The risks of dating a Republican

[Beakybird]

So I'm 59, single, flirting on a dating website with a cute and seemingly kind middle aged lady who seems to have a big wound about being hurt by men in the past.
She texts me about her disillusionment with this dude she just started dating. She provides a few links.
https://www.news-journal.com/news/police/ex-white-oak-mayor-gregg-gop-chair-gets-year-in-federal-prison-for-forgery/article_df692ab8-d018-11e9-9e8f-736dec50d186.html
https://www.news-journal.com/news/local/former-white-oak-mayor-ex-gop-chief-tim-vaughn-indicted-in-multibank-scheme/article_43b224c2-475f-11e9-96e2-27ad9e18022d.html

Yes, a Texas Republican mayor who faces 30 years in prison for aggravated identity theft. I would have told her to not date Republican men, but it sounds like he hid it.

Any gratuitous dating advice would be helpful. After sending $30,000 Bitcoin to save three different princesses from Somalian pirates, I'm starting to get which are the fake profiles. Lol.

[kimbutgar]

1. I'm not single but if I was and met a men who told me he was a repuke the interest

Would end right there!

My ex husband was a repuke but I wasn’t political then. He turned out to be a real a hole.

Luckily, I’m married to a die hard Democrat like myself!

[Beakybird]

2. I explicitly put on my profile that I'm liberal.

I also put that humanity is my tribe, and the earth is my nation. I don't get too many Repuke women interested in me.

[Ocelot II]

3. Being a GOPer is a deal-breaker up front.

[LizBeth]

4. Don't send any more money. That is the biggest flag.

[Beakybird]

5. That was a joke, sorry!

[LizBeth]

6. Oh so funny. I was gonna first ask... Is that a joke? Lol. Really good to know.

I have known a couple men that have. Had one ask to borrow money to send to computer russian woman.

[OriginalGeek]

14. I have a friend that has been married 5 times and

the one before the last one was a Russian lady he found on a dating site and he spent like 50k going back and forth from here to russia before bringing her over. Then when she finally came over and they got married it lasted about a week.

I don't know how a guy could be as smart as he is and dumb too. (He owns his own business and made good enough money that it wasn't tooo inconvenient for him to spend money on a Russian Bride.)

That was long before pandemic times though - maybe 15 years ago. He's still going through a nasty divorce from number 5 but that's the only one with a kid involved.

[Skittles]

7. in my mind, if you STILL support the GOP YOU ARE A RACIST

no question about it

[Freddie]

8. Work with a guy who was on dating sites

Recently divorced and, to his credit, was looking for a relationship, not just fun. He used to tell me all about his dates and search for a girlfriend. He went on one date, had a great time and was shocked that she turned him down for a second date - because she found out he’s a Republican. After he left the office my co-worker (also female) and I both said “instant dealbreaker!”

[Beakybird]

9. Yup. Super funny!

[gratuitous]

10. Since you asked for gratuitous dating advice

I'll say that I like to be wined and dined and swept off my feet. As long as you get my wife's permission ahead of time.

[Luciferous]

15. 😄

[Victor_c3]

11. I ventured into the online dating thing

I mostly just look, but I do find some interesting women from time to time.

After having sex for the first time with one woman I met, she asked me if I minded if she smoked. I knew she didn’t smoke cigarettes so I figured she was going to either smoke pot or vape cbd or something. Instead she pulled out a crack pipe and asked me if I “wanted to party”. Perhaps I’m weird here, but I turned down her offer of free crack and got out of there.

Anyways, I have seen many women flat out say that they will not date republicans in their profile. I have that in my profile too.

[lagomorph777]

16. Yikes!!

Hope you used protection.

[lame54]

12. My Conservative Girlfriend...

[Beakybird]

17. Funny song! Intelligent lyrics.

[TheBlackAdder]

13. Stating you are a Modern Repubican is just like announcing you're an asshole. Why date one?

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Some people are into dating assholes and the wrong types.

Then they wonder why the relationship failed, or complain about all of the conflicts to other people.

I've seen people who need to be in fractured relationships because they like the drama it causes--of course, everyone in their sphere is sick and tired of hearing about all of the gripes and trauma, but struggle though it because they are family or close friends. If only they knew the pain it causes everyone else to hear this crap every week.

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[FakeNoose]

18. I'd never date a Republican but then again, none would be interested in me

Last year I was at my high school reunion and ran into a guy who was long-time divorced, as I am. We had a lot of things to talk about and a lot of flirting to catch up on. He told me he's a retired social services professional - and bingo, I knew I was in love.

There's no one - no man or woman - who can work for their full career in the dept. of social services and then go to the polls and vote republican. I didn't have to ask this guy if he's a Democrat because I already knew. I told him that I'm a lifelong liberal, and he just had this big smile on his face.

[Beakybird]

19. Aww!!! Sounds like puppy love.

I'm starting to date an amazing professor - kinda dance therapy and theatrical movement for actors - world renowned. Of course she's liberal. She's a little older than me, looks a little older than her profile photos, but she's winning me over with her transcendent interpersonal skills. She's way out of my league. I go around to nursing homes where I sing, play the keyboard, and tell jokes. This lady's working with movie directors and AI scientists.

[FakeNoose]

20. Cool, she sounds great and so do you

My friend and I are long-distance right now, since he lives on the other side of the state. But he's talking about selling his house and moving to Pittsburgh next year, so we'll see.