Exclusive | Divorced, destitute and left for dead the dark side of tradwife life after 35

“Divorce” was analogous to a curse word in Enitza Templeton’s hyper-traditional, faith-centered home. With her husband hailed king of the castle — almost rivaling the Holy Trinity between God the Father, the Son and Holy Spirit — Templeton, who married at age 26, eagerly abandoned her dreams of pursuing a career in art to, instead, satisfy her man’s every command.From growing the family’s produce in her private garden to gussying up in sexy outfits and cosmetics before he came home from work, the brunette’s routine became that of an extreme 1950s homemaker: obeying, baking and baby-making. It’s a regimen that most traditional, or “trad,” wives follow based on religious principles.Unlike housewives, women who manage their households and raise kids as equals to their working spouses, tradwives often become subservient subordinates whose sole purpose is to please their partner. But by 36, the mother of four found herself feeling like “a prisoner” in her marriage — which ultimately ended in the once-taboo “D” word. And Templeton shared that her biggest challenge post-divorce was navigating life without a solid education, professional résumé or real-world experiences.The New Jersey native is just one in the rising army of former tradwives who, after saying “I Do” to a life of submissive servitude in their late teens or early 20s, are now virally warning women about the not-so-Instagrammable dark side.“There aren’t a lot of tradwives over 35 or 40 because they’ve either got divorced and moved away from the lifestyle after learning how toxic it can be,” Templeton, now 43, a women’s advocate, currently based in Denver, Colorado, told The Post. Online discourse around former trad wives erupted recently after Jessica Valenti, a NYC feminist speaker and author, asked a seemingly light-hearted question on social media, “Where are they hiding all the 47-year-old tradwives? Why are they not out there espousing how amazing thi...