This was back when I was younger (22) working in a small rural town. Living there was nice due to the abundance of nature but it was near impossible to meet people and date/hook up due to a few factors so I was getting to a point of lowered standards.
There was a mechanic in the town that I would end up going to a lot with our work vehicles having lots of issues from driving around all the time. He was mid/late 30s, a vet, pretty keep to himself and conservative. A typical outfit would be jeans and plaid or coveralls, and he was in good shape, pretty tall/big and bearded. Overall pretty different from very liberal, environment loving, talkative and petite me. At first I wouldn’t get much out of him as I waited on some work or passing through but eventually he gave in and chatted with me, mostly about fishing or hunting. Occasionally he’d complain about things or tell me some of his views then apologize saying I probably disagreed.