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Add their relationship to the victims of communism list.
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I have to imagine that what they mean is that the boyfriend has some opinion about the USSR or Mao that they don't like or something, right? There's no way that their general attitude about class went unmentioned for five years.
I dunno, a woman who had a massive crush on me suddenly asked if I was actually a communist after knowing me for 5 years. we were playing Smash Bros with two other people I had converted to communism over those same 5 years. Apparently she thought I was just doing a bit.
There's a huge difference between that and being in a romantic relationship with someone for 5 years, though.
Edit: I'm curious how that conversation went, though.
Very approximately:
Me: is ranting about capitalism again
M: wait, Owl, are you actually a communist?
Best friend: starts laughing
Other friend: are you serious?
Me: ...why did you think I've been constantly espousing communist ideology for the whole time you've known me?
M: well, I thought you were like, joking about it...
BF: laughing intensifies
OF: M, are you actually serious?
Me: for five years?!
Then she had a huff and went back to playing and I started ranting again (I would often use suicidally aggressive tactics against everyone early in the evening and get knocked out first so I could concentrate on ranting until the next round started (4 stock random characters low items all maps don't @ me)).
Between the autism and being raised by Marxists I've never hidden my radical leftism, so it's not like there weren't signs - me giving detailed breakdowns of the latest news and how capitalism is to blame was a regular thing, and how I converted the other two. I'd dragged them to demonstrations and chatted to the local orgs with them. I know I was so oblivious to her affection I went on a date with her without realising until she tried to kiss me at the end, but I really feel she should have noticed a lot earlier.