A San Diego woman has returned to the 1950s and says she and her family are happier than ever because of it.
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Alexia Delarosa, 29, stays home, cooks, cleans and cares for her kids while her husband works a regular job. That’s not entirely uncommon, but a lot less common now that it was in, say, 1955.
In fact, it’s viewed as being so rare these days that there is actually a name for such wives — as Delarosa actually refers to herself as a “tradwife,” short for a traditional wife.
Delarosa said she adopted the lifestyle because her mom wasn’t around much when she was a kid, and she didn’t want that to be the case for her own children.
“My mom worked and she also enjoyed time outside of our family home with friends. I have always wanted a more traditional model for my family,” she said, via the Daily Mail. “I loved the idea of a 50’s style family life, where the wife stays home to look after her husband and kids, and the husband goes out to work full time.”
History taught her it could be done, Delrosa added.
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“I remember watching films where the women would stay home to cook and clean for their husbands, and I thought it was a romantic and sweet life,’ she said. “It really resonated with me.”
Her husband, Matthew, 37, runs a coffee shop and is totally on board with the idea of the stay-at-home mom.
“When I fell pregnant with our first son, Archer, now two, we decided very early on that I would stay home with him,” she said. “‘I had an at-home baking business which I did part-time, but when I fell pregnant with our second son, Arlo, one, I became fully focused on looking after the two boys, Matthew and our home.
“I’ve always loved homemaking and I was more than happy to take on this role.”
Along with being an old-school wife and mother, Delrosa preaches that it can work again for a lot of wives via social media. She stresses the importance of keeping a fairly strict regimen if you decide to follow suit.
“Matthew doesn’t have any duties assigned to him. I take care of all of the chores and ensure dinner is on the table for when he finishes work,” she said. “This is when we have a meal together as a family. I am quite particular in the way things are, so I like it to be this way too.
“Matthew loves to be at work, and I love to be at home taking care of things. We both thrive in our roles and this arrangement works perfectly for us.”