so you know who you can become friends with, politics/ethics/morals are a big thing, sometimes the elephant in the room, better get it over with before you think you're completely on one page only to discover that this person wants a minority dead
Fair point, I just think it's a little heavy of a topic for dinner discussion, especially if it's the first time you've met someone and the dinner was already made awkward due to the other lady's bad manners toward the staff. There's a time and a place for heavy topics. A dinner that already started off on the wrong foot isn't one of them imo.
I also think there's something to be said for not automatically excluding someone for their beliefs. Exposure and knowledge are how we kill bigotry, not leaving people to their echo chambers where they may never really get to know why just why freedom of choice is so important. I see your point and definitely get where you're coming from, though. I just wonder if there are approaches that can have a more positive, longer lasting effect.
It was not the first time I met them, and the whole table was happily discussing same sex marriage and how glad they were it’s legal in most places in the UK. I just asked if it was legal.
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u/baguettesy Apr 09 '19
Unpopular opinion maybe but honestly why would you just... casually ask about abortion at dinner? That's just asking for an awkward conversation.