Monica Hesse

No, it's really true. And when I write about this issue, the reader feedback that I get that's the most frustrated is older women who are in their 60s, 70s, 80s, who are basically saying, this is what we fought for, for you guys. Like, why are you throwing it away? And I think that what a lot of it comes down to is that people aren't happy now.

No, it's really true. And when I write about this issue, the reader feedback that I get that's the most frustrated is older women who are in their 60s, 70s, 80s, who are basically saying, this is what we fought for, for you guys. Like, why are you throwing it away? And I think that what a lot of it comes down to is that people aren't happy now.

And so they're looking for these solutions that require a time machine to go back rather than trying to figure out the solutions that would mean going forward.

And so they're looking for these solutions that require a time machine to go back rather than trying to figure out the solutions that would mean going forward.

And so they're looking for these solutions that require a time machine to go back rather than trying to figure out the solutions that would mean going forward.

Yeah, I think that, I mean, it's fascinating to me when you read, especially young women who are aspiring to this, who see it as like a pathway to an easier lifestyle. Just the idea that like, I don't want to work myself to the bone. I want to live a life that feels easy. And you know, my gosh, I want that too. My TikTok feed is like 50% trad wives.

Yeah, I think that, I mean, it's fascinating to me when you read, especially young women who are aspiring to this, who see it as like a pathway to an easier lifestyle. Just the idea that like, I don't want to work myself to the bone. I want to live a life that feels easy. And you know, my gosh, I want that too. My TikTok feed is like 50% trad wives.

Yeah, I think that, I mean, it's fascinating to me when you read, especially young women who are aspiring to this, who see it as like a pathway to an easier lifestyle. Just the idea that like, I don't want to work myself to the bone. I want to live a life that feels easy. And you know, my gosh, I want that too. My TikTok feed is like 50% trad wives.

I watch ballerina farm content and I'm like, I too want to put up a movie screen and my prairie house and we'll all go out in our pajamas and you know, all of this. And then I think in real life, that would drive me crazy, but man, is it beautiful to look at on screen.

I watch ballerina farm content and I'm like, I too want to put up a movie screen and my prairie house and we'll all go out in our pajamas and you know, all of this. And then I think in real life, that would drive me crazy, but man, is it beautiful to look at on screen.

I watch ballerina farm content and I'm like, I too want to put up a movie screen and my prairie house and we'll all go out in our pajamas and you know, all of this. And then I think in real life, that would drive me crazy, but man, is it beautiful to look at on screen.

Yeah. And I think that it is completely understandable and also completely dispiriting that we think that we have to life hack this by ourselves or that people would say, the only way I can do this is via a romantic relationship rather than we can do this societally. We can figure this out. It can get better. There are ways that it can get better.

Yeah. And I think that it is completely understandable and also completely dispiriting that we think that we have to life hack this by ourselves or that people would say, the only way I can do this is via a romantic relationship rather than we can do this societally. We can figure this out. It can get better. There are ways that it can get better.

Yeah. And I think that it is completely understandable and also completely dispiriting that we think that we have to life hack this by ourselves or that people would say, the only way I can do this is via a romantic relationship rather than we can do this societally. We can figure this out. It can get better. There are ways that it can get better.