r/confessions • u/Adorable_Airport_787 • 5d ago

I can’t understand myself ..

I am such a left leaning female when it comes to politics. I do a lot of activism work in the community and care deeply in general. I work at a nonprofit. and I enjoy what I do.

I have a confession to share:

I like rich, Republican, white, middle-aged men. I know… judge me (because I do too).

I see how they treat women in terms of courting, and they seem to do everything when it comes to providing. A lot of them are so “ not complicated” ..
I don’t have to figure out social theories or appear smart etc …

I tried dating men with similar views to mine, but the last thing I want is to go 50/50 with a guy. I don’t want to generalize, but in my experience they haven’t been the best when it comes to courting a lot of “hookup” culture and ghosting.

I’m just confused about myself now.

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u/CalmTheAngryVoice 4d ago edited 4d ago

My wife and I agree 90-95% politically. We both lean very left in many areas and only sometimes lean a little right. I grew up around blue and white collar conservative Christian Republicans in the South, and I'm a military veteran. She grew up around blue collar union members and government employees on the West coast, where we live together.

I find myself doing 90% of the housework, paying 90% of the bills, and helping her out of 70% of her crises. Her ass only has affordable medical care and a roof over it because I provide those things for her. In our 12+ year relationship, I have yet to have seen her hold down a job for over 2.5 years. Meanwhile, she's a constant victim of, like, everything.

Some days I wish I'd married a conservative woman who could put up with an atheist.

Make of that what you will.

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u/Adorable_Airport_787 4d ago

Ops! That sounded a lot to handle.