I'd drop the 'up'. I'd also suggest that the wife of such a man considers divorce.
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Mr. TomThanks, Jed.By the way, is it common in your culture for women to cook at home the three meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner?For a start, not many people in the UK have a cooked breakfast during the week. A common pattern is for people to help themselves to what they want for breakfast.
Mr. TomWe are generally given the impression that many women in other cultures demand equal rights and refuse to cook or do the laundry.Not refuse, just share those tasks equally.
Mr. TomBy the way, is it common in your culture for women to cook at home the three meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner?That practice left American culture about 50 - 60 years ago as I see it. Nowadays, I wouldn't be surprised if more than 75% of families have a completely different system in which 90% of the time everyone except the very youngest children ge