Comments on: My Letter to the Editor http://coolmom.com/2009/05/19/my-letter-to-the-editor/ parents don't know what they are doing anyway, might as well laugh about it Mon, 21 May 2012 19:40:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Daphne http://coolmom.com/2009/05/19/my-letter-to-the-editor/#comment-6813 Daphne Tue, 19 May 2009 19:09:36 +0000 http://coolmom.com/?p=2987#comment-6813 thanks for the clarification.. I read it twice and then got you! I just went to your website, great honesty from you girl. You are a survivor. Love that you have a link to CNN. I do CNN headline sometimes making jokes, hadn't thought of posting it. good idea. Yes, when you have an idea of where you will be and then it's a 180, woof, tough stuff. Alexandra, how did you know I saw Gone with the wind 26 times by the time I was 12? thanks for the clarification.. I read it twice and then got you! I just went to your website, great honesty from you girl. You are a survivor. Love that you have a link to CNN. I do CNN headline sometimes making jokes, hadn’t thought of posting it. good idea.
Yes, when you have an idea of where you will be and then it’s a 180, woof, tough stuff.
Alexandra, how did you know I saw Gone with the wind 26 times by the time I was 12?

]]> By: Michele http://coolmom.com/2009/05/19/my-letter-to-the-editor/#comment-6808 Michele Tue, 19 May 2009 17:01:39 +0000 http://coolmom.com/?p=2987#comment-6808 I re-read my comment and it looks like I called you unethical!! That's not what I meant, I meant you were victims of unethical people! Sheesh. I re-read my comment and it looks like I called you unethical!! That’s not what I meant, I meant you were victims of unethical people! Sheesh.

]]> By: Michele http://coolmom.com/2009/05/19/my-letter-to-the-editor/#comment-6807 Michele Tue, 19 May 2009 17:00:52 +0000 http://coolmom.com/?p=2987#comment-6807 We are caught in this economy, although not in the way of unethical people, like you. For us... We've always struggled. I've been saving in my retirement since I was about 18. Half of that is gone. I came home from working full time in November, because my husband finally made more than me, and had health benefits (we have two special needs kids.) Finally, after 11 years of marriage we made the goal! Then in February, he was laid off, and has not had a nibble since. Our savings is gone. His student loan is going into default, because unemployment only covers rent, utilities, and some majorly couponed groceries. And we can't find jobs. This is not where I thought we'd be after 11 years of marriage, 34 years of age, and two kids. In addition, we can't even move to a less expensive area, because my elderly parents live next door. I cannot see the light at the end of the tunnel. But I make a point of doing the dishes and the laundry, and fixing up the house with stuff I bought before the world came crashing down on us... What else can I do? But the suckiest of all is the least important in the grand scheme of things - buying my kids one second hand game each on their birthday. Because we couldn't afford new ones. And they knew. We are caught in this economy, although not in the way of unethical people, like you. For us… We’ve always struggled. I’ve been saving in my retirement since I was about 18. Half of that is gone. I came home from working full time in November, because my husband finally made more than me, and had health benefits (we have two special needs kids.) Finally, after 11 years of marriage we made the goal! Then in February, he was laid off, and has not had a nibble since. Our savings is gone. His student loan is going into default, because unemployment only covers rent, utilities, and some majorly couponed groceries. And we can’t find jobs. This is not where I thought we’d be after 11 years of marriage, 34 years of age, and two kids. In addition, we can’t even move to a less expensive area, because my elderly parents live next door. I cannot see the light at the end of the tunnel. But I make a point of doing the dishes and the laundry, and fixing up the house with stuff I bought before the world came crashing down on us… What else can I do? But the suckiest of all is the least important in the grand scheme of things – buying my kids one second hand game each on their birthday. Because we couldn’t afford new ones. And they knew.

]]> By: Rebecca http://coolmom.com/2009/05/19/my-letter-to-the-editor/#comment-6799 Rebecca Tue, 19 May 2009 14:26:31 +0000 http://coolmom.com/?p=2987#comment-6799 I like that you're de-bunking the myths and sharing your personal story... I think we're all going through tough times and it's good to be able to empathize (and fight back!) with others. I like that you’re de-bunking the myths and sharing your personal story… I think we’re all going through tough times and it’s good to be able to empathize (and fight back!) with others.

]]> By: Alexandra http://coolmom.com/2009/05/19/my-letter-to-the-editor/#comment-6791 Alexandra Tue, 19 May 2009 13:25:27 +0000 http://coolmom.com/?p=2987#comment-6791 Oh, heavens, cue the Rocky score now!! She's a-comin' back..I"d get outta the way!! Go, fight, win, Daphne!!!! Lucky Mark, lucky Rex, Lucky Viv, to get a woman like you in their lives to grab that dirt in her hand and cry to the heavens above, "with God as my witness, I will never go hungry again!!" Oh, heavens, cue the Rocky score now!! She’s a-comin’ back..I”d get outta the way!! Go, fight, win, Daphne!!!!

Lucky Mark, lucky Rex, Lucky Viv, to get a woman like you in their lives to grab that dirt in her hand and cry to the heavens above, “with God as my witness, I will never go hungry again!!”

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