New York Post – by Rob Bailey-Millado
Katrina Holte is not a modern woman.
After three years of happy marriage, and getting stressed out by her job in a busy payroll department, she decided in 2018 to turn back time — and live like a 1950s housewife.
That’s when Holte, 30, transformed her Hillsboro, Oregon, home into a suburban shrine to the pre-ERA era, busying herself cleaning, making dresses using vintage patterns — and getting dinner on the table by the time her husband, Lars, 28, gets home from his job as an engineering manager.
“I feel like I’m living how I always wanted to. It’s my dream life and my husband shares my vision,” she says as a vinyl Doris Day soundtrack plays in the background. “It is a lot of work. I do tons of dishes, laundry and ironing, but I love it and it’s helping to take care of my husband and that makes me really happy.”
Yes, her closet is full of “flattering” frocks she sewed herself, and the home’s decor is retro as all get-out, but it’s not “like it’s a museum,” Holte tells PA Real Life.
“When I look at everything that is happening in the world now, I feel like I belong in a nicer, more old-fashioned time,” she says. “I agree with old-fashioned values, like being a housewife, taking care of your family, nurturing the people in it and keeping your house in excellent condition, so everyone feels relaxed.”
But of course the part-time seamstress of 10 years, who sells her handmade garments online, asked for Lars’ permission before leaving the workforce.
“I spoke to my husband and told him I want to be a housewife and he said that was fine with him,” Holte says. “It was a fantastic feeling when I quit. I can do what I want to now and run my house as I want to run it. Now I’m a full-time homemaker.”
A day in the retro life
Holte’s typical day starts at 6:30 a.m., when she wakes up and lays out Lars’ clothes before preparing his breakfast and packing his lunch. After feeding herself, she does 15 minutes of “gentler” exercises from yesteryear.
Read the rest and see the pics here: https://nypost.com/2019/09/30/woman-quits-job-to-spoil-husband-like-a-1950s-housewife/
this is pretty much my wife
wouldn’t have it any other way , and neither would she .. we aint rich
1 income , but we dont need mammon to be happy
EOTS… well, I am in the same boat and it sails like a dream!
I would that the American Woman would look back and see the trail of carnage that has resulted from the feminist fantasy. They have pretty much destroyed the family which was the basis for the political strength of the people. The families used to have the strength to bring the local governments to heel when they were getting out of line and to stop any moral perversions. Many times, Grandfather, Father, and Son fought together in the war against the tyranny of the English king.
Fathers go back and provide for your families, mothers guard your home and stop dumping your children off in day care 3 weeks after they are born.
‘Fathers go back and provide for your families, mothers guard your home and stop dumping your children off in day care 3 weeks after they are born.’ BAM!