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HockeyMom (11,323 posts)

I think my Republican husband is losing it
   
He is back in NY on a business trip and staying over our younger daughter's house. She made dinner and invited her older sister. They did not have enough matching plates, so my older daughter found a square plate, handed it to her father, and said, "Here, Dad, since you are a Republican, you get the square plate." He got up and stormed out of the house. She is not a teenager, but 34 years old. I got a phone call from our younger daughter telling me what happened. "What is the MATTER with Dad?" "It was a JOKE!" Actually until she got to the part about him walking out, I was laughing myself.

Republicans are square? He is square? Even, among all round plates (Democrats) there is one square plate (Republican)? It can be taken a few ways, but I don't think any of them are cause to go storming out of your daughter's home when she made you a special dinner.

I really hope I am not going to get caught in the middle because I personally do not agree with what he did. If it had been me, I would have just grinned and said nothing. I know, if my husband doesn't bring it up, I most certainly won't.

Damn, talk about being overly sensitive.

Plenty of Proglodytes leap in to confirm for her bias with shit like this:

ZombieHorde (25,443 posts)

5. To a small degree, your husband is mistreating your daughter.

But the feeling isn't universal:

Decaffeinated (137 posts)

7. An excellent example of why to leave politics somewhere other than the dinner table...

dogknob (1,786 posts)

15. No breaks from reality. Not even at dinner. We put up with them where we live and they get coddled?
 
No.

TheKentuckian (18,035 posts)

21. The comment hardly could be described as politics. If anybody has to be that big of a baby then
 
they can find their own supper where their act doesn't ruin anyone else's

What kind of petulant child reacts to a little quip like that? **** em.

Decaffeinated (137 posts)

22. As stated above.. do what you like...

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Don't expect everyone to accept or tolerate your jibs and jabs with a smile...

Mr. O'malley, you can have the potatos...

Lakisha you get the watermelon and fried chicken...

Stacy the lesbian gets a taco...

Sorry Lin, no chopsticks for you tonight


etc.. etc.. etc..

Remember, it's just a quip...  Have a sense of humor!

TheKentuckian (18,035 posts)

47. Flat out racism is the same as a very mild jab about political affiliation?

Are you out of your mind? You really think anything you posted there is in the same ballpark as "no chopsticks tonight, Lin"?

Are ****ing joking, dense, or just a very thinly veiled a racist?

We are still talking about a ****ing square plate not going over the watermelon and fried chicken ground here.

If you are that sensitive about being a TeaPubliKlan then maybe you ought to think about who you affiliate with more instead of lamely trying to tie it to nasty, bigoted shit based on race but you went RIGHT THERE because that is the way you are hardwired, apparently.

Star Member Warpy (72,039 posts)

10. Cognitive dissonance is extremely painful
 
and Republicans are getting it, in spades, because they've tried to live in this bubble of manufactured reality and the real thing keeps on intruding. It's very painful when it does.

I think he's going to crack at some point, either becoming an equally fanatical Democrat or deciding to forgo politics completely because he thinks they're all equal liars. My guess is that most of them will choose the second, refusing to have anyone mention politics around them ever again as they slip into apathy.

The only third option is madness, fueled by lots of alcohol.

Lancero (180 posts)

18. Funny how we...

Raise shit about blacks being treated different because of their skin color, and gays being treated differently because of their orientation.

Yet applaud when a person is treat differently because of their political affiliation.

Justify it with "They deserve it, they are ruining the country!" if you wish... but that is the same justification that racists and homophobes use to justify their treatment of different races and orientations.

Mariana (2,642 posts)

23. Couple of problems with your analogies.

1. African-Americans don't choose their skin color, and gays don't choose their sexual orientation. People do choose their political affiliations.

2. Are you really equating a daughter lightly teasing her dad and someone, say, refusing to hire African Americans or homosexuals? Really? You think the effects of those things are the same?

seabeyond (87,425 posts)

27. Maybe it has been too many of these little jokes and one too many, feeling excluded,

Or like Sam said something else is up and was one too much. Best to you all

Who knew?

Corruption Inc (206 posts)

46. Gross, married to a torture supporter?
 
At least your kid survived and has a sense of humor.

Dreamer Tatum (7,919 posts)

48. I think your post is in poor taste nt

Pretzel_Warrior (3,520 posts)

60. sounds like he has issues.

I had numerous run in's with my dad over the years. He's a dope.

Nuclear Unicorn (8,982 posts)

69. Nothing heals a family rift like derisively posting about it on a partisan political forum
 

I really hope I am not going to get caught in the middle

The middle? You're taking the lead. You brought the story here so others could tear him down. If you really have such an "agree with me or suffer public ridicule" attitude maybe his frustration with your baiting and undercutting has been a long time building and maybe you've taught your children to tear him down and disrespect him.

Show a moment's loyalty and compassion for the man who has apparently done the same for you for decades.

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[delilahmused]

I'd really love to find out who she is and who she's married to. I wonder what he would think of being openly mocked by his WIFE on the Internet. My husband would be furious and rightly so. Doesn't matter whether it's wife or husband, if you have so little respect for your spouse, then just leave. If she's got a 34 year old daughter it's time she grow up and stop acting like a 10 year old.

Cindie

[Delmar]

Response to Lancero (Reply #18)Fri Oct 11, 2013, 01:42 PM
pitbullgirl1965 (310 posts)
51. For Todds sake they are not the same!!

1. You don't get to choose being gay, transgender, a woman, black, etc which are groups that have been terrorized and murdered by those same Republicans.

2. Yes, if you're a Republican TeaTurd, yes, you do deserve it, you're complicate in their actions and it's not like you can't help being a Repub.

Terrorizing and murdering groups of gays, transgendered, women, and blacks?

[Celtic Rose]

There is more here that a simple joke.  My dad and I tease each other about politics, neither of us have ever gotten upset.  My cousins and I joke about politics, nobody gets offended.  There is more to this story.  From what the DUmmy is posting, I expect that this was the most recent in a series of political jabs that really haven't been meant to be funny but to hurt and exclude his husband.  The fact that she would complain about his political views online gives some insight on how she treats him at home. 

[Freeper]

There is more here that a simple joke.  My dad and I tease each other about politics, neither of us have ever gotten upset.  My cousins and I joke about politics, nobody gets offended.  There is more to this story.  From what the DUmmy is posting, I expect that this was the most recent in a series of political jabs that really haven't been meant to be funny but to hurt and exclude his husband.  The fact that she would complain about his political views online gives some insight on how she treats him at home.

You forget DUmmies lie and they lie all the time, so this never happened.

[dandi]

There is more here that a simple joke.  My dad and I tease each other about politics, neither of us have ever gotten upset.  My cousins and I joke about politics, nobody gets offended.  There is more to this story.  From what the DUmmy is posting, I expect that this was the most recent in a series of political jabs that really haven't been meant to be funny but to hurt and exclude his husband.  The fact that she would complain about his political views online gives some insight on how she treats him at home. 

Aye. All DUmmy tales come in one of two flavors - either out-and-out lies or something out of context and twisted to the point it's unrecognizeable. They all come from the Michael Moore school of storytelling.

[ChuckJ]

You forget DUmmies lie and they lie all the time, so this never happened.

Exactly. I just wish they'd get more creative with their lies. The quality keeps sinking lower and lower.

[Freeper]

Exactly. I just wish they'd get more creative with their lies. The quality keeps sinking lower and lower.

I know, it used to be the bouncy tales were at least amusing. Now they are like Saturday Night Live, I can't recall the last time it made me laugh.

[I_B_Perky]

Well the dummies daughter will one day, maybe tomorrow or maybe 10 years from now, get the news that her dad is no longer walking the face of the earth. Then I bet she will be feeling guilty.

Wait... the dummies daughter is a lib. Probably not.

If true, I bet Dad went and got him a room at a hotel and ate at a restaurant and wondering how he failed as a parent.

[Freeper]

It sounds to me the story must be reversed. All the conservatives I know can take a joke about their political views, it's the leftists who can't ever take a joke.

[Dori]

I suspect that there is a lot more to this story than the shape of the plate. 

 

[Aristotelian]

It sounds to me the story must be reversed. All the conservatives I know can take a joke about their political views, it's the leftists who can't ever take a joke.

I think it's almost the defining feature of a leftist.

[Aristotelian]

I suspect that there is a lot more to this story than the shape of the plate.

I suspect that there's a lot less personally...but even assuming that there is some small kernel of truth deep in there, can you imagine the poor man? He probably worked hard to support his wife and children and now that they've all turned into moonbats they probably still sponge off him and bitch and moan at him all of the time whilst doing so.

[ChuckJ]

I know, it used to be the bouncy tales were at least amusing. Now they are like Saturday Night Live, I can't recall the last time it made me laugh.

I think you've hit the nail on the head, Freep. The comparison to SNL is very good. I stopped watching SNL in the early 90s because the laughs, to me, were becoming few and far between. The newer cast members didn't seen to be as funny as those they replaced, and the remaining cast members didn't seem to be at their best with the newer cast members.

Maybe DU needs to have a reunion show where they bring all the old DUmmies back for a day or two.

[jukin]

It sounds to me the story must be reversed. All the conservatives I know can take a joke about their political views, it's the leftists who can't ever take a joke.

My experience as well. All of the conservatives I know are self reliant and have a strong self image. This is just a very bad bouncy to pump up their fragile egos. 

I've had dinner with the in laws when politics comes up and I go 1 on 6 or 1 on 10 and it is they that leave or utter the "don't you feel" words of surrender. Never occurs to leave because it is hard for them to argue against calm logic and reality. The biggest is global warming which is subjective but the MIL has stomped off yelling at me.

[Bad Dog]

I think you've hit the nail on the head, Freep. The comparison to SNL is very good. I stopped watching SNL in the early 90s because the laughs, to me, were becoming few and far between. The newer cast members didn't seen to be as funny as those they replaced, and the remaining cast members didn't seem to be at their best with the newer cast members.

Maybe DU needs to have a reunion show where they bring all the old DUmmies back for a day or two.

I expect the smell might be a bit much.