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One of those days

One thing I regret in life is that I didn’t have a chance to talk about beliefs in politics with my husband while we were dating.
I never thought political views would get so bad in our daily lives.
We never argue over our personal matters but we always end up in disagreements when it comes to political issues.

Political views can often reflect a person's core values and morals.

My husband and I watched the news and I mentioned how Ilhan Omar looked like another crooked politician.
We watched the same content and he said it’s all Mike Johnson’s fault because he didn’t do his job properly!
He believes that Republicans are to blame for everything.

And this Ilhan is blaming FBI!
We always had the different views on politics but this time I was really frustrated and felt disconnected.


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"Ilhan Omar came here and we fed her, we clothed her, she got welfare, she got [schooling], she got healthcare, and then, lo and behold,
she has the honor of actually winning a seat in Congress,
and she says we're a terrible country?
I think that's about as ungrateful as you can get."
-Sen. Rand Paul
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I know this isnt my place - but i thought I'd mention this:


Sometimes people get their most angry and most loud and expressive.....with the "safe" people in their lives. The people who won't scare them, or make them feel small or make them feel like they're losing or a frail in anyway.

We get it at school. Students will go off at a teacher over nothing, say horrible things....even get violent - and it's got nothing to do with school, (its frustrations and fear brought from home) .

All because : Teachers are safe .
Teachers will never raise their voice, shout, scream, throw stuff hit, threaten or scare these kids.

It happens a lot.


Sometimes it can be the other way round : the pressures at school, and keeping it all in, can cause kids to have "meltdowns" on their parents when they get home.

Its projection.
Its denial
Its redirection of built up stress.





If this happens a lot between you two .....you really need to get a handle on this.

Evidently he needs the release it gives.
But frankly ....if its upsetting you on a regular basis....its a mild form of abuse: hes using you as a sounding board to his stress, and the politics is the 'verbal stick." so to speak.


Now theres a few ways to potentially deal with this.

One: to rise above.
To realize what he's doing, and that its not really directed at you - more : he's just jetting off steam and you're the safest one he can do it with. See it for what it is and let it wash over.

Two: completely agree with him despite what you believe. Let him 'win" . Let him feel he is in control, is right and justified. Validate his feelings. Reflect back what he says to you.
Do lots of listening so he gets to get it all out.
The other thing that can happen is : silence begets silence.
Whether this is good or bad is up to the dynamic you two have.



Three: the grey rock method: dont respond, dont engage, dont react, say nothing.....thing is this can sometimes make 'em angrier
Sometimes it can also make them finally exhaust their argument, (which is good) ≈ so you have to 'feel' your way with this one.


Four: Be the Boss - Lay down the law, short and plain. No long talks or detailed explaining it. No anger, no pleading....just calm ..."this is what i need, this is how its gonna go"
No debate

Five: professional help if nothing else works🫤


He prolly doesn't even know what hes doing..... or what its doing to you.
Some people like heated debates.
He could be walking away feeling fine ....while you're all jangled up and upset : and he has no idea.

He doesn't realize hes transferred all his 'angst' on to you.





This is all i got.


'cept : this needs to be nipped in the bud. It can grow.... become a habit, a cyclic event....it can even get "worse".

You do have a right to peace, Closeness and enjoyment in your relationship.


Does politics?
Mmiker · 46-50, M
@OogieBoogie very intelligent response
@Mmiker thank you .
Honestly ....im just lucky. Im not american so i can look at this from the outside in
Mmiker · 46-50, M
@OogieBoogie the first part of your response has nothing to do with being American. That was just clever words
Kiesel · 56-60, M
Oh gosh
Y’all need to set the boundary lines and NOT discuss politics
Also don’t watch together…
Watch, if you must, separately and keep your positions to yourselves
I almost lost my sister right after this election… she wanted to deny all her family that didn’t have the same views as her….
It’s a very long story

Hope yall can make a truce and agree this topic stays out of conversation
@LadyGrace that'd be nice
DanielsASJ · 36-40, M
@OogieBoogie If you want to help her, Atleast acknowledge that she is right. She is right because she is looking for an explanation. She is right because she is more meaningful and she seeks answers.
@DanielsASJ Did you not look at my replies to her?

I did offer her the best sound knowledge that i know and is psychology based.

Although Im not entirely sure why you think a Taswegian has any deep insight into American 2 party politics 🤔😏
I agree with the Senator.
Softandsweet2 · 31-35, F
Politics rips families apart these days. There has always been arguments back and forth, but since trump has been president, it’s gotten so much more toxic. That’s really the scary part to me - the gloves are off.
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Eyeinthesky · 56-60, F
@therighttothink50 I do enjoy Chase Hughes on human behavior and mind control methods.
Thanks.
I dont get this.


We can't do squat about what politicians do.
All we can do is exert some degree of control, (or peace), over our little patch of the universe.


Why let politics come between so much good personal stuff?
Eyeinthesky · 56-60, F
@OogieBoogie I know what you mean.🤗
We didn’t meet in America and I never saw the reason to ask what is his political view back then.
I didn’t have any idea about American politics as it’s not my priority.
After I came here US and realized he was watching msnbc a lot specially Rachel Maddow show, I was the one told him she doesn’t seem right.
I’m not even American but I can tell who’s lying and fabricating stories that has no evidence.

What gets me is that die hard liberal like my husband thinks he is an independent thinker and super smart.
I lived 20 some years in S Korea and I know how communism likes to display as advanced socialism and when I see my husband so called an intellectual falls easily into that bullshit here listening to Bernie Sanders.😡

Once I met American professor who came to Korea to avoid Obama administration, I thought that was extreme but now I know for sure he was the real smart guy, I should have trusted him and gotten the picture about real America.

I’m hopeful to leaving America soon, that become my next dream come true project.

Thank you for your input.
@Eyeinthesky Gosh....seems you really see the futility of it all .... but are just exhausted by the Idiocracy of it.


I truly hope you get to leave, and find a more peacful environs.

💪☮
Thrust · 56-60, M
@Eyeinthesky

your only family is cursing Trump every day and Biden was ok and Harris doesn’t have problems talking logically.

After I came here US and realized he was watching msnbc a lot especially Rachel Maddow show

OMG

This is an individual with zero concept of reality. Complete Bizarro World. More red flags then a Soviet parade!

He belongs here! 😋
DanielsASJ · 36-40, M
I guess senator pressed the "too right" buttons of your husband which he did not like in the first go.
@DanielsASJ see - now you're doing it .

Sheesh😂
Congrats! The politicians have succeeded in sending their slush and dirt to each and every house, to break the household and families, so as to bring them out to the streets. It's like the volcano eruptions reaching every home slowly and burning them out.

But if both of you really sit and think, you will realise your political views are of no significance to any and is not going to have any impact on the future. You just had a brawl like drunken brawl, intoxicated by the news you have consumed. Switch of the TV and stop following the news, you would be okay.
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Eyeinthesky · 56-60, F
@in10RjFox thank you.
I think the MSM is designed to make you angry. That's why, when you listen to them, you start to curse the party you don't like as much as you think that assassinating Trump is justified.

When I have to see this TDS every day, I began to wonder if liberals like my husband must be poisoned by the media, and killing the opposition team makes him happy; then that's the communist agenda.
I pointed out this to him many times and tried to tell him everything is about money and power.

He had no idea who George Soros was or how he spent money on liberal propaganda, which involved rioting and destruction.

If you want to blame and curse, then go for the real evils, like the elites who control the world. Trump is only one of the puppets utilized in playing the role.
I think only people with weak minds can be brainwashed by this grand scheme of evil behind the curtain.
@Eyeinthesky you would rather focus your energy to bring about a true democracy.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CVF8VGSK

Understand how we as people have been conned into believing republic as democracy.
Jackrules · 56-60
ShenaniganFoodie · 36-40, M
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Eyeinthesky · 56-60, F
@NativePortlander1970 wow, too many to watch. Lol
@Eyeinthesky That's why I also included the channel link in the bottom, so You can watch at any time. But You should show those to hubby, pick and choose any of them he focuses on.

 
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