Meet the Mom Taking a Trip Back to the 1950s with the 'Tradwife' Life

Alexia Delarosa from San Diego lives the full life of a tradwife also known as a traditional wife. This is when women follow old-fashioned gender role stereotypes. The 29-year-old stays at home to clean, look after the children and cook while her husband goes to work.

Per DailyMail, the Californian adopted the mindset of a homemaker because her mom was not around enough when she was a child. However, Delarosa always loved the idea of a 1950s-style housewife. The mom also found films showing stereotypical gender roles as romantic and sweet. Many women juggle childcare and work. However, Delarosa believes they will turn to the tradwife lifestyle when they understand they cannot have everything. 

Delarosa shared that when she just started dating her husband, Matthew, they talked about the kind of family they wanted. Fortunately, they both loved the idea of Delarosa staying home and Matthew working full-time.

She recalled that after she got pregnant with their first child, Archer, they decided she should stay home with him. At that time, she also had an at-home bakery business which she ran part-time.

However, when she became pregnant with their second child, Arlo, she became a full tradwife. Now, Matthew, 37, owns and runs a coffee shop while Delarosa takes care of everything at home. He loves being at work and she loves being at home. 

The mother-of-two shared it is important to maintain a watertight routine to make life as a tradwife work. Delarosa detailed an average day in her routine-oriented family's life. She wakes up around 5:30am to 6am to prepare herself before the children wake up. Around 6:30 am when they are awake, she makes breakfast from scratch.

After that Delarosa cleans up and spends time with her kids. They could go to the park or see their dad at his coffee shop. After lunch, the kids take their afternoon nap while she does the laundry. Once they are awake, they play around the house, make dinner, bath them, read to them, then put them to bed by 7 pm. After that, Delarosa shared that she cleans the house one last time. 

The 29-year-old often posts updates about her homemaker lifestyle on social media. However, she often gets negative comments from trolls. The term 'tradwife' was born in 2018 after the movement spread on social media. The term became controversial after being associated with far-right rhetoric.

That was in 2018 when some white supremacist tradwives came out as Trump supporters. Delarosa shared that some people tell her being a full-time mom was not a real job. However, she does not let the negative comments affect her. She said it was important for a parent to always be home with their kids for special moments. She is also homeschooling her kids to protect them from negative 'outside influences.'