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Trump’s election stole my desire to look for a partner
WaPo ^ | December 5 2016 | Stephanie Land

Posted on 12/08/2016 8:08:33 AM PST by Gamecock

In August, I went on six dates in one week. I had decided that I was ready to look for a partner. Enough of this dating unavailable men a half-decade younger than me. They’d never seriously consider a relationship with me, my two children and our needy dog. No. I wanted to find an equal. A man who wouldn’t feel the need to step in and rescue me. I didn’t need rescuing.

...two weeks later, the election happened. Once it was clear that Donald Trump would be president instead of Hillary Clinton, I felt sick to my stomach. I wanted to gather my children in bed with me and cling to them like we would if thunder and lightning were raging outside, with winds high enough that they power might go out. The world felt that precarious to me.

My oldest came out of her room the next morning to show me the money the Tooth Fairy had left her. She’d unexpectedly had to have a tooth pulled, and so bravely went through it that I said, “Just think: You’ll always remember the day you got a tooth pulled with the day we elected our first female president.”

When I told her Trump had won, she protested: “But Mom. You said Hillary was going to win.”

I’ve lost the desire to attempt the courtship phase. The future is uncertain. I am not the optimistic person I was on the morning of Nov. 8, wearing a T-shirt with “Nasty Woman” written inside a red heart. It makes me want to cry thinking of that. Of seeing my oldest in the shirt I bought her in Washington, D.C., that says “Future President.”

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To: Gamecock

I am dumber for reading that article.


101 posted on 12/08/2016 9:13:11 AM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: Gamecock

Good. That means higher gene pool and less abortions all at the same time.


102 posted on 12/08/2016 9:20:17 AM PST by CygnusXI
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[[Trump’s election stole my desire to look for a partner]]

Suck it up buttercup- noone’s impressed with your whiny little attitude


103 posted on 12/08/2016 9:25:36 AM PST by Bob434
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To: Gamecock

Trump won - I’m gonna stay a slut....


104 posted on 12/08/2016 9:28:09 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: Gamecock

DUmmie FUnnies 12-08-16 (Womyn DUmmies Still Mourning Hillary Loss)
DUmmie FUnnies ^ | December 8, 2016 | DUmmies & PJ-Comix

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3502699/posts

In case you missed this..

.And the drama queen winner is.....


105 posted on 12/08/2016 9:28:29 AM PST by MEG33 (God Bless Our Troops, ;Our Leaders And Our Nation)
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To: Gamecock

Yet another mentally deranged liberal. But aren’t they all?


106 posted on 12/08/2016 9:29:06 AM PST by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (The GOP will see the light, because Trump will make them feel the heat.)
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To: Gamecock

“it makes me want to cry”

Yeah, well stupidity will do that to you.


107 posted on 12/08/2016 9:30:11 AM PST by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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To: Gamecock

No, really, we'll adjust. And please turn the kids over to a more stable relative.

108 posted on 12/08/2016 9:38:12 AM PST by Snickering Hound
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To: Puppage

“Woof”? I think you mean “Arf.”


109 posted on 12/08/2016 9:40:57 AM PST by Arthur McGowan (https://youtu.be/IYUYya6bPGw)
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To: Cboldt
It's tough finding out your mom is a liar.

It's also damn near impossible for a woman with kids to find a decent and reliable partner, especially if she goes in for "nasty woman" t-shirts.

110 posted on 12/08/2016 9:45:39 AM PST by Albion Wilde ("Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo."--Donald Trump)
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To: Gamecock

She has no idea how lucky her kids are that Trump won.

Similarly she’s doing men a big favor by staying away from them.


111 posted on 12/08/2016 9:48:40 AM PST by aquila48
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To: Arthur McGowan

She looks like she should be sniffing luggage at JFK.


112 posted on 12/08/2016 9:49:00 AM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: Snickering Hound

So who were the sperm donors? Or does going through 6 guys a week make that hard to determine?


113 posted on 12/08/2016 9:49:43 AM PST by Gamecock (Gun owner. Christian. Pro-American. Pro Law and Order. I am in the basket of deplorables.)
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To: Gamecock

Pound me action?


115 posted on 12/08/2016 9:57:40 AM PST by jaydubya2
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To: Albion Wilde

Not many guys want to raise some other guy’s kids!


116 posted on 12/08/2016 10:10:19 AM PST by gr8eman (Don't waste your energy trying to understand commies. Use it to defeat them!)
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To: Gamecock

Single men everywhere are breathing a sigh of relief.


117 posted on 12/08/2016 10:13:55 AM PST by Mister Da (The mark of a wise man is not what he knows, but what he knows he doesn't know!)
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To: KC_Conspirator

I’m already dumb and my eyes can’t unsee the ugly!


118 posted on 12/08/2016 10:17:40 AM PST by gr8eman (Don't waste your energy trying to understand commies. Use it to defeat them!)
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To: Gamecock

The idiot is a typical lunatic LIB...typical. What an absolute mess...and loser.


119 posted on 12/08/2016 10:20:23 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?.)
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To: gr8eman

I’m no longer of an age where I’m dating but I can only imagine the picking are pretty slim for any guy active.


120 posted on 12/08/2016 10:24:02 AM PST by x1stcav (Leftism is like rust: It corrodes 24 hours a day until eradicated.)
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