i went to protests and drove her car. tried to be careful, parked waaaay far away and so on and walked towards the thing, didnt bring a cell phone the whole deal.

well now its a while later and she got a citation in the mail for "reckless driving". letter reads "we were reviewing our records and found that you have an outstanding citation..." blah blah blah. its from SIX YEARS AGO when she was stopped at a red light and someone hit her and drove off. she filled out a police report for insurance reasons and they are saying they highway patrol gave her a ticket back then. but the letter is from our counties clerk of the court.

whatever, i know what this is its targetting harassment. they clearly were pinging license plates and picked hers up and they are targeting people. so she calls the highway patrol to get it cleared up. heres the problem

WHEN ON THE PHONE WITH THE HIGHWAY PATROL SHE TELLS THEM THAT SHE THINKS THIS IS FROM WHEN HER HUSBAND WENT TO PROTESTS AGAINST THE COPS AND THAT THEY ARE TARGETTING HER FOR POLITICAL REASONS AND SHE THINKS THE HIGHWAY PATROL ARE GOING TO HELP HER IN THIS

i cant

i literally cannot even like wtf why are liberals like this i love her to my own goddamn peril but she is so fucking naive she actually thinks the organization she admits is corrupt and oppressive is going to help her

going forward i cannot ever tell her about any political activity im involved with. i cannot trust my own spouse

  • TheBroodian [none/use name]
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    Supposing that this event has already happened, trying to force someone to see the events that have transpired from your own perspective (regardless of how correct it may be) is not at all necessarily going to have the desired result. Just as likely, it creates animosity because it comes with a lot of implications. Sometimes working through the problem is having understanding of who your significant other is, and just dropping it

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        They don’t need to understand your viewpoint, they just need to understand that it’s important to you to never call the cops about anything

        So basically, "Just do what I say". Sounds like a great way for OP to maintain a healthy relationship.