Would you date or marry a conservative?

Speaking as a conservative,I was wondering to all you liberal/centrist tropers espically Call Me Tomu would you be interested in dating someone on the other side of the politcal spectrum.Besides conservative girls like me have spunk and I also have the Sassy Black Woman trope in spades.

edited 24th Aug '11 5:00:50 PM by joyflower

Depends on how you define conservative really...and what qualifies as conservatism.

It depends. If the person is conservative because of Economic reasons, I would highly disagree, but I wouldn't object to dating them. Social issues would be a no-go though.

To be honest, this is such an absurdly generalized topic. There are way too many factors to consider in a relationship for you to say "yes, I would do this" or "no, I would not do that".

EDIT: Also, I'm assuming it's less "conservative" and more "person on other side of political alignment".

edited 24th Aug '11 5:04:17 PM by YoungMachete

umm... Depends but I guess chance are I would not.

Are you at all comfortable with the idea of sleeping with a woman? If the answer is yes I will stalk you on the internet and kidnap you and take you to Greece call me.

Wait no that's creepy too.

The serious answer: Depends.

• Sleep with conservatives? Sure, Why Not??
• Date them? Perhaps. They'd have to be hot to be worth the effort, though.
• Marry a conservative? Not unless they repent.

edited 25th Aug '11 2:15:59 AM by SavageHeathen

I can't tell if this is a discussion thread or if you're just proposing to Tomu. o_o;

But to answer your question (I'm assuming I qualify as liberal for the purpose of this question): yes, if we loved one another.

This. Although I would marry a person for the person, regardless of the political views...

This...

I suppose. I'm not really getting the point of this thread.

Depends. If they're the kind of person who would enjoy respectfully debating their views, I'd certainly date them. Maybe not marry, because that could get old, but date for sure.

@OP: Sure, it's not a big deal.

Well, I'm just fine with someone who has political differences, or who has different views of economics, or the role of government, etc. I don't mind that.

I will not become a Christian, nor will I go to church, nor will I oppose gay rights (including marriage). I will support the continued legality of abortion, while working for a society where it doesn't happen out of choice, or any number of things.

tl;dr version: If there is a conservative who's willing to accept me, including my liberal tendencies, then yes, I absolutely will, assuming that she isn't going to try to force her differing views on me (and I'll try to restrain myself from doing the same).

"Conservatism" is too nebulous and too ill-defined a term to be helpful here.

Well as the guy I have strong romantic feelings for has quite conservative views, though what you mean by conservative may very well be different to what I mean. I suppose I'd say yes, I would date a conservative, or some with opposing views to my own. Whether such a relationship would last is another thing. Also depends if they're the kind of 'conservative' who is vehemently opposed to gay love But at the end of the day I guess if I love the person than it wouldn't matter unless there was severe incompatibility issues.

edited 24th Aug '11 5:29:20 PM by PiccoloNo92

Conservative? Yeah. I would.

A Movement Conservative? Oh Hells No.

If they were too opposed to the views and ideals I held dear then no, I wouldn't date them.

I think it's more their problem than mine. If by liberal you mean "I care less about how other people are" and conservative as "I care more about social issues", I'm pretty sure it's the conservative's problem in dating me.

I wouldn't voluntarily socialize with a Sassy Black Woman or social conservative outside of anonymous internet forums, so dating is out of the question.

Both of my serious relationships have been with relatively conservative Christians, so yes. It helps that my personal lifestyle is significantly more conservative than my social outlook.

Well, I wouldn't care too much. Then again, Canadian conservatives are much more tolerable then American ones.

Yeah...basically what others have said. It depends on what kind of conservative the person is and how their political values reflect their cultural values. I'm like this with any woman, really. FOX News seems to be really good about hiring hot women as correspondents, and MSNBC isn't too far behind. My female friends have a similar sentiment about the men on these politically-charged media. But I digress.

A moderate-to-right fiscal conservative who shares many of my values is fine with me. However, I agree with another poster's statement that I certainly will not date someone who 1.) doesn't believe in evolution 2.) is opposed to same-sex marriage and 3.) whines about so-called "welfare abusers" every chance she gets.

But again, this isn't my opposition to social conservatism per se, but rather my opposition to social values that are too extreme or narrow for my taste. I don't want the romantic company of Bible-thumping hardline conservative women anymore than I want the romantic company of hardcore tree-hugging ultra-liberal women. I suppose the extreme viewpoints are less bothersome than the stubbornness that comes with those extremes, so I would be uncomfortable dating someone like that on either side of the political spectrum. I'm speaking from experience.

Nationality also factors into that for me. Conservatives are quite different from country to country, as are all political groups.

edited 24th Aug '11 5:47:23 PM by Aprilla

I live in a rather Liberal part of Canada too, (Don't listen to the elections) so that chance of meeting a Conservative oman are kind of low anyways.

Like many people have already said, conservatism encompasses a lot of different views. Would I date somebody who believes the government should run a balanced budget? Sure. Would I date somebody who denies evolution? Definitely not.

I suppose it also depends on whether they will try to project or force their own views on to you as well. I can deal with and respect people with differing views to me so long as they don't try and make their views mine.

The example of evolution has been used. I could go out with someone (I think) who doesn't believe in evolution so long as they are not militaristic about it, which I guess (hope) not every anti-evolutionist is

Though saying that I don't have much experience with dating so I in all honesty I can't say for certain what my exceptions are for dating. I've only been out with one guy before who had zero interest in politics. It lasted one date. Whether or not that was because of incompatibility due to a lack of common ground I'm not sure.

edited 24th Aug '11 6:03:49 PM by PiccoloNo92

(I am a conservative, so I will answer the other way)

If they loved Jesus first, and loved others second, and loved themselves third, Totally.

(Yea, that kind of eliminates most liberals, but that has nothing to do with the issue.)

edited 24th Aug '11 6:43:03 PM by Jimmmyman10