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Tue Jul 7, 2026, 11:28 PM Tuesday

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

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

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“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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