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Major Nikon

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41. Even if that were true it still is just a hobby for her
Fri Apr 13, 2012, 10:53 PM
Apr 2012

It's not as if she is trying to make her livelihood that way. Things are much different when you have the option of quitting at any time or just hiring more employees to do the hard work. No matter how much you love your job, things are different when you do things for employment vs doing them for a hobby. There is absolutely nothing compelling her to do anything she does, ever. Very few people have that luxury.

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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