Ask Neycha: Pickled in Virginia
2008-04-17
Dear Neycha:
My husband and I are at an impasse, both of us are college educated and very politically absorbed. The problem is I am an Obamacrat while my husband is quite conservative and had originally wanted Mitt Romney. Otherwise we get along and have a lot in common. We have been married since 1983, although since the 2008 bid for the White House began, we have been on the attack. This is affecting the karma in our home. Tell me what can I do to coexist with this Republican "Mother" until Barack gets in the White House.
-Pickled in Virginia
Dear Pickled in Virginia:
Ignore him. It’s really that simple. I mean, what can I possibly tell you that you haven’t already explored being married to your conservative husband for the last 25 years? I’m sure you’ve shaken your head in disgust when his opinions have sickened you, laughed at his political views when they were amusing to you, pretended you didn’t hear him in order to prevent cold wars right in your home. I mean, what?! It’s really a no-brainer.
If you’ve managed to stay with him all these years, why let the 2008 bid for the White House be the undoing of the status quo. I know you’re down for change being an Obamacrat (pun intended), but the challenge of trying to change a country and change a person is two totally different things. You must know the latter is the harder! I suggest the next time you’re tempted to get into a heated discussion with him about this year’s presidential campaign, that you simply refrain and tune him out. In a few months, with any luck, his babble will be retuned to the sound of Stevie Wonder’s Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I’m Yours. Yes, we can PIV!
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