It sounds old-fashioned — something from a bygone era when life felt simpler and conversations were gentler — but the wisdom behind it is timeless. Politics can divide people who otherwise love each other.
It can turn a holiday gathering into a battlefield and transform a peaceful dinner into a storm of accusations, frustration, and heartbreak.
In her deeply personal HuffPost essay, Andrea describes how political differences — differences she once believed she could live with — suddenly grew into an overwhelming emotional rupture she could no longer ignore.