Posted on 06/20/2026 3:09:28 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
Yesteryear opens by introducing its narrator, Natalie, a 32‑year‑old influencer who amasses millions of followers by posting about her pioneer‑like lifestyle.
Unbeknownst to her audience, staff keep the household running, her marriage is strained, and her children hate being filmed.
One day, she wakes up in a place that looks like her home, except it’s the early 19th century.
As the story develops, Natalie proves anything but content. She meets her husband, Caleb, at a church group. After they marry, she finds herself pregnant at 20 (and with a husband more of a buffoon than she expected).
I left Yesteryear feeling misunderstood...One reviewer wrote that the book made her feel better about judging tradwives because it “proved” tradwives judge her right back.
Unlike Natalie, I’m not fictional. Those who want to “get inside the head” of traditional wives should start by getting to know one.
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It’s called house wife.
I prefer ‘homemaker’. It covers more situations.
Well, today I washed Mr. GG2’s clothes, went to the grocery store, served him a happy hour cheese, crackers and bourbon snack and cooked and served a nice dinner. Pretty trad wifey. 😄
Sarah and Abraham were chronically childless for pretty much their entire marriage, and ended up having just one. (Let's ignore the Hagar detour for a sec.)
Lot and his wife, may have had many kids biologically -- yet they were spiritually dead. Even the example of Eli, Samuel's priest, comes to mind. His sons were awful. Really sad.
The LORD is what matters. Whether you have one child, ten, or none.
That’s a fine one too.
Maybe the best, yes b
You know i grew up in those times. I worked. However when it came to children I brought home 4 and loved caring and managing home and family and volunteer work. Loved it.
The only thing I can attribute it to is the long hours as a child that I played babies and house. And the neighbor women who all were young mothers. I can still smell the Johnson baby powder and oil they used. I had a full homemaking and babies kit and kabbodle. Made sure my own girls had the same.
Even my puppet shows + dollhouses (puppet shows are any pretends using small objects and dollys) had some homemaking qualities.
You teach and train your children to play.
Amen!
But I am very glad He gave me a lovely wife and a lot of beautiful children. I wouldn’t trade places for all the tea in China.
That was my first thought. And I've been a tradwife long before it was fashionable.
I’ve never ceased to be fascinated by dollhouses. I had lots of dolls and things for them, but it was the dollhouse and miniatures I spent the most time with. I’ve got projects in boxes I still want to get to before I croak...
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