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re: Any one else experience family or friends cutting off comms?
Posted on 7/7/22 at 1:35 pm to Upperaltiger06
Posted on 7/7/22 at 1:35 pm to Upperaltiger06
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Any one else experience family or friends cutting off comms?
Over the the past couple years?
I have and it bothers me. I feel like it’s related to the political environment, but part of me still wonders. I have strong relationships with the other folks in my family. The ones who have cut me off are pretty far to the left politically and socially.
Has anyone else experienced this?
This is due to the Color Revolution.
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Posted on 7/7/22 at 1:40 pm to Upperaltiger06
Part of this I believe is Buyer's Remorse. Folks that voted for xiden* did not realize how bad it would get and now don't want to be associated with anything xiden*.
Now they are lost Souls.
Posted on 7/7/22 at 1:41 pm to Upperaltiger06
They are plotting your demise. ;)
Posted on 7/7/22 at 1:41 pm to Upperaltiger06
I just had a friend die in a tragic car accident. mid-40s, 3 kids, wife.
His mother and sister absolutely freaked when his wife refused to have a religious-based funeral. His wife claimed he had turned away from religion as he got older. I don't know for sure, but I could see it being true knowing David.
So they literally had two separate ceremonies. One with wife and kids and their friends. The other ceremony with mom, sister and their friends. The wife and kids did not attend the religious-themed ceremony. The kids are all upper teens and young twenties.
It just struck me as sad and kind of a statement about where we are a society.
His mother and sister absolutely freaked when his wife refused to have a religious-based funeral. His wife claimed he had turned away from religion as he got older. I don't know for sure, but I could see it being true knowing David.
So they literally had two separate ceremonies. One with wife and kids and their friends. The other ceremony with mom, sister and their friends. The wife and kids did not attend the religious-themed ceremony. The kids are all upper teens and young twenties.
It just struck me as sad and kind of a statement about where we are a society.
Posted on 7/7/22 at 1:46 pm to Upperaltiger06
The left made this ok. They encourage it. They want the nation divided...to identify the non believers so you know the sides and who can be attacked. They made it ok to attack other Americans. It's how the nation becomes weak.
Posted on 7/7/22 at 1:47 pm to Upperaltiger06
Absolutely, and I’m very thankful.
Posted on 7/7/22 at 1:48 pm to the_truman_shitshow
I used to be a live and let live guy. Not anymore. Now if I have longterm relationships that have gone woke or stupidly adversarial....I go scorched earth.
If they choose to end the relationship over stupid shite....I make sure it is over.
If they choose to end the relationship over stupid shite....I make sure it is over.
Posted on 7/7/22 at 1:50 pm to Upperaltiger06
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Any one else experience family or friends cutting off comms?
had to pass on a message to my sister from my dad because she hadnt responded to his message asking how they were doing in over a month and she never answers her phone when you call
after 2 weeks of him pestering the living shite out of me wanting to know if i heard from them, i called BIL and said look im sorry but im very busy and heading out the door so i cant talk right now, but i had to call to ask you to please tell my sister to call dad back and then i hung up.
i get a very pissy text from her a few hours later that i am a disrespectful rude a-hole for not wanting to talk to BIL when i called earlier.
so i just texted her back not to worry i will never contact them ever again
at least they are still conservatives even if they have other issues
when relatives get that selfish there isnt much you can do but maintain a civil relationship but just ignore them otherwise and let them go, if they want to start up communications again then its on them
This post was edited on 7/7/22 at 1:55 pm
Posted on 7/7/22 at 2:00 pm to Upperaltiger06
If you're cutting friends or family out of your life over a political disagreement, they probably weren't worth having in your life to begin with.
...and yes! I have cut a couple of friends out of my life and I can't say that I've missed them one bit.
...and yes! I have cut a couple of friends out of my life and I can't say that I've missed them one bit.
Posted on 7/7/22 at 2:00 pm to Pettifogger
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My wife completely cut all ties with a long time close friend over political/social stuff. She wasn't dramatic, she just dropped all communications. Her reasoning is that they're in very different places, and with belief systems butting heads now, she didn't need to spend time on her.
Good for her. I'd much rather surround myself with friends who are like-minded to myself than by family who isn't. Life is too short to have to screen your speech because someone disagrees with it and life is even shorter to have to listen to those, family and friends, who project themselves on you. If you can't be your actual self around friends and family then where is the joy in that I say.
Posted on 7/7/22 at 2:01 pm to Upperaltiger06
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Any one else experience family or friends cutting off comms?
Yep...alot of my longtime friends are ultra libs living in Baton Rouge and New Orleans....they first started questioning my "sanity" when I moved to Texas and now within the last 2 years they have all pretty much stopped talking to me. Doesn't bother me...people change/grow up and some people act like they are still 18.
Posted on 7/7/22 at 2:03 pm to redneck hippie
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It just struck me as sad and kind of a statement about where we are a society.
That is sad. The wife is being count for trying to deny the mother and sister the comfort of a religious funeral...something in which there is absolutely no harm.
My condolences on your loss. That sucks.
Posted on 7/7/22 at 2:05 pm to LSUA 75
Amen, brother. Did the same.
Posted on 7/7/22 at 2:29 pm to Upperaltiger06
I cut off my ex who said she wanted to be friends but ended up really just wanting to borrow money all the time. Got tired of having to explain why I kept saying “no” so I just dropped all contact . She did hate that I voted for Trump twice come to think of it.
Posted on 7/7/22 at 2:38 pm to Upperaltiger06
Yep. One of my best friends-- stood in my wedding, I stood in his; he's godfather to my 2nd daughter. We've been friends since I was 11 and I'm now 57.
He's always been more left-leaning than me but it was never a serious issue. Until a few years ago, when (a) Trump was elected, and (b) he got married (for the first time at age 52) to a fat, cat-loving woman with mental issues 6 years his senior. She's also a flaming liberal and has an excuse for everything. For example, she no longer works as she says no one will hire her because of "ageism", or because when someone did hire her she quit after one day because "the work was too strenuous". So she retired at 62 and now sits at home all day in their apartment with the cats and on the computer, while my friend works to support them. They both hate Trump and the NRA in particular, and guns in general, and of course were all in favor of BLM and George Floyd.
October of last year a close politician and former college roommate friend of mine (whose politics are opposite of theirs) was honored at a ceremony which I attended. I posted a picture from that ceremony of the two of us on Facebook, to which she replied in an improper way, so I removed her post. The next day, I got a text from her saying I could dish it out, but not take it; this began a text back-and-forth which showed what an idiot and dumbass she was.
Her husband/my friend then jumped into the text volley and said the NRA was only about money and power, to which I replied that was his opinion, not fact, and my opinion was that the election was stolen, the mass media was mostly a 5th column mouthpiece for the left, and that this country was going to hell in a handbasket. His reply was,
"Yes that's your opinion. Nice knowing ya--I'm out."
That was the last thing I heard from him. I immediately answered his text saying I was disappointed that he wasn't doing this in person, but that I wasn't blocking HIM and would always be here to talk.
Since then I've texted him every so often, asking if he wanted to go to a game, or what he thought of a dumb answer on Jeopardy!, etc. I sent them a Christmas card and invitation to our Holy Thursday get-together as is normally done, and sent him an email AND a text wishing him a happy birthday a couple of weeks ago.
Crickets.
Mixture of mostly sadness, which has been turning over the last few months to anger and a general pissed-offness.
TL, DR -- Yeah, one of best friends ghosted me over political differences.
He's always been more left-leaning than me but it was never a serious issue. Until a few years ago, when (a) Trump was elected, and (b) he got married (for the first time at age 52) to a fat, cat-loving woman with mental issues 6 years his senior. She's also a flaming liberal and has an excuse for everything. For example, she no longer works as she says no one will hire her because of "ageism", or because when someone did hire her she quit after one day because "the work was too strenuous". So she retired at 62 and now sits at home all day in their apartment with the cats and on the computer, while my friend works to support them. They both hate Trump and the NRA in particular, and guns in general, and of course were all in favor of BLM and George Floyd.
October of last year a close politician and former college roommate friend of mine (whose politics are opposite of theirs) was honored at a ceremony which I attended. I posted a picture from that ceremony of the two of us on Facebook, to which she replied in an improper way, so I removed her post. The next day, I got a text from her saying I could dish it out, but not take it; this began a text back-and-forth which showed what an idiot and dumbass she was.
Her husband/my friend then jumped into the text volley and said the NRA was only about money and power, to which I replied that was his opinion, not fact, and my opinion was that the election was stolen, the mass media was mostly a 5th column mouthpiece for the left, and that this country was going to hell in a handbasket. His reply was,
"Yes that's your opinion. Nice knowing ya--I'm out."
That was the last thing I heard from him. I immediately answered his text saying I was disappointed that he wasn't doing this in person, but that I wasn't blocking HIM and would always be here to talk.
Since then I've texted him every so often, asking if he wanted to go to a game, or what he thought of a dumb answer on Jeopardy!, etc. I sent them a Christmas card and invitation to our Holy Thursday get-together as is normally done, and sent him an email AND a text wishing him a happy birthday a couple of weeks ago.
Crickets.
Mixture of mostly sadness, which has been turning over the last few months to anger and a general pissed-offness.
TL, DR -- Yeah, one of best friends ghosted me over political differences.
This post was edited on 7/7/22 at 2:42 pm
Posted on 7/7/22 at 2:45 pm to Upperaltiger06
Thankfully I don’t have any woke friends or family, and my family is pretty racially diverse. Don’t call them AA, they hate that. My cousin, Jon Jon is more conservative than I am. He said, “I’m not AA, I’ve never been to Africa, have no idea what it’s like, and I’m just an American.” He gets really agitated when someone refers to him as AA. He’s also on the board, & the one who suggested it to me. If I told y’all his handle, you’d probably shite a brick.
We can’t control who our family is, but we damn sure can control who we hang out with. I just can’t be around far left folks nowadays. There is no conversation to be had. What’s the point?
We can’t control who our family is, but we damn sure can control who we hang out with. I just can’t be around far left folks nowadays. There is no conversation to be had. What’s the point?
Posted on 7/7/22 at 2:47 pm to Upperaltiger06
Nope. Not only have I had no problem with family or friends. I'm talking to total strangers about politics and getting amazing feedback.
Last week it was a new AC repair guy I've never met. As he was working:
Him: 'Nice place. Always lived here?'
Me: 'No. I was in Shreveport and realized it was turning into Jackson, Miss and got the hell out.'
Him: 'DAMN STRAIGHT!' He then went on a rant about Democrats.
Last week it was a new AC repair guy I've never met. As he was working:
Him: 'Nice place. Always lived here?'
Me: 'No. I was in Shreveport and realized it was turning into Jackson, Miss and got the hell out.'
Him: 'DAMN STRAIGHT!' He then went on a rant about Democrats.
Posted on 7/7/22 at 2:52 pm to Upperaltiger06
I stopped talking to a lot of people I knew from UVA. I was tired of the constant talk about political issues.
The other problem, if someone hates your culture, and wants to destroy it, how can you consider them a friend?
The other problem, if someone hates your culture, and wants to destroy it, how can you consider them a friend?
Posted on 7/7/22 at 2:57 pm to Lima Whiskey
If you are quoting Qanon nonsense you have it coming
If they are quoting AOC...you're lucky
Trumps is an idiot...they may be tired of it.
If they are quoting AOC...you're lucky
Trumps is an idiot...they may be tired of it.
Posted on 7/7/22 at 3:07 pm to keakar
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i get a very pissy text from her a few hours later that i am a disrespectful rude a-hole for not wanting to talk to BIL when i called earlier.
so i just texted her back not to worry i will never contact them ever again
I think I would've at least made sure that my sister's opinion wasn't influenced by her husband not telling her the whole story before I decided to cut her off...but that's me. You do you.
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