Theoren Fleury

[Derek Sutton]

I know of two young couples who are in the midst of divorces, one predominantly brought on over Covid and in both cases vaccine/ child vaccination has become a major issue. And one of them is getting messy as Mom does not feel her children are safe with their Dad as he and his family have some pretty extreme views of the world, some involvement in the Coutts blockade. Dad is currently not permitted unsupervised visits with the three kids due to accusations of/ reports of potential child endangerment. Oh and both Mom and Dads families are extremely well off, gold mine for the lawyers.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Derek Sutton

I know of two young couples who are in the midst of divorces, one predominantly brought on over Covid and in both cases vaccine/ child vaccination has become a major issue. And one of them is getting messy as Mom does not feel her children are safe with their Dad as he and his family have some pretty extreme views of the world, some involvement in the Coutts blockade. Dad is currently not permitted unsupervised visits with the three kids due to accusations of/ reports of potential child endangerment. Oh and both Mom and Dads families are extremely well off, gold mine for the lawyers.

Families broken up by lies spewed by the Rebel, Western Standard, and our own premier, Danielle Smith. Good job #######s, hope you are proud of yourselves.

[Russic]

I think everybody knows a handful of people who went backwards into the deep-end over this stuff (both freedom-lovers and Mr.-Burns-wearing-kleenex-boxes-as-shoes type folks). There's no way that's not absolutely devastating to a marriage if you're not in alignment with it.

I'll respectfully disagree with Yamer and say I'd be surprised if it wasn't a significant factor in divorces over the past couple years and the next few (zero evidence, all gut feeling). Especially once you start factoring in child-safety concerns, because that's just oily rags in a firework factory. I say it as a dad: kids make people insane.

I can see a scenario where those marriages were already pretty bumpy, so you can say it's not just covid. I don't think any divorce happens in a vacuum with one single problem, but this whole mess has been years of pressure on many people. I have to imagine having a disagreeable annoyance for a spouse is a problem. Having them during a stretch of highly stressful years would be next level.

[SutterBrother]

My brother’s 20 year marriage lasted 2 months of lockdown. They were never happy, the Rona was just the tipping point that clearly forced it.

Both are genuinely way better off now.

[Ozy_Flame]

Originally Posted by SutterBrother

They were never happy, the Rona was just the tipping point that clearly forced it.

Did they try Home Depot or Lowes

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by SutterBrother

My brother’s 20 year marriage lasted 2 months of lockdown. They were never happy, the Rona was just the tipping point that clearly forced it.

Both are genuinely way better off now.

Was that because they got rid of the free popcorn?

[CroFlames]

Originally Posted by Derek Sutton

I know of two young couples who are in the midst of divorces, one predominantly brought on over Covid and in both cases vaccine/ child vaccination has become a major issue. And one of them is getting messy as Mom does not feel her children are safe with their Dad as he and his family have some pretty extreme views of the world, some involvement in the Coutts blockade. Dad is currently not permitted unsupervised visits with the three kids due to accusations of/ reports of potential child endangerment. Oh and both Mom and Dads families are extremely well off, gold mine for the lawyers.

Man that's sad.

It's insane with misinformation has done to swaths of people.

[TheIronMaiden]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

Man that's sad.

It's insane with misinformation has done to swaths of people.

It appeals to people who think they know better than anyone else. Which is a horrible trait in a partner to begin with.

[Yamer]

Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus

That's up to you, I suppose you don't believe Trump caused a lot of marriage problems and failures either.

There are massively more people that support or sympathize with Donald Trump than subscribe to conspiracy/convoy nonsense. This isn't an apt comparable.

Think of how many people out there - realistically - are in the convoy crowd. 5-8% if we're generous? How many of those are committed so as to call it splitsville? Fewer still, correct?

I do believe it has and does happen, I just don't believe there are swaths of people calling it quits at an impasse over vaccination status and freedoms. I'm not seeing the numbers to support it.

The pandemic has certainly negatively influenced relationships. If we're using anecdotal evidence, of the couples I know only 1 has gone full ass-over-tea kettle crazycakes when it comes to COVID and the vaccines. They're a united front, however, over what's fed to them on Facebook and consequently insufferable because of it. As for the rest of them they cite an uncomfortably evolving home environment where everyone is in the same place to work, learn, and live being the significant factor.

COVID has likely claimed many relationships due to the general strain brought on by a pandemic and the way we had to adjust our home situations, but it's highly unlikely those fractures were influenced disproportionally by anti-vaccination, civil liberties, and the WEF.

Maybe I'm naïve, but I just don't believe it's happened with any noticeable regularity. Maybe I just can't for the sake of my own sanity.

[pylon]

Originally Posted by MoneyGuy

I don’t know what a life coach is and who the f needs one. How long before they start declaring themselves doctors like chiropractors?

Life coaching is such a grift.

I have run across quite a few in my time, and based on what I learned about the majority of them... they are in no position to be coaching anyone on anything. 90% of them don't even pay their bills on time, one of the staples of leading a good life.

[Erick Estrada]

Maybe I'm fortunate not to work or frequent with these types of people but the only time I hear convoy talk anywhere is in this forum. The convoy was a time and place thing and most Canadians have moved on.

[iggy_oi]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Maybe I'm fortunate not to work or frequent with these types of people but the only time I hear convoy talk anywhere is in this forum. The convoy was a time and place thing and most Canadians have moved on.

Most Canadians never supported them anyways, it’s still the same group rambling on about the same stuff. I’d say be glad you don’t run into them but for some reason I don’t mind debating them when the opportunity presents itself.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Maybe I'm fortunate not to work or frequent with these types of people but the only time I hear convoy talk anywhere is in this forum. The convoy was a time and place thing and most Canadians have moved on.

It is still very prevalent on social media, Linkdin, Facebook, Twitter.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

It is still very prevalent on social media, Linkdin, Facebook, Twitter.

I'm on Linkedin and Facebook and don't see it at all but I suppose it varies depending on your contacts.

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

It is still very prevalent on social media, Linkdin, Facebook, Twitter.

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

I'm on Linkedin and Facebook and don't see it at all but I suppose it varies depending on your contacts.

Likely algorithm based. Anyone who has spent time talking about the convoy people or debating them or following people who were invested in that whole ordeal probably get exposed to it more on social media.

I've seen pretty much nothing on social media about that stuff since early this year but I don't seek it out and I've never engaged other than on CP and Reddit.

[AFireInside]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Maybe I'm fortunate not to work or frequent with these types of people but the only time I hear convoy talk anywhere is in this forum. The convoy was a time and place thing and most Canadians have moved on.

My brother works in management up North at a large oil company. He's told me he's literally surrounded by people who were/are continually talking about it (convoy, WEF, vaccines, etc), to the point that he hated being in the office.

I work in a white collar environment here in Calgary and I've been stuck in conversations with a few conspiracy theorists in the workplace. Convinced the WEF is going to take everything away from us. Out of the people I interact with regularly at work only about 3 have expressed these views. I'm sure there's a few more who don't talk about it at work. But yeah it's probably around 5%.

I've distanced myself from some friendships over this nonsense, we know of an example of this causing problems in a marriage, so it definitely wouldn't surprise me that it's an issue. Obviously not the only issue those couples had though.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Maybe I'm fortunate not to work or frequent with these types of people but the only time I hear convoy talk anywhere is in this forum. The convoy was a time and place thing and most Canadians have moved on.

You must not hang out with the same people Premier Smith does, because she seems to think every Albertan is one of them.

[Wormius]

I see the occasional garbage post on Linkedin, usually because a connection liked something. I’ll see if they ever post anything decent and make a decision on whether to mute them or not, but I’ll always mute the source poster if it’s some UCP glorification or Musk worship thing.

[#-3]

Originally Posted by jayswin

Anecdotally, I actually know a few relationships that are strained/ended due to extreme Covid/QAnon views in the last two years. It's crazy, but I guess when you go too far into theories and political views you reach a point where it becomes more important than the most important relationship in your life, whether you see it coming or not.

It's really sad.

purely anecdotally again, I know a guy who is a contractor visiting business's, got the first shot so they would let him in to do his work, Wife told him he was out if he got the second shot.

They somehow navigated the waters. But basically choosing between being removed from his work place and the crazy BS his wife got into, tough place to be sitting.

[Hack&Lube]

I work in a white collar office and I never hear it from staff but I consistently hear convoy/fake vax talk from the blue collar office movers who are shifting furniture around.