I lied about Thursday being the fun day.  Fridays are.  

I’m posing these questions: When dating someone, or even loosely talking to them, when is it too soon to engage in a political debate?  What about a political debate that extends beyond an hour?  

Well, I would be willing to bet that within the first month- or several, for that matter- it could be detrimental to the relationship.  It’s a given that you’ll have disagreements, no matter what kind of relationship it is.  But, that doesn’t mean you go around discussing politics and religion with everyone you meet, much less someone you really like. 

I’m not sure how J and I got into it.  One moment we’re eating lunch, then talking about music, and then an hour has passed and we’ve been arguing.  We are both libertarians (which is so awesome).  But, he still believes in more government than I do.  Given, I don’t believe in much government at all, but he believes that our government would be fine the way it is without the corruptness.  I highly disagree with that.  We disagree on the way people should be taxed, and the way welfare should work.

The debate got kind of heavy.  But, when it was over, I realized he gets me.  He gets me!  He didn’t take the disagreement personal.  He didn’t get all torn up about it.  He was able to understand that I wasn’t attacking him, I was simply debating and sharing ideas with him.  And, I felt that I understood in return.  It was crazy.  It was crazy wonderful.  We laughed about it.  We joked about it later.  We still disagree.  But, it was great.

I’m used to disagreeing with people I care for or love.  Syd’s family is my favorite family ever, and they’re liberal.  Cody is liberal.  A bunch of my friends are liberal.  I don’t care at all.  I dig them just the same.  And, I’m glad to say that I can still dig J even though there are things we disagree on.

We’re both intense people.  He has strong opinions, just like me.  We both love to argue.  It’ll get heavy sometimes, I have to understand that.  But, I’m willing to make it work.  And, I’m so thankful that I have someone I can bounce ideas off of without upsetting the whole relationship.

This looks promising.

Willow’s birthday and birthday party.  I got her a Doodle Bear and jewelry.  And, she tried to wear all of jewelry at one time.  She dropped one of the rings in the toilet, and cried when I wouldn’t get it out (yes, after she had already used the toilet).  She loved her Doodle Bear, too.  We drew on it for a good thirty minutes, but then Doodle Bear fell asleep, and we had to rock it.  When it woke up, it kept getting hungry.  We fed the ducks, and went to a couple of playgrounds.  We stayed up until 11 watching Spongebob on Youtube.

I’m going to get an even smaller stud