Notice that the guys in this thread talking about homemakers all reference their wives taking care of children.

This is the norm, for that stage of life. But I mean... instead of or afterward.

My youngest is turning 18 soon and nobody around us is a housewife, anymore. It is just not a thing, unless you have 10 kids and start getting grandkids while your own kids are still arriving, or something. And that's a statistical rounding error.