When humping the postman was a gender norm: The wholesome bodice-ripping yarns of Emma Buckley-Hough, tradwife

WITH my husband busy breadwinning for our six-child family, what else is a woman to do but uphold feminine values like banging the postman? 

As a tradwife, it’s my feminine duty to keep a good home, raise honest Christian children, and peel vegetables while dreaming of doilies. But that doesn’t mean I don’t have wanton desires burning away beneath my apron.

And while these carnal lusts for five minutes of quiet missionary in the dark should be satisfied by my husband, Tom, when he’s out working in the banking factory my loins have no choice but to seek fulfilment elsewhere.

This poses an ethical problem. I can’t turn to my neighbour and close friend Susan for advice, in case our pinafores mysteriously slip off and we commit the modern sin of scissoring against my AGA.

The randy bull we keep tethered in garden is a no-go too. While his mighty haunches and masculine demeanor are obviously attractive, bestiality is unfortunately forbidden in the Bible. One of the many difficult tests God has imposed on us.

Little did I know my salvation would arrive in moments clutching direct mail from SpecSavers. As soon as I saw him on my doorstep, a vision in his regulation Post Office uniform, I knew he could quench my lust.

I know feminists take issue with this. ‘What about your marriage vows?’ they would bleat. Let me repeat: I am a traditional wife. And as such, I must live by the values of generations of repressed, horny housewives.

To entice this postal worker I resorted to the oldest trick in the book: seductively churning butter. And within seconds we were fulfilling our gender-mandated roles – him giving me one from behind while I kneaded dough for Instagram.

Do I feel guilty? Of course not. It’s not cheating if you have unprotected sex with a stranger while your husband is away on business. This is how babies are made. It’s as healthy and normal as my charming radium pendant.

I shall be honest with my husband, and I expect him to reward me. After all, I obeyed his command and did not do anything sinful like use a vibrator.

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Aries, March 21st–April 19th

Kevin Pork, Kevin Ham, Kevin Gammon, Kevin Bacon. There you go, done it in four.

Taurus, April 20th–May 20th

Today, briefly go on DuoLingo then stop mid-sentence. Tease that owl. Edge that big-eyed f**ker.

Gemini, May 21st–June 21st

Lighting the lights only after meeting the Muppets suggests it is mandatory for any first encounter with them to be in total darkness.

Cancer, June 22nd–July 22nd

“And now for a slightly different Winter Olympics ice skating routine themed around a woman from Kent at Winter Wonderland, drunk on Bailey’s hot chocolate, circling terrified round the rink to the sound of the Vengaboys.”

Leo, July 23rd–August 22nd

America should move Pride month to August. Then it would come before their fall.

Virgo, August 23rd–September 22nd

‘I know when to go out. When to stay in.’ Not really a skill worthy of a lyric, is it, David Bowie?

Libra, September 23rd–October 22nd

There should be an autumn Olympics. Conkers. Kicking leaves. Desperately searching for a sex partner before it’s too late.

Scorpio, October 23rd–November 22nd

Don’t take this the wrong way, but here’s your suppository.

Sagittarius, November 22nd–December 21st

Well, at least all this rain’s been good for the crops. No, wait, hold on, I’m hearing that farmers claim to be facing ruin and want massive subsidies as with any other f**king thing.

Capricorn, December 22nd–January 19th

I’m sorry Miss Jackson; I reversed over your dog while I was high, then drove forwards over it again before crashing into several parked cars. I will learn from this.

Aquarius, January 20th–February 18th

Listen very carefully, I shall say this only once: red lorry, yellow lorry.

Pisces, February 19th–March 20th

Weird that today the societal expectation is that you should have sex, but if you’d had sex yesterday you would have been murdered by a maniac in a hockey mask.