Sweet Revenge

Several months ago my husband received a membership for the NRA. Upon receiving it, he immediately called the organization and cancelled it. As it turns out, he figured out who sent/paid for it. It was one of his buddies he has known since college. I'll call him Smith (as in Smith and Wesson).

My guy and I are obviously liberals. I used to think we were fairly mainstream liberals, but as times are changing it seems we are, by mainstream standards, fairly radical. Smith used to be moderate but has become increasingly conservative as the years have gone on. I feel it's important to note that he is a sales rep for a pharmaceutical company. I'm quite certain that has played a large part in his conversion to conservatism.

They are still good friends but in more recent years they have had quite a few debates on politics. This entire weekend they were shooting political emails back and forth (pun intended). Finally last night my guy told me that he is quite certain Smith had paid for that old NRA membership that he cancelled. I felt rather stupid that I didn't realize sooner it was his buddie.

This morning in an email Smith pointed the finger at me, stating that I have "changed" my husband into more of a liberal. I had a good laugh at that one. (As if I would have married a Neocon.) Smith went on to ask if he could make a donation to the NRA in my name. My husband thought that was hysterical. He replied in a fit of laughter, "All hell will break loose if you do that & I will step back from it all and have nothing to do with the situation. You will have to deal with her wrath yourself if you do that."

Hopefully he won't be stupid enough to something like that. But if he does I will not call him up ranting and raving (as would be my first, knee jerk reaction). I will simply make donations to both the National Organization for Women and to the Human Rights Campaign in his name. (He's a big time homophobe.) If he really pushes my buttons I'll throw in the American Civil Liberties Union too for good measure.