Not only is your boyfriend a bigot, he is incorrect. There are two states with no income tax where abortion is legal: Washington and Alaska.
If you want to spend your life with someone who is hateful and ignorant that is your choice, but constantly having to shut that kind of stuff down sounds exhausting. Eventually that will wear on you and make it not such a happy relationship anymore… and it sounds like it is already.
Yikes, this would make me lose all respect for my partner, and there’s no going back from that. I’m sorry you’re in this situation.
Some people are just boring and shallow in their opinions but this might be deeper. From the little I know of trauma and psychology, this sounds like he is incredibly averse to perceived criticism and rejection. This could point to childhood trauma.
That’s why he reads into everything you say – he anticipates rejection. That’s why he avoids having his own opinions, he thinks his would never be good enough so he just copies others. This won’t be so easily fixed at his age, especially if he’s not being honest with the therapist.
Would you have preferred me to use stronger languages to describe ym my dislike of that procedure?
I could have, but chose to be more careful with the words I chose
Not only is your boyfriend a bigot, he is incorrect. There are two states with no income tax where abortion is legal: Washington and Alaska.
If you want to spend your life with someone who is hateful and ignorant that is your choice, but constantly having to shut that kind of stuff down sounds exhausting. Eventually that will wear on you and make it not such a happy relationship anymore… and it sounds like it is already.
Yikes, this would make me lose all respect for my partner, and there’s no going back from that. I’m sorry you’re in this situation.
Some people are just boring and shallow in their opinions but this might be deeper. From the little I know of trauma and psychology, this sounds like he is incredibly averse to perceived criticism and rejection. This could point to childhood trauma.
That’s why he reads into everything you say – he anticipates rejection. That’s why he avoids having his own opinions, he thinks his would never be good enough so he just copies others. This won’t be so easily fixed at his age, especially if he’s not being honest with the therapist.