· (tate has denied this. ) the book is particularly revealing, though, for its depiction of southern’s painful attempts to contort herself into an archetypical tradwife, an effort that left her … It was everything i wanted but couldn’t have. · i once thought my neighbor nancy had the perfect life—happy family, beautiful home, no struggles. · a self-described tradwife has sparked controversy with a list of the ways she ensures she never disrespects her spouse. · “my brain was breaking” according to michelle goldberg’s column in the new york times, southern’s memoir reveals the profound psychological toll of attempting to embody the … Katelyn smith has been married to her husband, marvin for 13 years, and the pair have five children together. Then, one day, i saw a side of her life i … Their stories prompted me to ask divorced members of the buzzfeed community who have been trad- or stay-at-home wives what it was like and how their relationship came to an end. · enitza templeton, a former ‘tradwife’, found herself penniless and unemployed after her divorce, having handed over all financial control to her husband during their marriage. · the new york times reports antifeminist tradwife lauren southern has disembarked from the tradwife mythos. “being an antifeminist, it turns out, is no shield against abusive male … · todays episode of under the influence features one interview with a former trad wife, a woman who wrote to me and said she wanted to share her perspective and warnings from … Here are their stories. · recently, i wrote an article sharing stories from people who actually were 20th-century “tradwives” about what the lifestyle was like for them. Her story serves as a cautionary … · breaking free from tradwife culture one ex-tradwife shares her harrowing journey to freedom, revealing that she almost lost her life in the process. · fast-forward a little more than a decade and a half, and tia, now 50, is telling her story in a bone-chilling book – while simultaneously watching, with great concern, the continued glorification.