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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Yes, but someone who posts an editorial on a political site - or even an opinion on Free Republic - is trying to ‘sell’ you something. Much more than ‘things’ can be sold, ideas are sold, too.

A lot of the ‘Trad Wife’ influencers are selling the idea of a particular lifestyle. For a lot of younger people today, the idea they are selling is something never really known firsthand and is being resurrected from the past of their grandparents or even further back.

I think it’s a valuable movement.


29 posted on 06/20/2026 4:51:07 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Jamestown1630
And I think if you are trying to follow the lifestyle of an "influencer" you are going to fail.

Which is not great for people trying to promote that lifestyle.

There was one who waxed eloquent about how she "lovingly" prepared everything. Yeah, where does that leave the person who comes home after a long day and just wants to feed the family something that is not really bad for them?

If you want to promote a lifestyle it has to be within reach for people. Bottled lemon juice is not evil, might not be as good as fresh squeezed Meyer lemons that you just plucked from your own tree but it is acceptable to use.

Every year starting in January I help teach a "life skills" course for people moving out on their own. The amount of nonsense they have been fed about food and cooking is just unbelievable. You need this that and the other or else you might as well just order door dash.

33 posted on 06/20/2026 5:24:02 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (The tree accused of killed Sonny Bono was planted.)
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