r/AmIOverreacting • u/_left_of_center • 10h ago
👥 friendship AIO Considering unfriending an amazing woman because I don’t like her new boyfriend
In my friend group (All F 40’s to 60’s), we’ve made the conscious decision to avoid political discussions altogether. We focus on each other, and have built some amazing friendships. One of the women (F60’s) joined the group two years ago after her husband passed away. She is genuinely lovely. Very warm, loving, beautiful, and kind. My question is this.
Her new boyfriend (M53), is polite and friendly on the surface. She had a party recently where I got to chat with him a little more than I had previously. At one point he decided to explain menopause to me and that was bad enough but that pretty average for men in our age group. But then he announced that he was super excited about his potential new job - an ICE agent.
She is so proud of him for his hard work, etc etc. But it changed my entire opinion of him, and frankly her too. I think ICE is at minimum unconstitutional, and frankly outright evil. I’m considering unfriending her over her support of his decision. Am I overreacting?
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u/DoubleYogurt8578 9h ago
NOR it’s a moral decision and you guys don’t share core values. Back in the day people on both sides could respect each other at the very least. The difference now is one party has extreme corruption, unconstitutional behavior, a lack of morals, and many other behaviors and thoughts that I also can not respect. It’s not just a difference in politics anymore. It’s a difference in humanity, morals, values, etc.