Hi ladies! I am glad I found this group. My husband and I are both 33 and have been married for almost 5 years. During the beginning of our relationship I worked but after we married I became a full time homemaker. This has come with great backlash from family and friends alike. If these women downing my lifestyle are feminist aren't they supposed to be supportive of whatever I want to do?

I am very frugal and low maintenance and actually have a remote part time job but at this point I don't want to even tell anyone about it after the years of "why doesn't she have a job?" My job has been all things homemaking and taking care of my husband not to mention taking care of myself because if I am happy then he is happy.

I try not to give any follow up when people ask what I do and I proudly respond that I am a homemaker. It is always followed by awkward silence and a blank stare on the askers face. Or jokes about "what is this the 1950s" or "well then what do you do all day"....UGH.

Any advice on how to handle this topic with others. Thanks!

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*Context*

I came into the marriage debt free. We do not have children. No student loans, credit cards, and my car is paid off. My husband has a good job. We aren't wealthy but get by just fine. This was a mutual agreement to be traditional from the jump.