Message to the Left-Wing

[Fumesucker]

114. The last thing I want to do is venture into politics in real life, I've had more than enough of that

One of my kids married into a family that is powerful and connected in local politics and without even trying I learned a great deal about what I consider corruption while they simply thought of it as business as usual if it even occurred to them to think of it at all. Traffic tickets went away, county jobs were procured for friends and family outside of proper channels, all kinds of things that made me really uneasy.

I really liked my daughter's in laws and husband at first but the more I learned the more I came to distrust them and then after about a decade the marriage fell apart and the husband tried to use his connections in order to get sole custody of my grandchildren. Thankfully my daughter is not only smart but very stubborn as well and his machinations were eventually unsuccessful but it was a close thing. If it hadn't been for the testimony of my grandkids he would have succeeded but by that point they didn't like their father all that much. You might be able to hide your true self from the outside world but your kids and spouse will see it eventually.

Even at that relatively low level I got the impression that everyone was wearing a persona, no one was actually genuine and hidden agendas were the order of the day.