POOR ANN: "We were living on the edge"
1994 interview: When Mitt Romney ran for the U.S. Senate
Mrs. Romney gave a lengthy interview to the Boston Globe, which published a 4,000-word article that portrayed her as wealthy and spoiled. Boston's rival newspaper, the Herald, quoted excerpts in a column titled, 'Daughter of Privilege Knows Little of Real World.'
■When the couple was living in a basement apartment ($62/month) at Brigham Young, "We were happy, studying hard. Neither one of us had a job, because Mitt had enough of an investment from stock that we could sell off a little at a time. The stock came from Mitt's father. When he took over American Motors, the stock was worth nothing. But he invested Mitt's birthday money year to year -- it wasn't much, a few thousand, but he put it into American Motors because he believed in himself. Five years later, stock that had been $6 a share was $96 and Mitt cashed it so we could live and pay for education."
■When Mitt was at Harvard (remember, he did go there for a joint MBA/JD), Ann said, "Another son came along 18 months later, although we waited four years to have the third, because Mitt was still in school and we had no income except the stock we were chipping away at. We were living on the edge, not entertaining. No, I did not work. Mitt thought it was important for me to stay home with the children, and I was delighted."
■Their last argument was when she was 17: "We did have one argument, but it was before marriage, when I thought he was being too possessive, when I wasn't really understanding that he was just so in love with me and so committed. I was 17, and we had a real argument. But that was the last one. Isn't that strange? It's like people might think there's something wrong with our relationship."
Columnist Margery Egan wrote: "Today I realized that Ann Romney has not a clue about my life nor the lives of anybody I know. 'Living on the edge,' she said. Selling of their stock holdings. She has not an inkling. Not even a hint."
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As they said on the movie Super Troopers - "Oh I'll believe that when me shit turns purple and smells like rainbow sherbert." 
so presumably she defers to him.
Honestly, I read that bit of information as coded language for other Mormon families... 
Its pretty damning if you ask me but what the hell do I know since I'm an uppity atheist pants-wearing woman whose husband actually works for me.
Note that for their "one argument," it is clear that she admits SHE was wrong.
- From someone married to another "uppity atheist pants-wearing woman" 
"Mitt had enough of an investment from stock that we could sell off a little at a time"
"it wasn't much, a few thousand" PER YEAR!
What I wouldn't have given to have been living on that kind of edge while going to school.
And the media just plays along with that mantra, making is sound like this is how American live.
Maybe they were eating Ramen, but not like you and I recall eating Ramen during our college days.
The edge of upper class, falling into upper middle class?
The horror, the horror!
Try working two or three jobs and going to school full time Ann - because that's the reality that most of us have to deal with. They truly are completely clueless in how the rest of the world works - and they want to be our leaders. Fuck them. 
My god, we were happy to scrape up the money for a 6 pack to share with our downstairs neighbors in married student housing on a Friday night. That was our entertainment.
