Meet the ''traditional housewife' who spends six hours a day cooking and cleaning
- last year
A self-proclaimed 'traditional housewife' who spends six hours a day cooking and cleaning and celebrates being subservient to her husband says it’s "her choice" and “the way she likes it".
Estee Williams, 25, has dubbed herself a 'trad-wife' and spends her days tending to the home while her husband, Conner, 23, an electrician, goes to work as the family bread-winner.
But far from resembling The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Estee says she leads a "humble" existence and is "subservient" to her husband but "in a healthy biblical way".
While Estee stays at home baking bread, cooking meals from scratch, cleaning, and learning to sew her own clothes, Conner makes a living and goes hunting for food on the weekends.
Estee, from Richmond, Virginia, US, said: "The husband is a provider, the protector and supports the family financially, and the woman is the homemaker in my view.”
“This is a choice my husband and I made together and I’m very happy with it. It's very fulfilling, and it’s an honour for my husband and I to live this lifestyle.”
'Tradwife' is a lifestyle trend which involves women adopting traditional gender roles in their marriage.
Beyond the division of gender roles, Estee and her husband’s lifestyle is steeped in tradition.
They have "a freezer-full" of meat which her husband hunts with his six guns and a bow and arrow.
She wears 1950s-style clothing - choosing to don dresses rather than leggings.
She also only watches television on the weekends.
Although Estee makes small purchases - such as buying coffee - without asking her husband, she said he has the final say on any big purchases including buying their house.
Estee’s Christian faith has inspired her decision to serve her husband, which she described as "an act of honour in the eyes of God".
Despite online critics calling Estee "backwards", she believes being a tradwife gets a "bad rep" and said she and Conner are "equally reliant on each other".
Estee and Conner met in 2020 and quickly realised they both longed for a traditional relationship.
The inspiration for Estee’s lifestyle stems from her faith
For Estee, cooking is a big part of fulfilling her responsibility to her husband.
The couple also hunt their own food - including deer, doves and rabbits.
On top of cooking for her husband, Estee keeps their house looking spick and span and believes in “serving him completely in the home".
But despite admitting she is subservient to her husband, she insists he doesn’t treat her “like a slave”.
Besides cooking and cleaning, Estee and her husband remain very traditional in most aspects of their lives.
Estee said the secret to their relationship is trust.
Estee also doesn’t have any issue with women who choose to be financially independent.
Estee Williams, 25, has dubbed herself a 'trad-wife' and spends her days tending to the home while her husband, Conner, 23, an electrician, goes to work as the family bread-winner.
But far from resembling The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Estee says she leads a "humble" existence and is "subservient" to her husband but "in a healthy biblical way".
While Estee stays at home baking bread, cooking meals from scratch, cleaning, and learning to sew her own clothes, Conner makes a living and goes hunting for food on the weekends.
Estee, from Richmond, Virginia, US, said: "The husband is a provider, the protector and supports the family financially, and the woman is the homemaker in my view.”
“This is a choice my husband and I made together and I’m very happy with it. It's very fulfilling, and it’s an honour for my husband and I to live this lifestyle.”
'Tradwife' is a lifestyle trend which involves women adopting traditional gender roles in their marriage.
Beyond the division of gender roles, Estee and her husband’s lifestyle is steeped in tradition.
They have "a freezer-full" of meat which her husband hunts with his six guns and a bow and arrow.
She wears 1950s-style clothing - choosing to don dresses rather than leggings.
She also only watches television on the weekends.
Although Estee makes small purchases - such as buying coffee - without asking her husband, she said he has the final say on any big purchases including buying their house.
Estee’s Christian faith has inspired her decision to serve her husband, which she described as "an act of honour in the eyes of God".
Despite online critics calling Estee "backwards", she believes being a tradwife gets a "bad rep" and said she and Conner are "equally reliant on each other".
Estee and Conner met in 2020 and quickly realised they both longed for a traditional relationship.
The inspiration for Estee’s lifestyle stems from her faith
For Estee, cooking is a big part of fulfilling her responsibility to her husband.
The couple also hunt their own food - including deer, doves and rabbits.
On top of cooking for her husband, Estee keeps their house looking spick and span and believes in “serving him completely in the home".
But despite admitting she is subservient to her husband, she insists he doesn’t treat her “like a slave”.
Besides cooking and cleaning, Estee and her husband remain very traditional in most aspects of their lives.
Estee said the secret to their relationship is trust.
Estee also doesn’t have any issue with women who choose to be financially independent.