online dating part II I have my first date tonight with a liberal

[strawberries]

To those who remember I am doing online dating. I got an email from this guy who has the number 1 must with me, loves animals. I could tell by his pictures that he is a true animal lover. He lives one town over from me. When I accepted the invitation I thought it was strange the way he thanked me. I decided to read his profile and he declared himself a liberal, since I completely forgot that my profile says conservative I understood the strange thank you from him.

Well in a few hours I will no longer politically be a virgin.

Wish me luck

[salin]

1. good luck!

[A-Schwarzenegger]

2. The what now?

I'm late to the dance.

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3. long story short

was conservative, changed, but never updated my profile on my online dating site.

There was a discussion about online dating. I now have a date with someone who declares himself a liberal on his profile. Typically liberals and conservatives don't date, so unless this guy is on DU and knows I came over to his side or he is crazy.... on the latter

capice

[A-Schwarzenegger]

4. ok, okay, thanks, take care

[MineralMan]

5. You were looking for a conservative?

I don't get it.

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8. it was part of another post

I not trying to be rude, but the story is just too long

[MineralMan]

12. Then, can you give me a link to the other post so

I'll understand why dating a liberal is not what you wanted? Thanks. That would help me to understand this. I'm afraid I can't understand why you'd want to date a conservative, really.

It's your thread. You brought it up.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

6. So you *magically* switched from conservative to liberal?

What brought that on? Didn't you post here within the last couple of weeks about mens' supposed unreasonable expectations? Didn't you say you just joined the dating site the past month or so? How does one go from conservative to liberal in 30 days?

You seem really caught up with labels. Why not look at the person as a whole? Actually listen to what s/he says...

[strawberries]

7. I used my magic waund nt

[WorseBeforeBetter]

9. Yeah, just as I thought.

Attempting to game DU. Good luck with that, my friend.

[strawberries]

10. thanks I could use your support

[A-Schwarzenegger]

11. I assumed you explained your awakening in another thread.

Did I mis-assume?

[strawberries]

18. that is correct

and I just assumed that everyone knew. Oh well you know what they say about those who assume

[A-Schwarzenegger]

27. Got a link?

I love to hear awakening stories.

[strawberries]

30. sorry I don't

I didn't anticipate saying what I said it just came out

[WorseBeforeBetter]

14. Have you figured out how the date will go?

I bet badly, cuz he's a librul and all.

Can't wait for the next installment!

[Xyzse]

13. Good luck!

I don't date, so I don't really know.
I've hung out with many different people however, so in general we do not talk about politics till we're much closer.

Otherwise, if it is a gathering where it is understood, that such is the conversation, then fine, I would talk about such subjects.

Still, on any first meetings, I tend to think it best to limit the conversation towards personality, hobbies and other such topics of interest that do not push buttons too much.

I feel like that strategy has worked for me, as I have a decent number of close friends with varying opinions.
I tend to like it.

I hung out with a staunch conservative at one point who loves her guns, and would talk about aiming at hunting gophers. I lost contact with her in a month.

[strawberries]

19. I almost lost a wonderful

friend that I have known for years. He was ready to kick me off of facebook and end our friendship. I quickly called him to apologize, actually we both apologized in the end. I was the conservative nut. The passion (and I hate to group but let me group) in being left from the center is huge.

experience, for me, it a hard way to learn

[Xyzse]

28. It's always good to have new experiences.

The one I lost contact with, I only knew for a short while.
We didn't have the opportunity to learn much more about each other.

She called me a "Sword Snob", which was interesting, and we did not lose contact due to hard feelings or anything of that sort. Life just got in the way, and we are both busy individuals.

Oh, one more thing. Take this from a self-avowed Independent.
When it comes to meeting new people, don't automatically pigeon-hole them in to any sort of category such as liberal, conservative or any of that sort, it limits the experiences you will get. I can understand the tribal mentality, but that just closes off many avenues that you can find.

Of course, I also understand having a firm goal in mind and leveraging all your experiences towards that end, but still, at the beginning of each acquaintance, allow for some wiggle room.

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29. that was a lovely post

thank you

[KMOD]

15. I'm cooking dinner for some liberals tonight.

Well actually, one is a populist, one is progressive, one is a third-wayer. My far left one is in NYC at the MET watching a rehearsal.

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16. thanks for sharing nt

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20. What is a third-wayer nt

[KMOD]

23. He's ready for Hillary.

[Telcontar]

17. One of my best friends is a liberal

They're not all bad.

Good luck
:}

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21. lol nt

[Sheepshank]

22. Actually, I think I'm more interested in what had you reconsider your political leanings

of course you can update on the date...but the other is always a fascinating story to me.

[strawberries]

24. You can only defend wrong for so long

I was against high taxes, until I saw the good that my taxes were doing for others
thru examples

S.S. Medicaid, medicare, leave them alone. Most people rely on them

Watching Unions disappear, never a good thing. People need security especially as they get older

The President shouldn't have to run the country with a pen and a phone, work it out with both houses. Unfortunately no on wants to do that

What is so wrong with LGBT? why is it even an issue?

who wrote marriage is only between a man and woman. The earth is drying up, stop denying climate change and we want to talk about who loves who. who cares just love

adoption, let stable people adopt all children they deserve a good home. Who cares about their gender. We should care about their love and actions

I am not giving up my beliefs
I will remain pro-life, but that doesn't mean you have to
I do not agree with late term abortions and will always speak my mind on them
there is nothing wrong with the pledge of allegiance. I think it should be said everyday in school. If the majority of folks in a district don't want to say it then don't.

[Sheepshank]

25. OK.....INTERESTING

you actually evolved about all the things on that list. Meaning you USED to believe differently and now you don't............ or you just finally admitted that the Reps have always sucked on these issues?

[strawberries]

31. well my X husband used to call me

a closet liberal, so who knows

[olddots]

26. I am reminded of many old jokes

None of which I can do justice to with my limited cloaking device capabilities