My dad has a new girlfriend. This is his first girlfriend after my mothers death about five years ago. He genuinely likes this woman and she makes him very happy. I am glad for him. I do genuinely want him to be happy and he deserves it. my father has asked me to meet this woman. He started talking to me about her and revealed to me that she is a Trumper. That instantaneously turned me off from meeting her or getting to know her in any capacity. The fact that she is a Trumper says a lot to me about her value system. Her value system is the complete antithesis to mine. I take my political beliefs very seriously. I work for a nonprofit that helps the poor. My political beliefs are core part of my personality. I find it very difficult to engage with a person who is a Trumper. It is also completely turned me off from meeting her. I won’t stop her or my dad from dating I just don’t want anything to do with it. my father is very angry at me that I don’t want to meet her. He understands that he doesn’t expect us to be friends or hang out socially all that often but he does want me to meet her and be nice. I can understand that it’s not an outrageous request. But I find it very hard to let my concerns about her go based on the fact that she’s a Trumper. I also have a really hard time hiding my emotions. I don’t have a good poker face. So I feel like even if I meet her and pretend to be nice it’ll come off as exceptionally fake. I asked my dad if I had to meet her and he said yes. I really don’t want to. But I feel compelled to go. I’m just not sure how to handle the situation I know that I need to respect my father, but I also need to respect myself. Please give me some advice on what to do.
What should I do about meeting my dad’s new girlfriend?
