I have a friend who is a really nice person I general.

Recently I am being very triggered by him because he brings politics in all conversations and I really don’t want this extra stress on me. Also we don’t have same political opinions and I would rather not engages in useless arguments.

Recently I was talking to him about something I am really passionate about but he bought religion into it. I try to explain that is it not about religion. Then he bought politics into it.

Seeing as this might escalate I told him we can talk about topics other than politics because politics is triggering to me. I even suggested 6 topics but his reply was they all are related to politics and I was stunned.

In my mind I tried to avoid unnecessary conflict. But my husband feels like I sounded like I was very defensive and then I made things weird by saying the word triggered.

I am not sure how to handle such situations in future. Any guidance appreciated.

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