well, that was 42 years ago. i ve survived. we now have five sons and 18 beautiful grandchildren. [cheers and applause] i m still in love with that boy i met at a high school dance. he s still makes me laugh. [cheers and applause] i read somewhere that mitt and i have a storybook marriage. well, let me tell you something, in the storybooks i read, there never were long, long rainy winter afternoons in a house with five boys screaming at once. and storybooks never seemed to have a chapter called ms or breast cancer. a storybook marriage? nope, not at all. what mitter and i hav mitt romna real marriage. [cheers and applause]
buzzed about on twitter. she got a standing ovation after telling the story of a man, a marriage and a family. i love you women! and i hear your voices. i read somewhere that mitt and i have a storybook marriage. well, let me tell you something. in the storybooks i read, there never were long, long rainy winter afternoons in a house with five boys screaming at once. and those storybooks never seemed to have a chapter called m.s. or breast cancer. a storybook marriage? nope. not at all. what mitt romney and i have is a real marriage. new jersey governor chris christie followed ann romney on that stage. dished out plenty of red meat rhetoric in his keynote address. i know the simple truth.
but as his partner on this amazing journey, i can tell you mitt romney was not handed success. he built it! [ cheers and applause ] i read somewhere that mitt and i have a storybook marriage. well, let me tell you something. in the storybooks i read, there never were long, long rainy winter afternoons in a house with five boys screaming at once. [ laughter ] and those storybooks never seemed to have a chapter called ms or breast cancer. a storybook marriage? nope, not at all. what mitt romney and i have is a real marriage. [ cheers and applause ] i know this good and decent man for what he is. he s warm and loving and patient. this is the man america needs! [ cheers and applause ] this is the man who will wake up
romney, followed by the keynote from new jersey, governor chris christie. mrs. romney was welcomed to the arena to a huge ovation. she delivered a speech that attempted to reshape some of the public perception about her husband. i m still in love with that boy i met at a high school dance. and he still makes me laugh. i read somewhere that mitt and i have a storybook marriage. well, let me tell you something. in the storybooks i read, there never were long, long, rainy winter afternoons in a house with five boys screaming at once. and those storybooks never seemed to have chapters called m.s. or breast cancer. a storybook marriage, nope, not at all. what mitt romney and i have is a real marriage. mrs. romney also described some of the generosity about her husband that he doesn t speak
never were long, long rainy winter afternoons in a house with five boys screaming at once. and those storybooks never seemed to have a chapter called ms or breast cancer. a storybook marriage? nope, not at all. what mitt romney and i have is a real marriage. and as ann romney aimed to close the gender gap. it s the moms who have always had to work harder to make everything right. it s the moms of this nation, single, married, widowed, who really hold this country together. we re the mothers, we re the wives, we re the grandmothers, we re the big sisters. we re the daughters. of course, when ann romney wrapped up, out came her husband, mitt romney. and maybe the night should have ended on that kiss. but instead, the ann romney