[ferri]

i met my husband on line too. :) we started out as friends and quickly realized it was more than that. when we first got together i discovered that he wasn't really all that interested in politics either. i really didn't care, that saves fighting. LOL when we did talk about things i saw that he was a lot more liberal thinking than i am. over the years (we've been together 9 years now) he has gotten more interested AND more conservative. it was nothing i forced on him, it just happened.

something else to think about...if your lady friend was raised like i was, it was considered rude to ask someone how they voted, and it was something no one was expected to answer. :) the thing is, it sounds like you make a good couple, you don't have to enjoy or agree on everything. i am sure she won't keep you from keeping up with the news and reading FR right? so i sort of see it as not a big deal. i don't force my hubby to read FR, he doesn't force me to mess with greasy things under the hood of the car. marriage made in heaven. lol

[fightinJAG]

I have never in my life heard so many people say it was considered rude to ask one’s spouse how he/she voted!

I’m not commenting on it one way or the other, but I’m truly surprised that anyone thinks that way. I have never, ever heard that.

So, learn something every day, I suppose.

Quite to the contrary, where I come from it would have been considered very rude, not to mention weird, if spouses not only did not volunteer to the other who they intended to vote for, but discussed it together early and often. I can’t imagine any of the long-term couples I grew up around keeping their vote secret from each other.

Nor could I imagine it being considered rude to ask what the other spouse thought about the candidates and why and how he/she was leaning.