Dear Richard Madeley: ‘My Leftie wife is condescending and annoying’
telegraph.co.ukThe Telegraph, let alone writing to it!) The thing is, my wife – amazing person that she is – is still very much on the Left, into third-wave feminism and anxious about white privilege.
As a result, we often disagree, and while there are no raised voices I’m starting to find her attitude condescending and annoying.
She says she’ll only engage with me ‘if I want to educate myself’, which is funny, but also somewhat offensive. If I suggest that capitalism is not to blame for the world’s ills, she replies, ‘Well, I’d better talk to someone else then.’ She says it’s like she doesn’t know me, when, in fact, I’m more myself and content than ever.
I have a feeling that I’m not alone in this predicament. In my wife’s mind, ‘conservative’ = ‘bad person’. Admittedly, her family suffered terribly during the Second World War, but I’ve hardly become an extremist (I disapprove of this Government’s migration policies, for example).My question is: how does one open up conversations about big issues with a loved one when you’re not in agreement on them?
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