Even with Joe, had they gotten married, Elle would have loved to be in the traditional stay at home house wife role.
I still dream about the popcorn I would have gone through watching Elle's weekly bragfest vlogs if she had managed to lock down Joe and the firm he founded did well.
Sure, Elle would have considered herself a 'stay at home house wife' but we all know the only one staying home would have been the au pair.
Elle would have been doing her boozy weekday brunches with a doll or two, lecturing unfortunate macaroon shop clerks as she smears the display glass with her finger, pointing at which treat they need to box up next for her. She'd be a wife, but you sure as heck can't boss around your personal shopper at Nordy's, get you thrice weekly blowout, or drag the manicurist to William Sonoma to make sure she knows how to match your nails to your favorite Le Creusset 'from home'.
Heck, sometimes I think we're more disappointed it didn't happen than SHE is!