My Vent of the DAY: IF YOU DIDN'T VOTE FOR CLINTON, FUCK YOU. YOU are just as guilty.

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13. I did not say I had cut anyone out of my life.

About half of the staff nurses and front desk personnel at the pediatric office where I work as a nurse practitioner voted for Trump. They were dancing around the office the morning after the election/installation, and openly dissed one of the other staff nurses for voting for HRC. She almost quit. I composed a letter for the managing partner to send out to everyone encouraging people to be circumspect about their personal politics and to be gracious winners as well as gracious losers. I would have been thrilled if HRC had been elected, but I would not have openly celebrated it at work.

I maintain civil interactions because I must - I have to ask these people to do things for the patients I examine and treat, and it would be a mess trying to get things done if I expressed open disdain for them and their views. Things are cordial, generally even cheerful, but my opinion of them has changed, and I generally confine my "chit chat" to colleagues whose philosophy is similar to mine. Fortunately, there are enough - 2 of the nurses, and all the pediatricians I usually work with.

There have been times when the office staff has socialized together after work. Hasn't happened recently, and I doubt I would go in the future. I try to minimize the number of times I have to keep my lips zipped because it is becoming harder to do.