Back To The Single Life, Thanks Libertarianism!

July 19, 2012
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I know 90% of my readers are men, and therefore could care less about my relationship problems (LOL), but I felt compelled to make a post about this anyways, given that it relates to my libertarian beliefs.  My girlfriend of a year and half got into an argument with me recently over kids and other things, which lead to the relationship ending.

She basically wanted the following:

Wanted me to move to Orange County (expensive, overpriced), creating an hour long commute to work and an hour long commute home every day.

Wanted me to have kids with her, and most importantly, wanted those kids to attend a public school.

Wanted me to fix up any house she decided to buy with her inherited money.

Planned on having her mother live with us for an extended period of time.

Wanted to vaccinate any kids we might have.

Refused to let me engage in certain activities that I highly enjoy.

I actually agreed to all of them to a degree.

I agreed to live in OC.

I agreed to fix up any house she might buy.

I agreed to having kids.

I agreed to letting her mom live with us.

I agreed to give up certain activities in/around the home that she didn’t like.

But I couldn’t budge on a few issues, which basically sent her off the deep end. There is no way I would ever stick my kid in a public school.  I don’t even like private schools all that much, since they teach out of the same texts that the public schools use.  I would prefer to have my kids home schooled.  I also don’t like the idea of vaccinating my kids.  Vaccines are only marginally effective, and they have potentially dangerous side effects.  They aren’t worth the risk in my opinion.  And as for my “activities,”  I told her I would find another place to do them.  (no, I’m not blowing rails of cocaine, binge drinking, or doing anything that harms myself, anyone else or anyone else’s property).  Of course, I was accused of lying to her about my desire to have a family, and refusing to “grow up” and “be a man.”  After which she chucked my perfectly good mini-air conditioner in the trash and told me she never wanted to speak to me again.

Put another mark down for a relationship ended by libertarian ideals.

So, if there are any good looking single libertarian girls between the ages of 22-30 in southern California that are interested in dating an established good looking anarchist, drop me a line ;)

At this point, I’ve pretty much committed myself to never getting involved in a relationship with someone who isn’t a libertarian.  They just don’t work out in the end.  Unfortunately, the number of good looking young women who are libertarians in southern Califorian is somewhere between 0 and nil, so I’ll probably just stay single for the rest of my time here on this planet.

An interesting side note, the following people never had any children of their own, at least to my knowledge:

Murray Rothbard

Ludwig Von Mises (had a step-daughter)

Lew Rockwell (adopted daughter)

Hans-Herman Hoppe

Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk

Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn

Henry Hazlitt

Adam Smith

along with many more.

 

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  • http://www.facebook.com/skylerjcollins Skyler J. Collins

    My wife’s coming along on the libertarian thing. She mostly could care less, isn’t political, is an immigrant from Mexico City, already knew that governments are corrupt, steal, and kill, etc. What I had to convince her on was the unschooling, which I highly recommend. See:
    http://www.everything-voluntary.com/p/unschooling.html

  • iambinarymind

    I have immense respect for the stand you made and can say from experience, it is worth it. The way your ex was treating you is not the sign of someone with self-knowledge and I feel would have led down a dark road. My advise, keep doing what makes you happy and your future wife will find you.

    • http://www.libertariannews.org/ Michael Suede

      Thanks for the kind words, and I plan on taking your advice.

  • Lefthandedguy

    Michael, good for you. The fact that she was so upset about you not caving on that one issue that was important to you should be a huge red flag. Avoid women like that like you would avoid the plague. (Not much difference between the two except possibly the fact that the plague would kill you faster, while the long-term exposure to zombies may turn you into one.) Good fortune in future endeavors.

  • http://www.facebook.com/dave.cochrane.374 Dave Cochrane

    To be brutally honest: you lost me as soon as you used the term “LOL.” I didn’t even realise that there were males who actually used that term. Your ex-girlfriend is right: Man up!

    And people who don’t know that the past tense of “lead” is “led” get right up my nose. They’re the same people who say “foilage” and “nucular”. I want to slap them all! Slap them, I tell yer!

    And don’t get me started on the comparatively recent American corruption of the phrase “couldn’t care less” into “COULD care less.” WTF!? That doesn’t even make sense, Doofuss! The whole point of saying “I couldn’t care less!” is that you care so little – i.e. not at all – that you…well, couldn’t care less.
    “Watson! Listen here, old chap! England have just batted forty-six for three!”
    “Quite frankly, Holmes, I can’t stand Cricket, and I couldn’t care less.”

    No prizes for guessing what the first thought in response to my comment will be. Clue: it will contain the words “care” and “less.”

    • http://www.libertariannews.org/ Michael Suede

      Thanks for your deep insights into my grammatical errors.

      I take it you think I should have had kids with her, sent them to a public school, give up the things I love to do, and vaccinate my kids, all in the name of “being a man.”

      I didn’t realize that being a man meant becoming a total pussy.

    • Tony

      When you deliberately behave like a grammar Nazi rather than having anything of use to say about the actual content of the article, it’s really not all that difficult to predict how people will respond to you. So no, you get no prizes for guessing. Prizes are for achievements.

  • johnqpublic

    Great Piece!

    Try this quick test when you start dating to weed out the undesirables.

    Ask them 4 simple questions over the appetizer.

    1) Do you watch network TV?
    2) Do you believe Vaccines help children?
    3) Who did you vote for?
    4)What schools would you like for your kids to attend?

    Disclaimer: This comment is meant as humor, no dates were harmed in the making of this comment.

    1) if she answers yes to this question get up and leave the restaurant without saying a word…… or take her home for a 1 night stand and never call her again.

    2) if she answers yes to this question pull out your conceal carry (you’d be dumb not to have one) and shot her squarely between the eyes….or take her home for a 1 night stand and never call her again. ( My son has Autism, he was ‘normal’ until he received the MMR Vac)

    3)If she answers yes (that she voted) to this question. Take a steak knife off of the table and cut her heart out, place it on your plate and stab it as many times as you can. Look up all of her relatives and do the same to them….or take her home for a 1 night stand and never call her again.
    Because anyone who has not accepted the fact that most major elections are predetermined and your vote in merely a symbolic jester, needs to be killed at once and there gene pool needs to be wiped from the planet..

    4) If she answers anything but home school get up and leave the restaurant without saying a word…… or take her home for a 1 night stand and never call her again.

    See a Pattern?

    Although we have the Exact same view on the issues you listed in your piece I do differ on opinion on the whole libertarian label. You see ‘in my mind’ the term libertarian implies that I’m political in nature. Which is impossible as I do not recognize politics as a profession or a means to democracy or as anything other then a fictional piece of work from days gone by (yeah, like a book). I do not watch, participate in nor do I acknowledge it as real. Kinda like most folks view of ufo’s…

    Anyway good luck and you might want to date younger as they don’t yet have all these hangups you mention and they will normally adjust there views based on logic rather then Fox and Friends.

  • Tony

    She wants to have it all her way, and stomps her feet like a spoiled brat of a child when she can’t, yet she thinks you’re not a grown up?
    Looks like you narrowly escaped a highly unpleasant future with the wife from hell.

  • Roger Young

    Good move, Michael. I’m 57 and never came within a million miles of marriage and never regretted it. Nothing against females, but I just can’t imagine living with one- and I had a wonderful mother and sister.
    Live simple, live free, my friend.

  • http://www.facebook.com/jjaech Jonathan Jaech

    Choosing a partner on the basis of political philosophy is not necessarily the way to go. There is a certain amount of compromise in any relationship, but if your woman loves, trusts and respects you, and you her, disagreements about things like public schools and vaccines can be resolved without rancor. You might do better with someone who will listen to you and who does not have strongly held political beliefs of her own.

  • Leah Kay

    I’m a 26 year old female, libertarian, and I won’t date anyone who isn’t libertarian as well! Don’t compromise your values for anything less than the best. Dagny wouldn’t. :D

    • Nate

      Wanna go out sometime? I am 25, and dying to meet a libertarian girl to have a relationship with! If not, WHERE ARE YOU ladies HIDING?

  • http://www.facebook.com/danield.devaney Daniel DeVaney

    The fact that she would have an issue with something as benign as not wanting potential children to attend public school then her proceeding to throw stuff indicates that you’re way better off without her.

    I personally have had poor luck in the past with girlfriends however I met my recent girlfriend over a year ago at the Mises Institute and we are both Anarcho-Capitalists with the same interests, goals, and principles. It’s the best relationship in my life and we are planning on getting married already. The one thing I would advise you to do is to stick it out and wait to meet a libertarian woman. There are definitely few but it’s worth it in the end. I’ve seen personal friends lose marriages and children because of having crazy statist partners.

    On a side note, I live in Southern California as well. Feel free to add me on FB and maybe we can talk Austrian Business Cycle Theory sometime like all the cool kids do!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000215923928 Damon Stahl

    I feel your pain brother! Im an elected official seeking higher office and still cant find a decent libertarian woman.

  • Mer

    Someone should create a libertarian dating website. I’m a Libertarian woman and I’m hard pressed to find a libertarian guy around me