Sometimes we have strong opinions on a topic until it affects someone we love.

Quick story:

Years ago, a friend of mine, someone prominent in state politics, was running for an seat in the State House of Representatives. We'd met for lunch and she was telling me about her "party platform," stating she was going to stick to the platform and had added: one of her personal goals was to decrease medicine/drug coverage to those ppl not working.

Huh?

She knew I was medically disabled. She also knew I was single at the time.
She knew I'd struggled to get by.

I'd asked her if she really felt that population needed to have funding cut? She'd answered with a firm "Oh Yes!"

I had then asked her if she'd ever be in favor of anything that made it impossible for me to have the meds I'd needed?
She'd answered with an emphatic "No!"

I then told her I was in the group of people in which she was proposing funding cuts. She looked like she'd fall out of her chair.

Once she'd realized her platform would affect people she'd loved, she'd changed her mind.

It's easy to have lots of opinions on certain topics when we don't put a face on the group we speak against. It's more difficult to stand behind our own rhetoric when it hurts someone we love.

Blue, maybe you can start some general discussions about depression and feel them out?

I am both hopeful they will support you and concerned your dad may stay with his stance.

Only you know what's best. It surely would be nice if you could tell them and get more support.


WC