“My husband and I have differing views on some things. Mostly we get along. But when the news triggers us, we’re likely to butt heads like the antlered do in the fall. Pundits and politicians insist everyone talk to those we don’t agree with. They want us to get out of our bubble. Thing is, when he brings up a controversial topic, he already knows I don’t see things as he does. So, I tend to clam up because I really don’t want to hear anymore.

“I tell him it just makes me feel disconnected from him. It’s making me question if I love him enough to put up with his pattern. He thinks he’ll wear me down and persuade me.

“I don’t want to pretend that his view is valid when I think just the opposite. The more he talks the more I disrespect him. Why should any of us talk with someone who is stu

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