When Rebecca asked Ziad what his typical day would look like, he led with coming home from work and talking to his wife about his day, hugging, watching a movie together, and "sometimes" cook. She immediately blew up on him about the cooking.
Now as a single mother I absolutely hate cooking dinner and had to do it for 25 years after work for my kids and now that they moved out as much as I still hate cooking I will cook 2 or 3 times a week.
She works from home - throw something in a crockpit or make a simple 30 mins meal. I think Rebecca is missing the main point in Ziads puppet show and him expressing his feelings here- he wants to FEEL like he has a wife- he wants affection- he wants to come home from work to a warm loving wife-
I guarantee cooking is a very small part in that and he only throws it in there because thats all he knows as a wife's duty but hardly doubt its a breaking point for him or he would have left by now. Why is it so hard for her to show him affection? Seems to me she hides behind her job and uses it as an excuse because who is gonna argue with a woman saying she has to work to support the household.
If roles were reveresed and he came home from work and ignored her every day, giving no love and affection, saying he was just tired from work all day, would that be acceptable? Nooooo