A woman who quit her job to work as a shopkeeper has revealed her husband pays her $100 each week to cook and clean for him full-time.
Alyssa ‘Aly’ Dee, 28, met her future husband Tom, 51, when they were both working in the military.
But after getting engaged, she decided to put her aspirations aside and left her profession to focus on taking care of him and their home.
She recently explained to Truly that she made the decision because she felt Tom “wanted her to pay him a little more attention.”
Aly now spends her days cooking, cleaning and doing other household chores while he is at work, and in return he pays her $100 a week.
A woman who quit her job to be a shopkeeper revealed that her husband pays her $100 each week to cook and clean for him full-time.
Despite the nasty comments from online trolls about her situation, Aly insisted that she is much “happier” this way and recommends that all women follow in her footsteps.
“My husband hires me to take care of the house,” she told the publication. ‘It’s the best job I’ve ever had. They would probably consider me on his bench, he pays my keep.
“I encourage other women to follow the same dynamic for their future financial success.”
Aly, who has been with Tom for two and a half years and is pregnant with their first child, insisted it was her idea to stop working.
‘I didn’t even know I wanted a traditional relationship. Honestly, Tom added.
‘Until I got into a relationship with Aly I didn’t even know how wonderful it was to have a traditional relationship where there were gender separations.
‘I provide a home, protection and provision. What I ask in return is support and a clean house so I can go out into the world and focus on the outside world.’
Tom explained that he started giving Aly $100 a week so she could treat herself to “snacks and coffee” as well as the occasional shopping trip.
Alyssa ‘Aly’ Dee, 28, met her future husband Tom, 51, when they were both working in the military.
But after they got engaged, she decided to put her aspirations aside and left her profession to focus on taking care of him and their home.
“We got rid of all his credit cards and opened new credit cards in my account, so now I can see all his purchases,” she revealed.
“She doesn’t really ask for a lot of things she doesn’t need, she’s pretty financially disciplined.”
Aly said she likes not having to look at her bank account or worry about finances, and prefers to leave all that to her husband.
She added that her setup is much better than having to work a “real job” with a boss who “doesn’t care about her.”
‘The alternative is to get a real job with a real boss. Keep in mind that this is a man who doesn’t care about you,” he said.
‘(After) clocking out, you’re not on their mind. He would fire you tomorrow, my husband is not going to fire me tomorrow.
Aly frequently documents her lifestyle on YouTube, where she has over 182,000 subscribers.
And she said people often make unfair “assumptions” about her and insult her as “lazy” or “uneducated.”
She added that her setup is much better than having to work a “real job” with a boss who “doesn’t care about her.”
Now she spends her days cooking, cleaning and doing other household chores while he is at work, and he pays her $100 a week in return.
Aly said she likes not having to look at her bank account or worry about finances, and prefers to leave all that to her husband.
She also revealed that she has been accused of being a “gold digger”, which Tom finds ridiculous.
‘She asked for $100 a week, what kind of gold digger wants that?’ he joked.
“There are also a lot of positive comments from women who feel like they have finally been seen,” Aly added.
‘It’s the positive comments I get from women that really let me know I’m doing the right thing.
‘Some women today are perfectly happy to follow the lead of an employer who doesn’t care about them.
“I just want women to know that they have other options available.”
In the end, Aly and Tom insisted that following traditional gender roles had only strengthened their romance.
“We will never take away genetics and biology,” Tom added. “I’m masculine, so I can go out and provide the resources, and it feels great.”
“I think most modern relationships are not happy, men act like women, women act like men and when they get together they have a really unbalanced dynamic,” Aly concluded.