DH - elections - being dense or is this fine

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DH has a habit of talking in cliches and set phrases, Drives me mad but he quite enjoys doing that!

He’s been away with work (U.K.) and we were coming back from the supermarket. I brought up the election which he hadn’t heard might be in December. I asked him who he would vote for.
He said he would read their manifestos and vote accordingly.
I said surely it’s just going to be Brexit ( given that you can’t have a four year plan unless you know what’s happening ) and would he vote tactically?
He just replied that he has already said that he would read the manifestos.

This is annoying me because he isn’t being honest.
Clearly the subject interesting in how an electon would work this time round but he won’t discuss it .which is fair enough but why not say that? Given the amount of lies and facts that aren’t facts swimming around manifestos are the last thing you’d consider this time round.

Isn’t being able to have a honest conversation about important events, not a key component of marriage? I don’t need to know his vote but I’m interested in his views. My friends and family talk about the news quite freely. Do other people not talk politics at home?

I don't know how I'm going to vote in this potential election, is that so shocking? (It won't be Tory or Brexit party but the resr is undecided). And I might even use the party manifestos to make up my mind, outrageous!

So perhaps he's not in the mood for discussing it

Maybe he doesn't want to talk about it all. End.

Im from a Family of Secret voters. I never knew how my paren Voted, and I’ve never told DH how I vote.

People died to get us a secret ballot

Also it is a lot of fun winding him up and he is intensely passionate and it drives him nuts trying to guess. We have shared values, but different ideas as to how those values should be implemented.

I think you are being unreasonable to be pushy on the conversation I am likely to say this sort of thing to dp, I'll read the manifestos and consider them in the current context (including brexit) and if I'm honest I would be extremely of dp got all mardy because either ain't Douglas things the way he wanted me to.

We do discuss politics a lot (often working out if we can be on the moon shuttle if Corbyn ever gets in). However it has to be very much respectful of the other person's choices both know vote and how they research.

A vote is a personal thing, you don't get to enforce anything about it as a partner.

We do share who we vote for but it's by choice.

Was it more that you wanted a debate/discussion/barney and he didn't? I used to have a friend like that, who would pick and pick to try to turn anything into political sparring. It was exhausting and tedious. Perhaps your husband feels the same.