Would a difference in Political Values make you rethink a relationship?

[AugustSunshine]

Just wanting some other opinions on this really.

I've been seeing a guy for 7 months. Recently he's been very opinionated and vocal about politics. Especially since the snap election call.

Would it be a deal breaker for you? Are you in a good relationship with someone holding opposite political views?

Deal breaker for me. I think what you believe in is core to who you are.

He sounds a dick.

Me and dh have different political views, and I've struggled with it at times (Brexit) but at the end of it all, we both want the same things, and have the same fundemental values, we just disagree on the way they can be achieved.

Depends on whether they are political opinions or actual values.

Someone who is fine with the idea of people having to sleep rough or believes in discrimination of non-whites - no, couldn't handle that.

Someone who believes in a different political/economic strategy for solving problems of poverty or discrimination- yes, could probably handle that (unless they seemed totally deluded).

I am a Christian, dh is an atheist, we get on fine. But we wouldn't get on fine if we had different ideas as to how we should respond to somebody needing our help or a wrong done to us.

If he was smart and articulate, rather than bigoted and overbearing, I'd welcome it. I enjoy thinking about politics and like my partners to educate me in some way. It's no fun living in an echo-chamber of one's own thoughts and beliefs.

Of course, I'd have to be able to observe from his behaviour that he was a fundamentally kind and compassionate person.

No, I think you can have differences, of course you can. The question is how you have those differences. Don't forget, opinions can change, even political ones!

You mention he's opinionated and so it may be that he's a bit of a bolshy personally, in which case you may find you don't want to align your life with his.

Difference of opinion or perspective is fine and to be expected. Difference of core values - deal breaker!