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Fri Apr 13, 2012, 06:45 PM

Contrary1 (10,949 posts)

34. I was a stay at home mom after my 2nd child was born...

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My husband and I talked about it in depth beforehand. I had a very good paying job for the time (mid 70's). What would we have to do without? In the end, we decided it didn't matter.

And we did do without...a lot. So did the kids. Of course they had plenty to eat, clothes, and a roof over their heads. We didn't have help to cook or clean the house. A McDonald's kid's meal was a rare treat.

In fact, many years ago I had promised the kids just that...a Happy Meal, and sadly; had to back off. We had some unforeseen expenses, and had less then 10 bucks to take us to their Dad's next pay day, and the car needed gas.

As we were driving home, we saw a couple in a car who were evidently having some sort of disagreement. I saw something fly out of their car window that appeared to be money. It was.

I stopped traffic from four different directions, as I gathered the pieces of torn cash left floating in the intersection. Ended up being change from a $20. The kids got their meal, and we were able to make it to the next pay day.

Hey Ann, anything similar happen to you that you might share with us? Nah, I didn't think so.

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65 replies	Author	Time	Post
I'm a stay-at-home-mom [View all]	CoffeeCat	Apr 2012	OP
Excellent post! ... Recommended	Bozita	Apr 2012	#1
Thank you, Bozita! :-))) (nt)	CoffeeCat	Apr 2012	#2
Awesome post K&R and thank you for	Rex	Apr 2012	#3
Well said!	hedgehog	Apr 2012	#4
+1000 nt	abelenkpe	Apr 2012	#11
Excellent - Ann is neither.	jillan	Apr 2012	#5
Thank you...someone else you also gets it...	truebrit71	Apr 2012	#6
That's it, exactly.	Wait Wut	Apr 2012	#7
Bravo	Rambis	Apr 2012	#8
Great Post. K&R. You've captured the disengenuous vibe I got from what Ann said....	Avalux	Apr 2012	#9
Yes, the Romneys are worth hundreds of millions of dollars...	CoffeeCat	Apr 2012	#13
Women who are married to men worth	madaboutharry	Apr 2012	#10
Precisely.	SemperEadem	Apr 2012	#18
K&R nt	abelenkpe	Apr 2012	#12
Rec' this	Capt. Obvious	Apr 2012	#14
At Home Dad Here	ajk2821	Apr 2012	#15
love your post	mrs_p	Apr 2012	#37
I like it when you are blue.	SmileyRose	Apr 2012	#45
welcome to DU	Tumbulu	Apr 2012	#47
I am a paid stay at home father	Cosmocat	Apr 2012	#52
A lot of women can't be stay at home moms...	FloriTexan	Apr 2012	#16
exactly...	SemperEadem	Apr 2012	#20
THANK YOU! She's a parent no doubt but there's NO WAY she does day to day house operations like	uponit7771	Apr 2012	#17
I am really bothered by all the assumptions	SheilaT	Apr 2012	#19
women who choose to work because they want to	SemperEadem	Apr 2012	#23
Something else that actually gets lost in the idiotic	SheilaT	Apr 2012	#42
The reason it's a holier than thou pissing contest	Alcibiades	Apr 2012	#50
well said. Thank you.	SemperEadem	Apr 2012	#59
I was a stay at home mom and worked the 2nd shift	riverbendviewgal	Apr 2012	#61
Ann Romney is NOT being attacked for "staying home with her sons."	SunSeeker	Apr 2012	#44
Great post.	laundry_queen	Apr 2012	#46
that is the little thing that the tv hosts let her get away with saying	SemperEadem	Apr 2012	#64
I don't know if there was a fleet of nannies or not	TheKentuckian	Apr 2012	#56
Right on the dime.	Cleita	Apr 2012	#21
The thing is, you don't know.	Zax2me	Apr 2012	#22
it's only a matter of time	SemperEadem	Apr 2012	#24
Ann and Mitt	Aerows	Apr 2012	#25
I agree about the Romneys, but	Alcibiades	Apr 2012	#49
She owns, and has owned, multiple dressage horses at one time. Still does.	riderinthestorm	Apr 2012	#26
Even if that were true it still is just a hobby for her	Major Nikon	Apr 2012	#41
110% agree. Absolutely nt	riderinthestorm	Apr 2012	#57
Well said.	JDPriestly	Apr 2012	#27
An hour per horse per day minimum and that's if the staff does the grooming, tacking and untacking.	riderinthestorm	Apr 2012	#29
A comparison of the amount the Romneys spend to feed, house and groom their horses	JDPriestly	Apr 2012	#36
You nailed it. K&R	secondwind	Apr 2012	#28
Who is to say she didn't work hard...	Mendocino	Apr 2012	#30
I understand the point that was trying to be made, but it was presented badly.	Warren DeMontague	Apr 2012	#31
K&R	demmiblue	Apr 2012	#32
my mother was a stay at home mom	stupidicus	Apr 2012	#33
very good points	dougolat	Apr 2012	#62
you know it	stupidicus	Apr 2012	#65
I was a stay at home mom after my 2nd child was born...	Contrary1	Apr 2012	#34
Well put CoffeeCat! nt	avebury	Apr 2012	#35
I'm sorry this debate is just getting stupid.	Iris	Apr 2012	#38
We're talking about someone who is pretending	TNLib	Apr 2012	#39
Hope this back fires on the rMoneys.	SammyWinstonJack	Apr 2012	#51
K&R	SunSeeker	Apr 2012	#40
Kicked and recommended.	Uncle Joe	Apr 2012	#43
I have a housekeeper,cook, maid and a gardener	HipChick	Apr 2012	#48
My wife was a SAHM....	Scuba	Apr 2012	#53
You nailed it	malaise	Apr 2012	#54
Waaaay recommended!	H2O Man	Apr 2012	#55
The Romney campaign spin machine is in top gear now, insisting that	bullwinkle428	Apr 2012	#58
This is a good, concise explanation of the situation.	gtar100	Apr 2012	#60
HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!!	WillyT	Apr 2012	#63

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