Mic 26 Tradvestite
Venue: Winchester Music Tavern
Hosts: Bryan Sternick and David Horning
Show: One More Joke
Set Time: 1
Sunday was Mother's Day. If there is one thing the Hayes girls can do consistently, it is ruin my birthday and Mother's Day. Most of the time it is through no fault of their own. House fire, emergency room visits, hangovers, better offers, delayed flights, etc.
Being the control freak I am, I just plan my own celebrations and leave nothing to chance. So Sunday I cleaned the house and cooked dinner.
Someone said, "How very trad wife of you."
There is so much I need to learn. Doing comedy and being on social media has created a daily dose of vocabulary I need to investigate. I looked up "trad wife" — since it sounded like an insult — and it means traditional wife. However, this is a role that, even when chosen freely, is apparently frowned upon by younger generations.
So I took it to One More Joke.
I was recently called a trad wife and I was confused. I mean, I make most of the money — and all of the decisions. But I also make candles,
and soap,
and bread, and I can sauce, and, and…
I think I am more like trad-lite.
Semi-trad.
Wait — I am ambitious, domestic, and confused.
I am a tradvestite.
A tradvestite. The visual even appeals to me. Business suit and apron. Gardening tools and good shoes. Madison Ave meets mason jar.
I love my domestic side. I love that I paid attention to adults around me and I know all the hacks.
I think wellness groups were genius in convincing people that doing exactly what their great-grandparents did out of grinding necessity and survival was actually a luxury lifestyle.
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My great-grandmother made her own soap out of necessity. I make my own soap out of curiosity. My daughters pay $18 a bar for someone else's soap and give it to me for Mother’s Day. Full circle. A 23 year old on TikTok shakes cream in a jar to make butter and she has a million followers. My grandmother did it without validation.
And here I am,
writing jokes about both of them
on a blog
waiting for you to laugh.
We are all just shaking our jars hoping someone notices.
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