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Is discovering your partner owns Trump media stock a relationship dealbreaker? Lesbians weigh in
With Inauguration Day around the corner, many LGBTQ+ people are dreading watching politicians who want to roll back our rights take control of the government. But one redditor was stunned to discover her girlfriend felt differently all because of money.u/ExcellentComment5507 turned to the actuallesbians subreddit for advice after learning her girlfriend had previously purchased stocks in Donald Trump's media company."She's owned them for a while now but I only found out today," she wrote. "She mentioned how excited she is for January 20th for that reason because it will do well for her stock."It was clearly a shock, as she notes the two have known each other since high school, been dating for a year, and she considers her girlfriend "genuinely such a good person, and a liberal.""I love her more than anything but this feels wrong. Am I being overdramatic?" she asked.The title of the post indicated that she wanted to know if this should be a dealbreaker for the relationship, and it sparked some interesting debate surrounding what, precisely, was the problem here.Several of her fellow redditors admitted they didn't see a problem with LGBTQ+ people finding a way to profit from something that is otherwise likely to cause problems. from actuallesbians from actuallesbians from actuallesbiansBut others pointed out there's often a difference between profiting where you can in this sort of system and actively investing in something that benefits Trump and/or his political allies. from actuallesbians from actuallesbiansUltimately, the majority of responses centered around concern that the original poster's girlfriend was actively "excited" for Trump's inauguration just so she could make a little cash. from actuallesbians from actuallesbians from actuallesbians from actuallesbiansAnd one redditor who managed to step back from the understandably high emotions so many are feeling leading up to January 20th and make a pretty decent point."I think it would be a deal breaker for me," wrote u/Purple_Bowling_Shoes, "because it's not intelligent. No one has ever invested in trump and made a profit."
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