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madaboutharry

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2. Actually, Kate Middleton wasn't born rich.

Reply to riderinthestorm (Original post)

Fri Apr 13, 2012, 09:45 AM

Apr 2012

When she was a teenager, her parents made a fortune after starting an internet company selling party supplies. Before that they were "middle class." Just saying.

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Ann Romney knew she'd never work from day one, that's the difference [View all] riderinthestorm Apr 2012 OP

There was a great Doonsebury cartoon in which Jane Fonda is lecturing a cleaning lady el_bryanto Apr 2012 #1

Actually, Kate Middleton wasn't born rich. madaboutharry Apr 2012 #2

Fair point but by the time she was an adult though, she knew she was never going to have to work riderinthestorm Apr 2012 #6

I've both worked and stayed at home. Staying at home means you only have one "job"-- TwilightGardener Apr 2012 #3

right, and this gets back to the real difference between the 1% and the 99% unblock Apr 2012 #4

When did one of those rich moms ever worry about the cost of daycare so she could go to work? Hepburn Apr 2012 #5

Yup. Exactly right. Ann Romney's just being extremely disingenuous in her comments riderinthestorm Apr 2012 #8

That is what got to me. Hepburn Apr 2012 #13

This is an important point: knowing that you and your children will never need to worry about money. enough Apr 2012 #7

+1000000 nt riderinthestorm Apr 2012 #9

We are trying to decide if we can afford a new vacuum Rambis Apr 2012 #10

From day one, their church has dissed working mothers. Sheepshank Apr 2012 #11

So Ann Romney's "choice" to be a SAHM is part of her religious culture as well? riderinthestorm Apr 2012 #12

My best friend in HS turned Mormon when she met a Morman guy Hepburn Apr 2012 #14