“People also used to drink wine because the water wasn’t safe to consume.

Just because it’s traditional, doesn’t make it good.”

2.One woman,u/Bergenia1, says, “It’s terribly risky.

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You are staking the survival of yourself and your children on a man.

So, keep in mind that many of these stories are about people’s moms.

“I was the wife of a minister.

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But I chose to stay home and raise the kids.

I also worked at the church and just took my kids with me everywhere I went.

This was my decision and was extremely important to me,” writesu/traceyrenee53.

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“It was fulfilling joy in my life,” saysu/C-Nor; “I loved it.

I didn’t ever like that I was treated by society as a lesser person for it.”

“It was so lonely,” says 60-year-oldu/naliedel.

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“My mother was the typical trapped Christian tradwife,“u/candmjjjcwrites.

10.One woman,u/Handbag_Lady, added an anecdote not about herself, but a friend.

“[She] gave up her STEM job for the whole mom/wife thing,” she continues.

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“[Her] husband traded her in for a younger model after 27 years.

I would never suggest anyone do this without a viable income.”

Before then she had been quite politically active, having been arrested among others protesting the British occupation.”

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“You never know what is going to happen.

She worked from before dawn until midnight.”

“It is ripe for abuse,” saysu/Fabulous-Ad6663.

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“It didn’t end well for me and now I am disabled.”

“PTSD & a more severe case of EDS than I should’ve had.

Got diagnosed during the divorce process, thankfully.”

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“My mother was [a] tradwife,” saysu/wwaxwork, a woman over 50.

“Watching her life is why, at the age of 8, I swore never to have kids.

And now, safely post-menopause, I can confirm I never did.”

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[These people] are ‘playing’ house.”

Let me know your thoughts on all of the above.

c’mon note: some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity.

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