To ask if people in your real life are talking about Brexit because no bugger is in mine!

[JaneHare]

Considering the media say we're a country divided, it doesn't look like it to me!

No-one I work with is talking about Brexit or tonight's vote. My family don't discuss it; leavers and remainers spent a perfectly cordial Xmas together. My friends look at me like this if I bring it up. I'm not hearing any discussions in the hairdressers or the shop or the pub.

How about in your life?

(And if you don't want to discuss Brexit on this thread, you're free to leave)

Friends and I discuss it very occasionally. We’re a mix of remainers and leavers, all with well-constructed, economics-based reasons for having voted either way. Always cordial. Rarely hear it mentioned otherwise - have never spoken about it or overheard conversations when out and about or in pubs or restaurants. I imagine most people just realise that frothing and ranting isn’t actually going to impact an outcome and just sours relationships.

I wasn't making assumptions I just found it odd that people appear to be able to view then switch off from it as if it doesn't matter. That was the logic begins the question, then I wondered if you were a family of split opinions and thus working at keeping things harmonious.

They don't sound thick, neither do you. The reality is no-one knows how it's going ing to go :/, least of all our ever more incompetent looking government.

Interesting thread, not remainers versus brexiters, or at least not yet, but seeing how much people's lives are affected by the shenanigans in parliament.

DH and I completely engrossed and have been from the start. Thank god whole family are ardent remainers so no arguments but plenty of chat. Amongst wider groups of friends, it does get discussed occasionally but it does always end up heated which is horrible. I feel complete despair and sadness, watching parliament today and all the EU flags up at college green makes me want to cry. God knows what tonight's vote will bring...

No.

At Christmas one person brought it up to simply say we'd probably be best not talking about it. Everyone agreed and got on with the celebrating.

Not so much anymore but in 2016 it was all anyone spoke about. I remember going for a drink in a local gay bar one night and discussing it with a guy stood outside at great length. He had spent the day fighting with his husband because his husband had voted to leave. It really did divide people. A few people were ‘debating’ outside of the bar as well. Many people at work discussed it (I’m an English teacher) but thankfully all of my colleagues voted remain so no conflict. Had lengthy discussions with students about it at the time too.

Now all I hear is how much people are sick of hearing about it and just want it over and done with.

DH talks about it to me and his family but not to anyone else. Sadly most of our friends seem to have voted the opposite to us and I am shocked at the hypocritical and racist attitudes that seem to be the reason behind their vote. Best not discussed in my opinion.

No, literally no-one I know talks about it. My feeling is until it happens (if it happens) we really have no idea how it will impact us, so seems silly to fret about it. I am also quite ignorant politically admittedly, I don't understand much about the EU or whether it's really better off in the long for us to be in or out. IMO things could be just as bad for us in the future if we stay than if we go - the world is so unpredictable especially nowadays, it's really hard to tell what is best. I say that from my limited scope of understanding.

*people were able to vote, not view

IL mention it occassionally to say EU should be doing what we say, or we need to get it over with or it won't have any effect. They voted remain but would now vote leave and it won't affect them despite traveling back off holiday after we leave EU.

My family to say they've turned the TV Radio off to avoid it.

DH and I talk about it - trying to mitigate - few supplies in - had a look at job security reducing spending and upping savings where we can - trying to plan mainly.

Outside family it's not mentioned by anyone.

I’m at my parents’ house right now. They’re listening to Radio 2 and Jacob Rees-Mogg is talking. My Dad has just commented that he doesn’t want a second referendum, because he doesn’t think it would solve anything.

We have an outreach meeting with the British embassy tomorrow. Goodness only knows what they think they’re going to be able to tell us after this omnishambles of a deal is voted down tonight.

So it will definitely be the topic of conversation at the bar tomorrow evening!

Nope never hear anything about it since the initial vote in 2016, people are just getting on with it. I see the odd share on facebook.

We discuss it all the time in my family but no discord because I don’t know anyone who voted leave.

Yes, a lot. One of my DC has a job offer in Romania, and we don't know if it's possible for them to take it up post-Brexit - jobs are mainly available in Europe, and not the UK.

It doesn’t come up in Day to day life here on the school run or work. My work won’t be affected by it as such apart from maybe being slightly busier.

No, noone mentions it. Mind you I hear the word on the Tele and just switch off. It bores me ridged. I know I should be taking notice, but When you've had a word constantly rammed down your throat for almost 3 years, it does get monotonous, in the end.

We talk about it at work a lot because we have a lot of people working for us who are EU Nationals
Same at my work, and we've struggled to fill a couple of recent vacancies because of this.
I would say not at the school gates but it comes up when relevant e.g. we're losing a few families who are moving back to their home countries and generally it comes up then.

It's odd isn't it? Given how important it is.

My friend is Irish. I asked her what she thinks of the backstop. She said "what's that?" I laughed - thinking she was having a laugh - she wasn't. And we're both old enough to remember the Troubles.

My DSD is doing her Erasmus year in France and Italy (language student). She has no interest in Brexit even though it might bugger up her plans to work in Europe. "Have you written to your MP about Brexit?" I ask. "What for?" she replies. And she really is clever!

We talk about it every day at work. Chatting about stockpiling and brexit starter packs

Yes people I know talk about it a lot, several have very good personal reasons to worry about it: European nationals for example. However I have to admit I only skim headlines, am hoping DP will explain it in words of one syllable once it's done and dusted.

We talk about it a lot, at work and at home. Although there are no disagreements as I don't personally know anyone who voted to leave (If anyone in work voted to leave they're keeping it pretty quiet!)

I work with a lot of Europeans. And a lot of our clients are going to be making Brexit-related redundancies/moves so will have a knock on effect on us. Oh and we purchase a lot of goods from Europe, so, yeah pretty hot topic of conversation!

We were talking about it at home today as DH and the DCs Irish passports arrived. Lucky them!

All the time. But I live in Italy so my British colleagues and I are all worried about out status after Brexit, whether we can keep our jobs, live in the same country as our children, drive a car, cross borders to get to work....

It is odd that no one talking about it.

Even in the vets there was a notice as they don't know how it will affect pet passport scheme and pet travel. That brought home how widespread the issues could be.

We know EU nationals who have left - work colleagues and school families but they left a while ago. It’s already affected DH work with funding but again they’ve known that for a while and are working around it.

I don’t know anyone who ISNT discussing it. Perhaps you move in politically apathetic circles, but even people I know who were previously unpolitical are getting on the bandwagon, whatever their view.

I find political apathy bemusing.