A disgruntled Georgia man says a political rift with his father has escalated into a complete breakdown after he was threatened with losing his inheritance and ultimately disowned for not voting Republican. According to the son, his father accused him of voting to “destroy the country” because of his vote, making clear that their relationship wasn’t build on solid on anything other than political ties and nothing more.
As you can see from the text exchange, things didn’t go well between father and son. In a post to the mildlyinfuriating Reddit thread, user the_tea_weevil shared a short but explosive back-and-forth that went south very quickly. Here is what the text exchange said.
Father: You are disowned.
Son: I think you are being ridiculous
Father: Do not contact me again. I will not be associated with anyone who votes to destroy this country.
Son: You never talk to me anyway or care about what happens to me so what difference does that make
Father: Your inheritance for one.
As you can see, the tension and volatility at this level are sad to witness, and many folks in the thread empathized with the son over the cruelty of his Republican father’s words.
“Regardless of what he says now you can never know what he has done with his will, so you might as well continue to speak your mind as you see fit.”
“If he’s a boomer, he’ll probably blow it all on collectible pennies and Trump merchandise anyways. At best, you’ll inherit a bunch of “valuable” (expletive) that literally nobody will want when his lead poisoned generation is gone”
“It happened to me and I’m still crying over it. Disowned and rejected because I didn’t follow the family party line (on top of adopting a cat which was the worst thing I ever did in my life)…sadly she only made it 14 months but between that and my voting made me lose millions of dollars”
The Georgia topic creator continued to explain the situation with him and his father, and doesn’t really hold any hard feelings, but seems bewildered by the exchange. Hopefully, things can be patched up, and political affiliation doesn’t erase the bond a father and son are supposed to share.
