Guess what, Ann?

[kpete]

THU APR 12, 2012 AT 07:23 AM PDT
Dear Ann, About that "Choice"
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I'm a stay at home Dad, and I work 20 hours a week, and I teach and organize two school's chess clubs, I coach my kids' sports teams, I clean the house, and I cook the food, and I get the oil changed in the car. My wife does not need to do any of the housework, because I do it all. I have never once hired a house cleaner.

Guess what, Ann?

I paid for my own college. I started working in a restaurant when I was still 14 years old.

I don't have a Cadillac. My last 4 cars have been hand me downs from the in laws. I have never ridden a horse. I have never owned a vacation home.

If only every single family in the US had the ability to make the choice that you made.
Your problem isn't that you stayed at home. Your problem is that you don't understand that it is well within our power to make it so that everyone can have the opportunity to make that choice.

You and your husband are the American Family Wrecking Crew.

from:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/04/12/1082727/-Dear-Ann-Let-me-Tell-You-about-my-Choice

[Bake]

1. I'm guessing Ann had an army of household help, nannies, etc.

So I'll still bet on "she never worked a day in her life."

Bake

[Retrograde]

10. Now, now, she needs more household help

because she has more houses to take care of!

Whether or not to have one person stay at home with the children is a decision every couple has to make for itself. If one of them doesn't have skills that pay all that well in the marketplace it may be more cost-effective than paying all one's income on childcare. And with a number of children the constant cleaning, childcare, meal preparation and other daily activities can easily take up 40+ hours every week. And if the at-home person wants to contribute to the community by, say, volunteering at the local library or food bank or whatever, more power to them. But Mrs. Romney needs to recognize that a lot of people, unlike herself, manage to do this without the aid of any staff

[KansDem]

2. My son starts high school next fall.

My wife and I received emails announcing an important PTA "brown bag" meeting next week to speak with high school officials about what to expect. Yeah, "brown bag" -- it's from noon to 1pm. Bring your lunch!

Noon to 1pm? What about us working parents? Why can't the meeting be in the evening when more working parents could attend?

Oh, probably the "Anns" of the school district don't want their evening routine disrupted.

[abelenkpe]

3. +1000

Being able to decide to stay home with your kid is a privilege that most cannot afford. Both my husband and I need to work in order to afford to get by each month. We live in a tiny two bedroom apartment, but do the best we can to care for our kids always putting them first. Being involved with their school is difficult with our work schedule. We keep our kids up until ten every night so we can help with homework and have time with them. We're doing our best. I'm sure you and your wife are as well. I totally understand your frustration.

[obxhead]

9. I'm betting it's not about their evening, but

more about excluding the working families from the event.

[Spazito]

4. The hypocrisy in her statement that...

women's choices should be respected while her husband is in support of policies and legislation that refuses to respect women's choices with respect to privacy, healthcare, etc, and want to take away women's rights in almost every way.

Appalling hypocrisy on her part, no surprise there.

[zeemike]

5. And some don't have anyone staying home.

Because both have to work just to make ends meet...and for them there is no choice.
You want to help the family?...pay a living wage...K&R

[LynneSin]

6. Dems should have pounced on that 'stay-at-home' mom comments

Because I think any of us would love to have stayed at home and pay someone else to raise our kids and clean our house and mow our lawn while we could have fun horseback riding on expensive horses or vacation in one of our many vacation homes.

[uponit7771]

7. An Romney Married a Multi Millionaire!

That says it all...

She does NOT live like the rest of American stay at home care takers do!!

[madashelltoo]

8. AMEN!!!!

Tell ol' Annie to give us a call when her husband loses this election and the sun's not especially shining on them. That is the closest she will ever emotionally get to the daily disappointments and challenges women face in this country every day. She has never known, and will never know that sinking feeling in your stomach of not knowing if, when or where the next meal is coming from, money to pay a bill, fix the car, or the toilet. She has never suffered through being sick knowing she couldn't go to the doctor because she didn't have insurance coverage or money to pay for the doctor's visit. Who gave that heffa a microphone and asked her any damned thing?!!!! I'm getting more and more pissed every time I think about her daring to represent me, my daughter and granddaughters! Tell Annie Sunshine one of her Cadillacs is calling her.

[tex-wyo-dem]

14. Excellent post, madashelltoo!

The problem with people like her is that they have lived a life of privilege for so long that they are incapable of identifying with real everyday people (the vast majority in this country and world) who have to struggle for the simple necessities of life.

It's the very same mentality we were supposed to get away from 200+ years ago (the aristocracies of Europe). What ever happened to "by the people, for the people"?

[avebury]

11. The Democratic Party should pounce on the issue and do an ad that highlights the difference

between Ann Romney's life and the lives of the 99% women.

[toddwv]

12. Don't worry, there will be plenty of chances to "pounce" on this issue.

The righties aren't going to drop it. They are trying to toss the hot potato of their "War on Women" into the Dems' laps.

I don't think that women are going to buy what their selling this time around.

[donheld]

13. Doesn't Mitt have enough of a mouth problem

Without Mrs Mitt's mouth too?