No I don't date non Marxist-Leninists.

I also don't date Marxist-Leninists.

I married a lib and converted them

They'd at least have to be leftist and not a filthy TERF but they wouldn't have to be ML exclusively. No sectarianism under these sheets.

I'm willing to date anyone who's willing to listen to my crazed ramblings, though I also wouldn't label myself an ML.

i can't imagine having the luxury of choice

There's not enough ML to try to exclusively date in that pool without being creepy. If they are kind and with a good heart, sure why not. A single person can't be everything to me.

My wife is a lib, and won't convert despite my best efforts. Her opinions are mostly good, but there are some real dogshit ones. I think it's a good reminder that people don't always agree, and you have to find a way to live with that

We are so happy, she's the best partner I've ever had. I shudder to think what my life would be like if I disqualified her for not being ml

When we met I was a lib and she was a moderate/conservative. Now I'm ML exploring other leftist schools of thought and she's a Christian socialist. We've been married for like 11 years now.

It's funny because most of our ideas overlap but we came to the same point from completely different journeys.

I don't, I don't date in general.

if she's hot and she likes me i'll date her

Death to America

I only have 2 requirements:

-Girl (Optional)

-Good intentions (optional)

When I met my partner over 20 years ago we were both pretty much radlibs, for social justice and all that, but pretty well brainwashed by all the red scare.

In between here we broke up once and I met a Murican guy online who seemed nice, but turned out to be an actual hardcore southern rebublican. I truly found the implications of this out when we sat on a couch talking politics and I casually said: "But if we consider Marx..." At this point the man literally physically backed away from me looking absolutely horrified, it led to a whole thing where I had to explain to him that in my world this is a philosopher who is read in school. It was the wildest experience for me ever. We broke up later, for many reasons and many of them political.

Got back with my og partner and at the example of our kid I have ended up ML and he is pretty much there now as well. Honestly would never again share my life with someone whose basic values are so far from mine, it was pretty grim.

Yes, I ask left-leaning acquaintances out on a date and when we get to the date, it’s really just to distribute the party brochure and convince them to join the local communist party.

I do because Marxism is about accepting material reality and the material reality is that I’m not going to spend extra effort trying to find a mythical ML in the US.

i don't date at all but i can't imagine wanting an intimate relationship with someone who doesn't agree with or at least approve of my most strongly held convictions and ethics and morality. that sounds like a supremely uncomfortable and likely toxic situation. i'm not so horny and desperate that i'll get myself into a permanent awkward social situation of eternal self-repression around the ones i trust most, and i'm suuuuuuper horny and desperate.

Ive never dated. I don't think its a good idea to set expectations before ive tried it

It's better praxis to date a turbolib and radicalize them.

I would date anyone who is a leftist. I need a bf asap😩

Commies have freakier sex

Do you [...] date

No

Anyone who is left and not a "left"-anticommunist.

If I didn't I'd never get laid again. Most left wing girl I've hooked up with was DemSucc.

I mean, I wasn't radicalized when I met my partner years ago.

My social life is built around activist groups. (Apart from sport)

Another ML? Under these material conditions? In this day and age? Localized a deep red state? ... May I see?

I'm a strange person and have limited dating prospects due to not really aligning with mainstream culture, nor being counter-culture in a way that promotes dating. I can't really afford to lower the pool further.

My partner is somewhere in the range between democratic socialist (like, the latin American kind not a social democrat) and an anarchist, but we agree on the most important fact that the US is the Great Satan and must be stopped.

I am not an ML and no one I ever dated was an ML at the time. So i answer relative to myself.

In general I much prefer to date people with closely aligned politics. Or even better, someone who is more developed in their politics than I am, more ambitious, more serious, more experienced. When I can get it. I eventually find the non-left people boring and annoying for any but the most casual or brief relationships and the feeling is often mutual. I enjoy a diversity of people in my life generally but to date someone you end up spending a lot of time with them. If a person is just not interested in collective improvement for humanity, or worse they are opposed to it, there is a finite amount of time to be shared. That time can be fun while it lasts and if the sex is good or there is some other common interest it can be extended.

OTOH, as someone else mentioned, dating within orgs and close tendencies might not be a good idea. In heterosexual couples it very often ends up that the woman becomes marginalized in a breakup, even when there is not a lot of conflict and no overt patriarchal actions taken. I think men and women who date their comrades should consider managing the end of their relationship from the outset to avoid this. And other comrades around them also need to take responsibility for making sure the woman does not get disposed of this way, because it seems to be a phenomena which is very likely otherwise.

OTOOH, being a revolutionary is extremely sexy in a way which is very appreciated by comrades so some hanky panky is inevitable and can strengthen bonds and trust. Just make sure you arent in some kind if spycops type scenario. Probably best to steer clear of the SWP and such. Who i doubt are MLs anyway.

My partner and I were both libs when we met, and then we radicalized each other over the years. Now we’re ancoms

My partner has positive feelings towards the soviet union and that's good enough for me. We can work on the rest over time.

My partner is an anarchist lol

Most people are not politicized either way. If you end up staying together, if you are compatible they'll come around.