‘Trad wife’ who quit her optician career to be a stay-at-home wife and ‘serve’ her husband insists it is her ‘DUTY’ as a woman to do ALL of the cooking and cleaning – as she slams critics who say she is ‘oppressed’ and ‘lazy’

A traditional wife has told how she gave up her career as an optician to stay at home and “serve” her husband by cooking and cleaning for him, ignoring criticism from trolls that she was “oppressed”.

Mikayla Herrmann of Oklahoma spends hours every day cooking, cleaning and caring for farm animals at home while her husband Samuel Herrmann, 31, works as an executive for a blacksmith equipment company.

The 26-year-old housewife left her job as an optician in the big city to move to the countryside and became a full-time housewife after getting married five years ago.

Mikayla is the sixth generation of women in her family to stay at home.

The couple met at a church event in 2017 and hit it off “immediately” before getting engaged in May 2018 and marrying just three months later.

Devoted Mikayla admits that she enjoys serving her husband meals made with homegrown vegetables, cold cuts from their farm, and bread made with home-ground flour.

But Mikayla says she often receives comments on Instagram from strangers calling her “depressed” and “lazy” but says she has decided to dedicate her life to her career as a housewife.

“I always looked forward to meeting my husband and being a stay-at-home mom because that’s what I’ve always seen in my life and what I’ve always wanted to do,” Mikayla shared.

“My mom and (my husband’s) mom did the same thing, our grandparents did the same thing. We are probably the fifth or sixth generation of stay-at-home wives.

“We always knew that once we got married, (my husband) would be the breadwinner for me and I would be the housewife and take care of everything around the house.”

Mikayla’s “typical day” revolves around getting up “pretty early” and caring for the farm and its animals.

She explained: “In the spring and summer I have to go out very early, take care of everything, milk our goats, board the animals and work in the garden.

“I also try to cook everything from scratch in the comfort of my home, so each meal takes a lot of time to prepare.”

Mikayla continued, “My husband comes home and has breakfast here, he has lunch here and comes home for dinner, so I have all these different dishes that I make from scratch.

“He usually needs an hour or more of preparation before he comes home to be ready for when he comes home for it.

“I definitely feel it is my duty to serve my husband and have him be the breadwinner of my home.

“But he’s such a kind person that he’ll never get upset with me if I’m having a bad day and can’t put food on the table when he walks in the door.”

“I try to do that as much as possible because I feel like my job as his wife is to make sure he comes home to a nice, tidy home.”

The content creator documents her life as a housewife on social media, where she promotes homemaking to other wives, but says she often receives “hateful” comments.

“Someone commented on one of my videos that I was a ‘sales wife’ and I had to Google it because I didn’t know if that was a good thing or a bad thing.

“I’m definitely a sales wife. Our values ​​are very traditional, and almost every video I’ve seen about tradewife stuff resonates with me.

“I love it because I can promote homemaking to other wives who may not have multi-generational families who are also homemakers.

“They don’t really have someone they can relate to, and I love being that person for them because I always grew up knowing that’s what I wanted to do.”

“I received some hateful comments on social media about being a housewife.

“Mostly it’s just comments about how I’m lazy and how I sit at home and let my husband take care of everything and I’m not doing anything here that brings me satisfaction.

“But it’s truly the most fulfilling I’ve ever felt because it’s all I’ve ever wanted to do.”

“People think I’m being ‘oppressed’ but that’s definitely not the case. I chose this job. My husband does not force me to serve him in any way.”

Mikayla and Samuel do not have children, but they hope to expand their family in the future. They plan to have their children at home and homeschool their children.

“We don’t have children yet. We have been praying about this for several years now and hope that God will soon bless us with children,” Mikayla shared.

“I can’t wait to become a mother. I think it would be great to instill these values ​​in your children and help them with some of the farm chores.

“We will most likely be homeschooling and doing a lot of traditional housework, homeschooling, chores, and hopefully having a home birth as well.”