Split the vote how? You are aware we haven’t even decided the Dem candidate yet, hence all the elections right now?

Sanders didn’t have a husband’s presidential victory to coattail into politics on. Being a long time, beloved AND successful senator is a huge political success in itself.

There’s no way in hell that I am going to vote for Clinton even if Sanders loses. If he runs independent then I’ll vote for him, and if he doesn’t then I’ll vote Green Party. I am sick and tired of being coerced into voting for shameless corporatists just for a couple of red meat social policies that I don’t even have…

Call me prejudiced, but “Kanongata” doesn’t sound very white to me.

Never underestimate Dem’s ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

One of my friends said something almost identical, so I’ll definitely give that a shot. Thanks for your input.

I mean, it would make me very happy, but at this point I would feel worried she was doing it because she felt she had to, rather than she wanted to. We actually have very similar life trajectories overall (STEM majors with good careers ahead of us) and we both want to live in a similar area (Southern California), but…

I mainly told her so she didn’t feel shocked if I broke up wit her over sex when, from her point of view, our relationship was great. That would have been unnecessarily cruel when I could have prevented it. I didn’t necessarily think she would or should have sex with me, but in the spirit of an open, honest…

While I am glad you were able to get over your sexual issues, I have to say that’s kind of a depressing sentiment from my point of view! That being said, I think she has grown a lot since she only goes to church over breaks when her family “encourages” her to, and she began exploring her own sexuality through…

That’s exactly how I felt before reading some of the replies here, but I guess sometimes this is just how relationships go. Thanks for responding.

Well, that’s not my intention, I really did just want open discussions of our needs and feelings on the relationship. I want to stay with her, but I also want what I want, and I felt it would have been unfair to blindside her if I hid the problem until the day I broke up with her. Doubtless she would be shocked and…

Ok, I’ll keep that in mind, thank you.

Thanks, it really helped. Also I love your Unikitty avatar!

I don’t think I’m exaggerating. I mean, I’m totally anonymous online, there’s no reason to, especially if giving accurate info leads to better advice.

The Green Party without a doubt. California is going Dem anyways, so why not have my petty little protest over it?

Man, Jezebel hates Bernie a lot without much reason. It’s like a 180 from Gawker.

This will probably get lost in the grays, but if anybody has the patience to read this, I would appreciate some feedback on the topic.

So I really need to ask a question about consent and coercion, but I didn’t want it to just get lost in the grays. I don’t want to impose my life on you, but I hope you’ll be willing to hear me out since you seem to know what you’re talking about.