*OMFG* 
Oh yes, oh sweet baby Jesus, that is the best thing I have read in a solid month! Watched the whole debate w/husband and 12-yr-old daughter. Even daughter perked up when this question was asked. When Romney was done, she just looked at me with raised eyebrows. I had been pausing the t.v. to explain things here and there, but on that one, I could only shake my head. And then husband breaks the silence with, "Man, he wrote off 47% but just now flat-out pissed off a full 51%..."
Husband and I take turns taking off work to take daughter to the doc when necessary. Once happened to be his turn and he told his then-boss he needed to leave a bit early and why. Boss scowled and began a lecture that started off, "That's your wife's job." He waited his turn and replied that he would be happy to put boss (mid-manager of very small company) in contact with his wife's boss (CEO of multi-billion $ company) so he could explain that reality to him. He got written up for insubordination.
We learned quickly that parenting pretty much rains a whole shitstorm down on both mom and dad, career-wise. My boss was in the thick of serious issues (drugs, self harm, etc.) with his teenaged kids and realized that had he been around more often (he traveled a good 85% of the time), some of that might have been avoided - I knew how lucky I was and that it was only because of that, he was extremely accommodating to me on anything kid-related. A good guy.
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