposite gender to feel better about myself.
Now back to the question, scherbatsky, if you care to actually answer the question. You ok with your woman having her own political opinions, and disagreeing with you over a topic at a public dawat in front of your boy friends, or would your peanuts shrivel up if that were to happen and drop off?
Not okay with my woman having political views of her own and god forbid should she disagree with me in front of other men.
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So, instead of guys answering the questions and declaring whether or not they like their women to hold their own opinions, we see them showing off the opinions they do have.
Natural. Can we put the egos aside, and focus?
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^Southie, i dont agree with abolishing medicaid, but it shouldn’t be handed out to every bum who chooses not to work and contribute. i think me and you are going to disagree on certain things now 
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I will leave with following stats (with PCG s permission) so i don't derail
Recent WSJ from memory. The spending allocation in percent to various categories
Defence 24
Soc sec 22
Medicare 14
Medicaid 7
Veterans benefit 4
Education 1
Foreign aid 0.97
I forget others.
Social security and Medicare dwarf medicaid. Some of Soc sec recipients have already received more than they put in inflation adjusted. But medicaid recipients made the scapegoat.
As for too lazy to work the minimum wage is a joke. Can't sustain family even working full time
End derail. Sorry PCG.
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Thanks for the honest reply scherbatsky.
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if she is a fan of bilowal bhuttni and the likes. Yes there will be a problem. I am gonna beat her till she stops being their fan.
no. i really am goint to.
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Talking of libertarian, coincidentally was watching Bernie Sanders speaking in NH. He related:
In 1980 a libertarian named David Koch wanted the federal voting commission disbanded. Wanted to abolish limits on campaign contribution. Wanted to abolish medicaid. Abolish taxes on corporations.
David Koch one of the two Koch brothers appears to be getting what he wanted.
Libertarianism has changed so much over the years. These days when you hear one talk, you want to start pulling your hair out. There is no well balanced political ideology left anymore. It is all about personal agendas.
Off topic. Sorry.
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What would you do if you have total opposite views to your inlaws and husband, would you rather risk causing a feud over a difference of political opinion or keeping the peace within the family?
I'd rather not discuss controversial topics within the family especially after marriage. What if your husband has a very strong view on a topic that you are polar opposites on? He's a right wing, republican and you're a left wing liberal democrat and you both feel strongly about some very important topic. i guess then it would come down to who is more stubborn and who is more easy going. It would be total nightmare if both are stubborn.
With the in laws, i would prefer to not talk about controversial topics or politics especially if they are very different thinking than i am. Silence is golden at that time. In law issues are already so huge for married folks, so if we add in things to argue about then i'd say the marriage would last just about a few years. I'd rather be a total diplomat since you already have the family politics to start with.
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No, political discussions have been very rare among our peers (before marriage) or my wife (obviously after marriage). It would mostly come down to who we would vote for and that was mostly the extent of it. It was usually a simple choice in our case where there's mostly been a single party that wasn't against us (or at least as much as others). If we were to discuss with family, we'd all be on the same page anyway. However, if she did hold a different opinion from mine, it wouldn't matter to me if she were to express it. Among guests or at other peoples' houses it wouldn't apply anyway as we'd be in segregated gatherings.
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How to loose an argument with a woman?
So, instead of arguing just say "yes, honey/ darling/ janu/ baby girl/ xzy you have a very valid point :) now back to dinner, shall we?