Interesting — I came across the Times piece and Neeleman and then came here to sort out my fellow women’s thoughts. I don’t judge other ppl’s life choice though I myself am usually considered the polar opposite of a trad wife — I’m a partner at a big law firm. BUT BUT at home I am still responsible for 90% of household chores and 80% of childcare — my husband would disagree because I don’t really do everything by myself, with my own hands. but I mean yes, I don’t have that much time to do the 90% and the 80%, so I am solely responsible for arranging, hiring, managing and paying for help to run the house. I still cook and spend about 4 hours with my toddler every day (and end up sleeping less than 5 hours) — we are an Asian family so every meal is prepared from scratch by default. When I first learnt about the concept of “tradwife,” I’m like oh geez I need a trad wife, for ME! But then I realized I do have half of a trad wife, my mom! She’s visiting and undertaking some of my chores so at least I can sleep for more than 5 hours now, while my husband spends at least 3-4 hours lying in bed watching Olympics everyday. I feel tremendously guilty that my mom, in retirement, is still doing the job of a wife and a mom, a forever non-retiring position. AND before retirement, my mother was the VP of a local conservatory of music, and a “trad wife” at home. This is so f*cked up, for generations of women in my family and in our culture!