Dating
Some conservative men are downplaying their political views for the sake of their love lives.
Turns out, it was a simple how was your weekend?
text after their first hookup that got her the answer she had been fearing.
He shared that he had spent three hours in line for former President Donald Trumps rally in New York.
It was pretty cool!
The gender gap between male and female votershas almost never been wider in the United States.
A liberal woman may see Republican on a potential dates profile and swipe left without further investigation.
My friends and I have to be so hypervigilant ondating apps,says Frances, a 29-year-old from Baltimore.
Its just one more thing to think about on top of trying not to get murdered.
Frances, a Democrat, has been burned before.
Part of me did kind of pause, and it changed my perception of him, she says.
Hes never had to think about abortion because it doesnt personally affect him, Frances says.
Im not sure if this is a connection that he had made prior to me bringing it up.
For other women, clashing political views are a gap too big to bridge.
The two later had sex.
I said affordable child care and reproductive health and went on my little soapbox, she says.
Rebecca felt duped like he had waited untilafter they had sex to reveal his true values.
It was this moment of Who did I just sleep with?
Before he left, he took the used condom and wrapped it in a Kleenex to take with him.
Mark, however, says he isnt that conniving.
(He says that hes abstaining this year.)
It took about two months for the issue to surface.
He came clean about his past, as well as his plans to opt out on Election Day.
Weve been dating now for about four months, and its going really well.
While Mark had previously voted for Trump, he and his girlfriend are both pro-choice and support same-sex marriage.
Respecting those boundaries is all I can ask for from potential in-laws, he says.
For Frances, however, some people in her life were critical.
Both sides seem to resent the other for their approach.
Id rather have a slightly worse economy than die of a preventable pregnancy-related cause, says Frances.
Guys have the privilege of being able to shut that off.
