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He’s tackling gender norms one chore at a time.

A man has revealed what a day in his life looks like as a “stay-at-home husband,” treating his wife to housekeeping, grocery shopping and even a bouquet of flowers while she rests on her day off.

The Southern California couple, Maya and Hunter, run a joint TikTok account where Hunter regularly posts about his husbandly duties.

In a now-viral clip from April, which has more than 7.7 million views and 1.6 million likes, Hunter goes to the farmers market and buys flowers for his wife — even putting them in a vase for her.

“Sorry, tough guys. It’s another day in the life of a stay-at-home husband,” he joked when the clip began.

“Some people seem to think I lost my man card, so we went to the farmers market to buy a new one,” he continued.


  Hunter started the video by saying Maya always tries to work on her days off, so he got her coffee and ran errands to help her out. TikTok/@maya.and.hunter Hunter started the video by saying Maya always tries to work on her days off, so he got her coffee and ran errands to help her out. TikTok/@maya.and.hunter

He went to the grocery store and vacuumed when they went home, making his wife kick back on the couch with a book and a heating pad while he did the cleaning.

“I strapped the groceries to my mancart and got to arranging the flowers,” he said. “Never give your wife flowers and expect her to arrange them. That’s a chore, not a gift.”

His simple acts had the internet cheering him on in the TikTok comments section.


  He refused to let Maya help him, calling her a “girl boss” and telling her to relax. TikTok/@maya.and.hunter He refused to let Maya help him, calling her a “girl boss” and telling her to relax. TikTok/@maya.and.hunter

“Still cooler than every alpha male,” wrote one viewer.

“Prime examples of if he wanted to he would,” said another. “You guys are so wholesome.”

“Where did she buy you,” questioned a user.

“I think they’re out of these husbands at the store,” quipped someone else.


  He took a trip to the farmers market and Whole Foods to get groceries. TikTok/@maya.and.hunter He took a trip to the farmers market and Whole Foods to get groceries. TikTok/@maya.and.hunter

In an interview with Buzzfeed, Hunter and Maya revealed how the idea for their TikToks came to fruition: after seeing a lack of “stay-at-home husbands” online.

“Before I began my second year of law school, I had a gap between the end of my summer job and the start of the term. So I really had no responsibilities other than my stay-at-home-husbandly duties,” Hunter said. “Maya came to me with an idea. She had seen a trend of TikToks going around about self-proclaimed ‘stay-at-home daughters’ and ‘stay-at-home wives,’ but noticed an obvious lack of male presence in this genre.”

Maya apparently noticed that women on TikTok would complain how their partners “didn’t even know how to wash a dish, let alone take care of an entire home.”

“This seemingly weaponized incompetence inspired the thought, ‘What if we made a TikTok about you being a stay-at-home husband as a contrast to the stereotypical gender roles and poke fun at this?'” Hunter continued.

At the time of the interview, the pair made 24 parts to their series, which have been “met with overwhelming love and encouragement,” as well as “hate and negativity.”


  He took it upon himself to vacuum and arrange flowers as well. TikTok/@maya.and.hunter He took it upon himself to vacuum and arrange flowers as well. TikTok/@maya.and.hunter

“Although we don’t let the hate get to us anymore, it shows us that the message behind our videos is still against the status quo to some people. But that has not stopped us!” he said. “We plan to continue spreading our message of equality in a relationship regardless of a few hate comments because, at the end of the day, we truly believe that a partnership must be equal in order to succeed.”

In real life, Maya chimed in, their friends and family are supportive of their lifestyle and partnership.

“The support from the people we care about the most has been pivotal to navigating this new part of our lives,” she said. “A lot of people ask us in our comments and direct messages, ‘Isn’t Hunter in law school? What will you do when he is a lawyer?’ Our answer to that is quite simple: the same thing we do now.”

It seems they plan to keep up with this relationship philosophy in the future, too, no matter what comes.

“We will communicate our needs to one another and fill in when and where needed,” she continued. “We believe wholeheartedly that the best partnerships are built on communication, honesty, and sacrifice. So will Hunter still clean the house when he is a lawyer? Of course. Will Maya still be a girl boss who works to support her family? Absolutely. Can a person still embody a ‘stay-at-home husband’ whilst having a job? We believe so. Equality doesn’t always mean 50-50. It means that you each give 100% wherever you can to succeed together as one.”

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