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applegrove

(134,076 posts)
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 11:28 PM Tuesday

Divorced, destitute and left for dead -- the dark side of tradwife life after 35

Divorced, destitute and left for dead — the dark side of tradwife life after 35
By Asia Grace
Published July 7, 2026, 7:30 a.m. ET

https://newsie.social/@servelan/116882072674214174


“There aren’t a lot of tradwives over 35 or 40 because they’ve either got divorced and moved away from the lifestyle after learning how toxic it can be,” Templeton, now 43, a women’s advocate, currently based in Denver, Colorado, told The Post.

Online discourse around former trad wives erupted recently after Jessica Valenti, a NYC feminist speaker and author, asked a seemingly light-hearted question on social media, “Where are they hiding all the 47-year-old tradwives? Why are they not out there espousing how amazing this lifestyle is?”

More than 2 million people watched the video, and the comments section suddenly became a virtual confessional booth for millennial and Gen X gals, similar to Templeton, who’d endured severe trauma after leading an ostensibly sweet life.

“At a certain age, I got to a point in the marriage where I was like, ‘Oh my god, is this really what I want to do with my life? What comes after this?” Templeton told The Post.

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Divorced, destitute and left for dead -- the dark side of tradwife life after 35 (Original Post) applegrove Tuesday OP
They're not so smug after reality kicks in synni Tuesday #1
Actually it seems the women got tired of being doormats applegrove Tuesday #2
What are you talking about? Renew Deal 20 hrs ago #6
Here's the post from Jessica Valenti AStern Tuesday #3
Thanks. applegrove Yesterday #5
The New York Post (the sourse of your OP's article) is a Rupert Murdoch-owned RW rag Celerity Tuesday #4

synni

(817 posts)
1. They're not so smug after reality kicks in
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 11:48 PM
Tuesday

Before that, they look down their sanctimonious noses at Independent women. But it's not so cute when your pedo husband decides he wants another underaged girl to be his "wife "

applegrove

(134,076 posts)
2. Actually it seems the women got tired of being doormats
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 11:49 PM
Tuesday

and initiated divorces themselves.

Renew Deal

(85,514 posts)
6. What are you talking about?
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 08:00 AM
20 hrs ago

I’ve see a bunch of claims about tradwives. I’ve never seen one where the wife is underage.

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