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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 1219190" data-attributes="member: 1246">She was raised in privelege......when they married, read on.....The two children of privilege rented a&nbsp; $62-a-month basement apartment with glued-together carpet remnants covering the&nbsp; cement floor.&#039;They were not easy years,&#039; she said. &#039;Mitt&nbsp; and I walked to class together, shared housekeeping, had a lot of pasta and tuna&nbsp; fish and learned hard lessons.&#039;The young family lived off the proceeds from&nbsp; the sale of American Motors shares – purchased with Mitt&#039;s birthday money by his&nbsp; father. Critics would scoff at this self-imposed austerity, but Ann Romney said&nbsp; the couple were determined to make their own way.&#039;The funny thing is that I never expected&nbsp; help,&#039; she told the Globe. &#039;My father had become wealthy through hard work, as&nbsp; did Mitt&#039;s father, but I never expected our parents to take care of&nbsp; us.&#039;The couple&#039;s first son, Taggart, was born&nbsp; there in 1970.After Mitt graduated from BYU in 1971, the&nbsp; couple moved to the wealthy Boston suburb of Belmont so he could attend Harvard.&nbsp; Ann took night classes through Harvard&#039;s Extension School and completed her BYU&nbsp; bachelor&#039;s degree, with a concentration in French, in 1975.After Tagg, the babies came at fairly regular&nbsp; intervals: Matt in 1971, Josh four years later, Ben in 1978 and Craig in 1981.&nbsp; In between Ben and Craig, Ann Romney lost a&nbsp; child several months into her pregnancy. It, too, was a boy, a source close to&nbsp; Mrs. Romney confirmed. The couple have never spoken publicly about their&nbsp; loss.It might surprise many people to learn that&nbsp; Ann Romney entered politics long before her husband did.In April 1977, she was elected to a one-year&nbsp; term representing Precinct 8 on the Belmont town meeting. Among the big issues,&nbsp; says fellow member Maryann Scali: Should the town build a high&nbsp; school?Read more: <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2190340/Shes-hero-A-candid-look-Romneys-unusual-couple-world-Ann-embracing-image-stay-home-mom.html#ixzz2jotBGWSL" target="_blank">&#039;She&#039;s my hero&#039;: A candid look at the Romneys, the &#039;most unusual couple in the world&#039; and why Ann embracing her image as a stay-at-home-mom | Mail Online</a> Follow us: <a href="http://ec.tynt.com/b/rw?id=bBOTTqvd0r3Pooab7jrHcU&amp;u=MailOnline" target="_blank">@MailOnline on Twitter</a> | <a href="http://ec.tynt.com/b/rf?id=bBOTTqvd0r3Pooab7jrHcU&amp;u=DailyMail" target="_blank">DailyMail on Facebook</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 1219190, member: 1246"] She was raised in privelege......when they married, read on..... [SIZE=5]The two children of privilege rented a $62-a-month basement apartment with glued-together carpet remnants covering the cement floor.[/SIZE] [SIZE=5]'They were not easy years,' she said. 'Mitt and I walked to class together, shared housekeeping, had a lot of pasta and tuna fish and learned hard lessons.'[/SIZE] [SIZE=5]The young family lived off the proceeds from the sale of American Motors shares – purchased with Mitt's birthday money by his father. Critics would scoff at this self-imposed austerity, but Ann Romney said the couple were determined to make their own way.[/SIZE] [SIZE=5]'The funny thing is that I never expected help,' she told the Globe. 'My father had become wealthy through hard work, as did Mitt's father, but I never expected our parents to take care of us.'[/SIZE] [SIZE=5]The couple's first son, Taggart, was born there in 1970.[/SIZE] [SIZE=5]After Mitt graduated from BYU in 1971, the couple moved to the wealthy Boston suburb of Belmont so he could attend Harvard. Ann took night classes through Harvard's Extension School and completed her BYU bachelor's degree, with a concentration in French, in 1975.[/SIZE] [SIZE=5]After Tagg, the babies came at fairly regular intervals: Matt in 1971, Josh four years later, Ben in 1978 and Craig in 1981. [/SIZE] [SIZE=5]In between Ben and Craig, Ann Romney lost a child several months into her pregnancy. It, too, was a boy, a source close to Mrs. Romney confirmed. The couple have never spoken publicly about their loss.[/SIZE] [SIZE=5]It might surprise many people to learn that Ann Romney entered politics long before her husband did.[/SIZE] [SIZE=5]In April 1977, she was elected to a one-year term representing Precinct 8 on the Belmont town meeting. Among the big issues, says fellow member Maryann Scali: Should the town build a high school?[/SIZE] Read more: [url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2190340/Shes-hero-A-candid-look-Romneys-unusual-couple-world-Ann-embracing-image-stay-home-mom.html#ixzz2jotBGWSL]'She's my hero': A candid look at the Romneys, the 'most unusual couple in the world' and why Ann embracing her image as a stay-at-home-mom | Mail Online[/url] Follow us: [URL="http://ec.tynt.com/b/rw?id=bBOTTqvd0r3Pooab7jrHcU&u=MailOnline"]@MailOnline on Twitter[/URL] | [URL="http://ec.tynt.com/b/rf?id=bBOTTqvd0r3Pooab7jrHcU&u=DailyMail"]DailyMail on Facebook[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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