Comments on: He Said, She Said: My Wife Grew Up on a Farm But Won’t Admit It

By: WifeAdvice.com - funny marriage stories from a clueless husband and his patient wife » Blog Archive » From The Farm: Memoirs Of A Michigan Country Girl: Entry #1

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:31:23 +0000

[...] As promised, The Donkey shares some of The Wife’s intimate journal memories and stories from her childhood experiences on a rural Michigan farm. Grammatical errors and farm-talk left in for effect. (Read the original debate: Down on The Farm?) [...]

By: WifeAdvice.com - funny marriage stories from a clueless husband and his patient wife » Blog Archive » Wife Advice Finally Back

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:39:07 +0000

[...] my wife’s journals from when she was a kid on the farm. Stalwart readers will remember this classic debate. I plan on posting excerpts from this journal for your [...]

By: mrs. everything

mrs. everything — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 17:48:00 +0000

I believed the spur story. Remember that?

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:23:00 +0000

We can all agree the Worths are not farmers. However, in light of the evidence given I still must say the Michigan home seems to have been a farm. I also saw Nancy wearing overalls last week. She also had a straw hat with her but in her deffense she did not have it on her head.

By: Ditto Family

Ditto Family — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:29:00 +0000

I’d have to say that mom knows best. Nancy’s mom is not the lying type–if she says that Nancy did not live in a farm then SHE DID NOT.

By: The Donkey

The Donkey — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:25:00 +0000

Well, bad news for Nancy. This debate should finally come to a close and people will come back to reality. I went online to Michigan's Deprtament of Agriculture site and got their definition of what a farm is. There are 4 main categories. Here is the one I think describes Nancy's farm: (iii) A farm designated by the department of agriculture as a specialty farm in 1 ownership that has produced a gross annual income from an agricultural use of $2,000.00 or more. Specialty farms include, but are not limited to, greenhouses; equine breeding and grazing; the breeding and grazing of cervidae, pheasants, and other game animals; bees and bee products; mushrooms; aquaculture; and other similar uses and activities. Nancy's farm certainly generated over $2000 with the hay bailing, stable, and other activities. I would clasify her farm as a specialty farm. I think the statement at the end "and other similar uses and activities" is very liberal and encompasses quite a bit. Anyway, we should finally see the vote swing toward reason instead of insanity.

By: phillyz

phillyz — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:56:00 +0000

It is clear that the Michigan property could most certainly be considered a farm. I know of people who have their property designated by the government as farmland for tax purposes, and it doesn’t take much to be considered a farm. Just because Nancy’s family wasn’t farming the land doesn’t mean it couldn’t be considered a farm. I would also like to add that I am 99% sure that I have pesonally seen Nancy wear overalls.

By: Margaret AKA Mom, AKA Grandma

Margaret AKA Mom, AKA Grandma — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 22:39:00 +0000

For anyone who has ever lived on a farm (as I have) (violins please) it is obvious that Nancy has not, did not and probably will not ever live on a farm. Especially given the absolute loathing and disdain Chris has for farmers and farmer’s daughters. Which leads me to my point in commenting. Pursuant to an ealier conversation, Chris has already been warned that he might be losing out on this year’s Christmas present from his mother-in-law (me). With his obvious disdain for farms, farmers and FARMER’S DAUGHTERS (I being one of them) it is easy to say that he has probably cut himself off for any Christmas presents for the rest of his life!! Not that this is a big financial loss or anything, but one would think that it should have some sort of psychological trauma associated with it. I know lots of people who live in big homes surrounded by lots of property; they own horses, keep them in a barns (of course; they even own a tractor. You have seen these places; their homes look like they are built on golf couurses, you know the ones with the manicured green grass and the white fences. These are not farms; they are ESTATES. And further more to be a farmer’s daughter you have to have a farmer for a father. The day Grant becomes a farmer is the day my father (a REAL bonafide Farmer) rolls over in his grave. (Lets hear if for the computer engineer and all the sons and daughters he raised to be like him, not a farmer or farmer’s daughter in the bunch!!) All the homes that I ever lived in with Nancy weren’t farms; the fact that she was there made them CASTLES. Let’s face it Chris you are living with a Queen that you only thought was a farmer’s daughter.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 13:41:00 +0000

For those of you who were at our wedding (oh, that’s right, Chris you were unavailable for the event) do you remember the farming test that Kevin failed miserably at from my Dad? The ONLY Worth who was helpful to Kevin was one Anna Worth (a fellow Ohioan) who knows a bit about farming. Maybe she should post her thoughts on the Worths being farmers.
Oh and Chris, farmer does not equal redneck as was described in your comment.

By: Chelsea Worth

Chelsea Worth — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 01:43:00 +0000

I thought we should look up farm in the dictionary to really see what we are dealing with. Here’s what I found: “farm, noun, a tract of land, usually with a house, barn, silo, etc., on which crops and often livestock are raised for livelihood.” Sorry Chris, but they didn’t have any of that stuff for livelihood. Although what kind of life would all of us have if we were married to Worth farmers? It’s an interesting thought. Combine the work ethic we know Grant has with the work required of a farm. We would certainly be one tired lot!