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Is discovering your partner owns Trump media stock a relationship dealbreaker? Lesbians weigh in
One red flag is waving above all the rest.
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.
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But 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.
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Ultimately, 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.
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And 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."
Rachel Kiley is presumably a writer and definitely not a terminator. She can usually be found crying over queerbaiting in the Pitch Perfect franchise or on Twitter, if not both.
Rachel Kiley is presumably a writer and definitely not a terminator. She can usually be found crying over queerbaiting in the Pitch Perfect franchise or on Twitter, if not both.
