I Wonder if it Will Ever Happen

I hope you can. I have family members who think Trump is right in all the dreadful things he does. I used to post my views on Trump and some relatives were rude and abusiive toward me while others took up for me. I didn’t want to be caught in the middle so I stopped saying anything. It doesn’t do any good. People that trust Trump wear blinders. They don’t want to hear the truth.

This is the one reason I've never liked politics and very rarely talk about them. I don't care what people believe. I disagree with about 90 percent of my family politically but I've stated I won't talk about it and we drop it. I refuse to lose someone over a difference in opinion no matter how absurd I think their opinions are. I think as humans sometimes we let our pride overtake the things that are most important. I can mentally think someone needs to get it together but I won't voice it out loud because it's not worth it. It frustrates me more when people try to force politics on me than just knowing they disagree with me. I get their right to their opinions and I don't particularly care who they want to vote for but when they try to force me to listen to their opinions on the matter is when I get mad. My mom repeatedly tries to talk to me about her beliefs and I tell her on repeat I don't agree and I'd rather drop it. I was raised in a super conservative household. I still hold some conservative leanings but I also hold some liberal ones and I'm often directly in the middle field. I currently don't care for either side. I feel like people are getting way too passionate about their political leanings and both sides are getting out of control. I feel like people are so stuck in their opinions that they are willing to break ties over it and that makes me sad. I have always been an "agree to disagree" kind of person. This is what I have to say as far as sides go both sides can be decent people and both sides can be complete crap people. Where you stand politically doesn't tell you everything you need to know about a person no matter what people say otherwise. What matters is where they are when someone needs help. Do you ask someone before you help them what party they are affiliated with before you help? I'm going to assume not so why does it matter in the grand scheme of things? I don't have any answers for you but I hope you can both put aside your differences in opinion and learn to accept that love doesn't come with conditions and learn to accept you won't ever fully agree on everything. You obviously love her and it hurts that you aren't talking to her more than it probably would have hurt to have dealt with her having a different political standing than you. I think sometimes people, in general, are too stubborn for their own good. I know I can be at times too but I've always managed to work through most of my problems minus one or two but I am also a pretty forgiving person and while I can be super stubborn I love people more than I love being right. Maybe one day you'll both be able to work it out.

I truly hope it will happen. Especially in the past couple years, I witnessed politics putting a wedge in families and friendships on FB . . . I read and did a lot of lurking, but completely stayed out of it all. Like you said, it got ugly. . . people were attacking each other and the support mobs made it worse. I hope she will come around some day, realizing that the special times are still special times - nothing ever changes that.

T. Butt has really harmed America and continues to. I talk with my daughter. I am grateful that she now has a decent job and mostly we really are able to be friendly BUT I stay away from certain subjects. I hate it. And I hate that she might vote for such an uneducated, yes, disgusting person. I hurt for you. You are NOT feeble minded. That is again the bully thing to do- attack a sensitive, caring person. Hugs.

That's a shame that someone like Trump caused you to lose contact with your granddaughter. Can you call her? Reach out to her in some way...and avoid politics.

I don't know if you believe but prayer works.