So...I think I thought my dream man...

[HipChick]

I've only know him for a few weeks..but feels like I'm know him all my life..

We're so in sync with other that sometimes he knows what I am thinking before I open my mouth..

We have a hard time saying goodnight, because we never want to leave each other..

an then I find out tonight he tend to being a republican..and then he teased me about being one of those flaming 'liberals'..:argh: Cupid sure has sick sense of humor

[Supply Side Jesus]

1. aye....done that

The night she said Reagan was one the greatest Presidents, was the night I walked away....and never looked back.

[Ineeda]

2. so sorry

irreconcilable differences (in my book, anyway.)

[hippywife]

3. I am so very sorry, sweetie.

When I read the first part of your post, my thought was that when I met someone like that, I married him. Then I read the last part of your post.

It's totally your decision if you feel you can live with that. If he isn't a hard-boiled tea partier, then it might be doable, and you might sway him with reason if it's no more than a tendency, but for me those beliefs that lead me to be a "flaming liberal" are more than skin deep and go to my very core.

Yes, Cupid at times does have a truly sick sense of humor. Don't lose the sense of yours, tho. :hug:

[HipChick]

5. Thanks!

No...not a hard-boiled tea partier, more a conservative than die-hard republican...prob due to ex-military service background...but I already see a chink in armor..:evilgrin:

[hippywife]

6. Go for it and

be relentless. LOL :evilgrin:

[HipChick]

7. LOL!

I've been told before that I have incredible powers of persuasion..:smoke:

[RadiationTherapy]

4. All the feelings described can be attributed to oxytocin. I'm not saying it isn't love

but when the chemicals start to flow, it is easy to convince one's self of 'magic'.

[seabeyond]

8. i will say again, i married a texas, nra cardholding, repug. he voted kerry and obama

watches msnbc and LOVEs maddow and likes olberman.

[WillParkinson]

9. Being a Republican isn't the worst thing...

If he's a good person then that's much more important. People have a variety of reasons for being Democrats or Republicans. Find out what his reasons are. Maybe they're ones you can live with.

(Oh, and ask him if he believes that Mr. Obama has a birth certificate. That will go a long way to helping you figure it out.)

[seabeyond]

10. he believes that Mr. Obama has a birth certificate. That will go a long way

defining moment

and

is he a christian

if the persons says "i can't say if he is or not" that is as telling as him saying he is muslim. that is code they are using now. the only reason the religion thing is an issue is cause it puts them in the fox news believers, and not merely a conservative.

[HipChick]

11. At least he is smart, and hates ignorance and believes

that the whole nonsense is BS...He doesn't recognize the Republican party as it is today..

[LaurenG]

12. I am really happy for you

and I would suggest you go with the opinion of someone who is married to a republican ( :hi: seabeyond) since I am extremely prejudiced against people who vote R I don't think I can be fair and impartial. You deserve happiness and I hope that you have found it.
(I don't like this about myself but I haven't figured out how not to feel this way yet)

[seabeyond]

14. what makes it really funny is i am a californian, from 70's and 80's

hey :hug: backatcha.

[gmoney]

13. Why let politics get in the way of being happy?

I mean, the whole point of being "involved" in politics is supposed to be promoting ideas that will improve your life, and ideally, the lives of many. But mainly YOUR life, the only one you really get any control over.

So, here's an opportunity to experience some REAL direct mainline improvement and happiness in your life, and possibly have a lifetime partner in happiness... you're going to throw that away because he has some different political opinions than you? He thinks increasing taxes may be harmful to the economy? He thinks people who want to live in this country should do so legally? Or whatever other positions he may have... HE can't do much of anything to actually influence the outcome, any more than YOU can do much of anything to influence outcome.

To walk away from this guy, if he's as good as you say otherwise, is IMHO foolhardy. It's like if you're a Packers fan and you find out he's a Vikings fan or something like that. Just have a little respect for the difference of opinion, but don't make it the focal point of your relationship. If James Carville can be married to Mary Matalin all this time, you can work it out with this dude.

On the other hand, have you ever dated someone because you were totally in sync politically, but you find out he's incompatible in other ways? Would you rather date a guy with an Obama sticker on his car, but all you can talk about is politics? Yawn... that's why you have DU, to be your political outlet.

As long as he just "teases" you, you can "tease" him back, have some fun with it, but just focus on the real GOOD stuff of the potential relationship.

[lunatica]

15. This old gal says bring that white elephant out into the open

and see what transpires. It might turn out that you aren't so taken with him if you see what he really believes. Or it might turn out he's a closet liberal deep down.

[Curmudgeoness]

16. My mom was a Dem and dad was a Rep, and they lasted over

50 years. Dad was less conservative over time but always had that "pick yourself up by the bootstraps" mentality. Mom grew up really poor and never forgot the times when there were no lifelines for people in need. But there were times when it was hard to deal with. I guess you have to have more political discussion to see how dyed in the wool he is.

[RandomThoughts]

17. Or you can learn the best parts of both your thoughts :)

[HipChick]

18. To be fair, he's much more open than me...I'm going to a dem progressive picnic next week

He's going to come with me...I can't say I'd entertain the thought of attending a gathering of republicans..