Anonymous talked yesterday about her mother being a “militant.” I thought that was interesting. My (J) Dad is funny. He’s a pretty open-minded “liberal” guy and the smartest person I know. He doesn’t believe in conceptual restrictions and generally believes that the world is always making positive “progress.” We differ on a number issues, including gay marriage and abortion. He is a product of the 1960s liberalism. He calls me a “conserative” and is sometimes “shocked” at the things I say.
Every now and then, though, I say something that stumps him. We were talking the other day about his parents’ (my grand-parents’) marital relationship. They had 5 children and a sometimes stormy relationship, but they stuck it out and raised their family well. I told him, “Nowadays, your Mom would have just left and been a poor, struggling single mother with 5 kids. That’s what ‘no fault’ divorce did.” Silence in response . . . his jaw drops slightly and his eyebrow furrows. “You know, I never thought about that.
Gotcha, Dad.
TheStateOf . . . Disagreement. What types of social and political issues do you are your parents agree/disagree on? How do you resolve or discuss them?
