Ann and Mitt, the college years: “STRUGGLING” so much that they had to sell stock.

[MADem]

31. When normal people are struggling, they sell Grampa's watch, or Grannie's ring or necklace, or their

OWN BLOOD.

Pasta and tuna fish is suffering? Shit, that's on the menu in many, many homes around the country. What, they couldn't afford the truffles and the cases of Pernod-Ricard Perrier-Jouet, and had to make do with crappy old shitake mushrooms and Moet and Chandon? Boo friken hoo!

And most people who live in slab built homes have cement floors, even if they are covered with linoleum or carpet. Was she so dense she didn't understand that you slap a carpet down and Bob's Yer Uncle?

They also didn't look very hard if they were paying that much rent in Boston in '71 "for a dump." My rent was way less than that and I didn't live in a horrible neighborhood, either. The building was old, but the maintenance was decent. Of course, maybe to them, a "dump" is something that's old and doesn't have a doorman and year-round "climate control." Heaven forbid you'd have to open a window to catch a breeze!

I'm so sorry, but this installment of "Thurston and Lovie: The Early Years" is not bringing a tear to my eye!