I Ended a Relationship Over Politics

Why you should talk about it on a first date.

It was the first time I met his friends. We were sitting at a picnic table in the chilly autumn air, a small group of 8 on a couple’s retreat. It was a long-awaited trip away after 10 long months in quarantine. We were having salads that his friends took too much of a portion of for one person and everyone was having a…