So this morning had a fight with FI that left me in tears. It was about politics.
He made a smarmy comment about Hillary Clinton. He made a smarmy comment about how the media gives her a pass on a lot of her BS because of her bits.
I lost my shit at him, demanding to know if he thought women had it easier or were granted passes through life because of our gender. He fell down the politics hole and started going on about ... I dunno. Politics. It wasn't the point and I kept telling him so but he gets so worked up over politics sometimes he'll have to take a walk around the block because otherwise he's screaming, fuming mad.
I was really really upset by this, that this man I love could possibly think and feel that way. I believe he doesn't, because though he said this he's spent every other year we've been together talking about my achievements, the unfairness of the way rape cases are handled in this country, equal pay, etc. But it really shook me very hard today. I haven't been able to talk to him all day and by now I've simmered down. But honestly FI and I don't fight (I think we fought once about the flower girl issue) except sometimes getting into heated political discussions. And I'm not sure if I just let it go and move on or what. Weirdly enough we've been together for almost five years now and we just haven't ever really had a situation where we came down firmly on opposite ends and ended up fighting over it.
How do you guys handle your fights with your loved ones?
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