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megan kohler
117d ago

am i a good person

For the past 10 years I have been with someone who has different political views than me. When we first started dating, I didn’t think it was that big a deal but after Trump became president I saw it was a big deal. I am more liberal while he is more conservative, although to be honest, we’re both independent. I care a lot about social justice issues, but I feel like he mocks them quite a bit And says that the left-wing media is trying to convince me to think otherwise about stuff while I feel like the right wing media is convincing him to think otherwise about stuff. Years ago, I told a friend about a situation and she said I can’t say that I love someone who is conservative and be an ally for people who are oppressed. I have always considered myself an ally, even before I started dating him, and I always well fight for the rights of people who need it the most in anyway I can. Yet my ex friends words left a deep scar on me. She said that I would lose friends if they found out who I was with. Now I feel our relationship changing a bit, Me and my boyfriend that is, But for other reasons. I have written letters to Congressman and signed online petitions about issues that I believe are important yet I still feel like a terrible human being and feel like others would think that I am too. Am I really that awful? I don’t want to hate every person who is conservative because I know that they’re not all bad people But at the same time, it’s just hard to tell I just wanna be kind to people. Is that really so awful? Before anyone judges me, please know that I did love this guy And I thought that things could change but now I’m not so sure. I am not my boyfriend. I am me. I have always been liberal and never voted conservative. But I don’t know. Maybe I am terrible

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