Trad wife here, happy to answer questions about my lifestyle

[LookAtThatMartin]

I am a Trad wife - ask me anything.

I really would have expected OP to have at least explained what she meant by Trad Wife here

I actually came on this thread thinking it had the potential to be interesting depending on what she meant by the term.

But I didn't get the chance to be interested

Quite disappointing that you gave up after a few responses and wouldn't even explain what you meant @LookAtThatMartin

Why don’t you call yourself a housewife?

The lack of engagement says to me it’s the pottering and homemade cookies variety. So a lot of us on a slow day.

Ask me anything but don’t ask me anything

It’s excellent but Natalie (trad wife) is dreadful.

What's the point of such a stupid thread? No, you weren't 'happy to answer' anything.

What an incredibly unkind thing to say. Did you intend to hurt the OPs feeling?

It might have helped had you explained what you mean by "Trad wife". I was a trad wife in many ways, I went out to work, shared a house with my 'trad husband'. We paid bills, did chores, became parents, worried about money - that all seems pretty traditional but your version may be different.

Have you read Yesteryear? You should tell us your review

What a shame, I thought this was going to be amusing, maybe even fascinating, but it was all over before I even got here.

I had a few years as a SAHM. There were good reasons at the time. and we all managed on low income later I worked as more hours as health improved and we all lived happily ever after.
I would not think of myself as a trad wife.

Are you religious?

How are your finances set up and is anyone paying into your pension?

Well I learnt a new word from this thread so it wasn't entirely a waste of time.

Do you just mean a traditional, old-fashioned housewife? The one who doesn’t earn anything, but sees to everything domestic and all the childcare?

My DM was one such until I was 14* when she went back to work, but prior to that she certainly wasn’t at all downtrodden, and certainly had a mind of her own.

*and considered old enough to mind rather younger siblings after school and during school holidays.

I always think “Wife of a tradesman” when I see trad wife 🥴

Why Martina?

What’s your best flapjack recipe?

It would have been respectful of the op to define the term, but bearing in mind the sarcastic responses with rude, negative pre- conceived ideas of what a trad wife is, I don't blame her for leaving the thread.
My guess is that it is a SAHM by choice who works hard and has job satisfaction in what she does. I hope that includes 'being there' for ie. elderly neighbours etc offering lifts meals, a listening ear etc.

OP is not taking any questions at this time. 😂

I actually do not know the answer to that question.

yeah see, unfortunately my own mind goes straight to all those influencer types of trad wife content. Unrealistic for many, but I do not know how they really works things in real life.

Yawn…

How do you feel about the fact that the most popular trad wife influencers are the higher earners in their households @LookAtThatMartin ? Do you find that disingenuous?

Should women with wealth and economic independence be advocating for less privileged women to put themselves under a man's financial control?

What would you say is the difference between a tradwife and a regular SAHM ?