Some folks, unfortunately, do live with such daily drama. I have a friend from 30 years ago who will call me yet today with her drama. She has bipolar disorder, she and her sister both have been suicidal, her birth family hates her, her husband and kid, etc. --- you get the picture.
It is sad, not funny, when it is a friend. She only calls me from cross-country when she is on the downside and feeling lost every few years. That's why it's a manic-depressive disorder. The rest of the time, she's fine.
As far as her politics - we have never talked about it. She's apolitical I'd guess - her real life consumes her.
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