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I keep crying too. My DH (who voted for Kamala) was shocked when he saw me crying this morning. We are in a privileged position. We are upper middle class white folks. We aren't religious but you can't see that on us, yet. We have a 15 year DD with learning disabilities and am scared to death for her and her future. I found myself so angry with DH when he was surprised I was crying.

me too. Raising 15yo twins. Dd is into journalism and debate and she saw how I was crying and it made her upset and she vomited. We all chilled in big bed and played with her hair. But it's going to be hard and I'm trying to put on a good face. It fucking sucks.

I don’t feel stupid. I’ll never feel stupid for hoping for the best and optimistically believing in people and that the majority would do the right thing. But I was shocked and learned I was wrong. I am in WA which the large majority voted D so maybe I was naively shielded from just how bad it is in some places.

This. I feel like we have our little insulated world here in the PNW, actually the entire west coast. 

I have never (personally) put in the amount of time, effort, and $$$ like I did these past few months. I really thought we'd be able to pull it off. It's pretty clear to me now that the US will not see a woman president in my lifetime. I find that truly heartbreaking. Like I said earlier today, the last bit of my innocence is lost. Like PLurker said in another thread, I also have been a Pollyanna for too long.

Hugs from the UK, where we've been mourning with you. The mood in the office and at church as well as at home is very sombre, almost as if we've lost somebody special.

I've been hoping that our broadcasters have chosen the most embarrassing and disturbing clips to share with us, but I have a horrible feeling that it's only going to get worse.

We're all behind you though.

((Hugs)) 

Also, let's be real. I'm thinking it's probably safe to take down all the DC barricades. The threat has (unfortunately) been pacified.

Right. I was talking with a friend earlier today about the fact that if this had gone the other way, today would have been all about (probably not peaceful) protests about how the election was rigged. Sigh.

I just kept finding myself SMDH throughout the day and thinking, “How the hell did this happen?” I really, really hoped more of America was smarter than that, or more compassionate than that, or just plain less ignorant than that and I was proved horribly, horribly wrong on all accounts.

My state is an island of blue in a sea of red. I’m worried for my teenage DD, I’m worried for her LGBTQ friends and some of our extended family members. I’m worried for women and girls in general. I’m worried for anyone who, like my family, relies on the ACA for health insurance. I’m worried about climate change and how this will affect our allies overseas.

I don’t know how I’m going to get through four more years of the hate, vitriol and just outright lies and gaslighting. So much of the progress we’ve made over the last four years could be erased with the stroke of a pen.