Exhausted from doing housework despite marrying a billionaire's son

Hannah Neeleman, whose social media name is Ballerina Farm, is a 34-year-old mother of eight, living on a 7,000-square-foot farm in Utah, USA.

With videos of her daily life, wearing a country apron, cooking, tending livestock, selling cow's milk, sourdough, Hannah's Instagram and TikTok channels attract up to 17 million followers.

However, at this time, Hannah's image as a "traditional wife" is causing fierce debate in the media, especially after The Times published an article about her, titled "Meet the queen of 'traditional wives' and her 8 children."

Hannah Neeleman studied ballet at the Juilliard School in New York, USA. She met her husband, Daniel Neeleman, son of billionaire David Neeleman, while attending a college basketball game.

Hannah was only 23 at the time. Daniel fell in love with Hannah at first sight, but it was not until three months later that he officially approached Hannah after deliberately arranging to sit next to her on a flight.

The couple married just three months after their first meeting, and quickly had children. Neeleman even made history at Juilliard as the first student to become pregnant while attending the school.

After getting married, the couple moved to a large farm, where Hannah did housework, farm work, and posted videos of her daily life on social media.

Her followers love her videos, which feature organic recipes using farm-fresh produce, and heartwarming family content featuring all eight of her children.

This TikTok mom is considered a “traditional wife,” because she has discarded all the conventional feminine norms to focus on a way of life that is in harmony with the nature around her.

However, a recent report by The Times has made many fans question whether the life of the "traditional wife" is really as perfect as the media has reported.

In the article, Hannah revealed things she had never previously disclosed to the media. She said she had no nanny to help care for her eight children on a daily basis, a task that was difficult because her husband did not like having strangers in the house. She cooked all her own meals, and was sometimes so exhausted that she could not get out of bed for a week.

Hannah also chose not to use painkillers during most of her births. According to The Times, she revealed that the only time she had to use anaesthetic, when giving birth to her sixth daughter, was an “amazing” experience.

Passionate about ballet, Hannah originally planned to convert a small barn on her farm into a ballet studio. However, the space is now used as a classroom for her children.

And what shocked and even angered fans even more was that Hannah said she wanted to go on a trip to Greece for her birthday, but her husband brought back an apron as a gift.

Marrying a billionaire's son and living on a beautiful country farm is not an uncommon story. Many beautiful women have chosen this life instead of living in a crowded city. However, usually it is a farm with full maids and gardeners, not the life like Hannah's current life.

The Times article sparked heated debate online, with many fans expressing outrage, and even advising Hannah to get a divorce and pursue her ballet dreams.

However, in an interview with the Times, Hannah still shared that she was completely satisfied with her current life, because both she and her husband had to sacrifice a lot for their marriage. Hannah gave up her dream of becoming a ballet dancer, and Daniel had to give up his career ambitions to help his wife with farming.

And not all readers fully believed the article's content, with some even criticizing the article as "prejudiced and biased" for making Hannah the victim of her selfish husband.

Speaking about the “traditional wife” phenomenon in her article, author Megan Agnew said Hannah shared that she wanted to show other women that they could live a simple, self-sufficient life.

But, according to Agnew, “it's not possible. It's not possible to have that kind of life because not everyone can be a social media star.”

She argues that this is not a life of self-sufficiency, but rather “a life built for social media, and financially supported by social media.”