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Chan790

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7. It worked for my parents.

Reply to tridim (Original post)

Mon May 21, 2012, 06:43 PM

May 2012

Given, my mother is what we used to call a liberal Republican (Like Lowell Weicker) and my stepfather is a very-conservative Labor and Catholic-Doctrine Democrat. (Like Bob Casey)

Ironically, they couldn't be further apart if one of them was a hippie and the other a Moral Majoritarian.

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I think I'm falling in love with a Republican. [View all] tridim May 2012 OP

Nope. HappyMe May 2012 #1

No, but it might drive you completely around the bend. KamaAina May 2012 #2

She has already driven me completely around the bend tridim May 2012 #6

Congratulations on falling in love. Demoiselle May 2012 #11

Hear, hear!! Bertha Venation May 2012 #20

i married one and could not ask for a better hubby, marriage, father for sons. seabeyond May 2012 #3

Well, they must be one of the good kind then. bluesbassman May 2012 #4

DON'T DO IT!!! Wait Wut May 2012 #5

Well, she hasn't said the R-word yet. tridim May 2012 #8

It worked for my parents. Chan790 May 2012 #7

I do feel obliged to point out that if you ignore the advice of anonymous strangers struggle4progress May 2012 #9

Haha. I didn't say "Help me!!!!!" tridim May 2012 #10

Well, you have been warned struggle4progress May 2012 #12

! Kali May 2012 #24

It'll never work. lastlib May 2012 #13

Why yes, yes it does. Bake May 2012 #14

Beware the Stockholm Syndrome!1 n/t UTUSN May 2012 #15

Not a bad person, but a person with questionable judgment. Arugula Latte May 2012 #16

What would Larry David do? Chiyo-chichi May 2012 #17

No, you're not a bad person NewJeffCT May 2012 #18

Food for thought, perhaps, for you Bertha Venation May 2012 #19

I'm sure she's not a fundie. No way I could survive that. tridim May 2012 #23

I knew Ann Coulter would find herself a good guy one day. Ikonoklast May 2012 #21

Arghhhhhhh!!! tridim May 2012 #22

The heart doesn't understand that shit...You love who you love and hopefully you're smart enough Rowdyboy May 2012 #25