All of the married Orthodox priests I have known had wives who worked, many at fairly demanding jobs, and smallish families. One was getting her PhD. Most wives supported some specific ministry, like choir or fundraising projects, were friendly and knew people by name, but no one expected them to be the Mommy of the congregation. In some cases they had husbands who were more sociable and nurturing than they were. 

The Vatican party line about women is half concoction, half contortion, so it'll be really interesting to see how that all plays out should it ever comes to pass. It reminds me that Heidi Cruz planned to go back to work at Goldman Sachs if Ted got to be president, something that would have been unthinkable for a Republican wife 20 years ago. It may be too late for the great army of rugged hetero priests and their dutiful helpmates.