I am a "trad wife" but not that way. My hair and makeup aren't always done. I actually don't wear makeup except eyeliner after I look in the mirror and think "I look old and sick" and it makes me feel like I look younger and healthier.

We homeschool our brood, so I wear my jammies some days all day. Most days I change into real clothes, and even wear shoes because it motivates me to move around and get things done more than socks or bare feet.

Some days I am so caught up in school and activities, that I forget to clean the house. It happens. I don't always cook what he likes, because I want him to live a long, happy and healthy life. I want him around even after the kids are grown and out of the house. So sometimes he has to eat something that he doesn't really want, but knows it's healthy for him and us.

I do buy things without his "permission", however as she said, it is OUR money. The difference is that his job gets the reward of paper that we exchange for items, and my job gets the reward when the kids are grown and we see what we did. Long term payoffs.

If it's anything expensive though, we discuss it. He does get the final say, however it isn't because he has asked for it, it's because I trust him and give him he final say.

So I guess my point is, trad wife isn't just living for your husband in a 1950's dystopia. It's also Little House on the Prairie, where the house isn't husband centered, but family centered.