While on holiday in Koh Samui some years ago I interacted with two married couples on two Separate occasions, one German and one British. It was the men who played with their children while the wives sat in their deck chairs looking bored. During conversations with the wives while their husbands were out of earshot both spoke disparagingly about their husbands to me, the lack of respect shocked me, the British woman whose husband was a police inspector said it was a wonder they could go on holiday with the pittance that he earned, "Oh" I replied "what work do you have", "I don't work, I have two school children to look after". The German man seemed cowed by his wife, when I asked if they had just arrived as his wife was so pale, he was distraught, "Don't tell her that she will react badly, it will ruin my day". He was an IT expert, when I mentioned to his wife that her young son had a remarkable vocabulary for his age she remarked, That's down to my husband, he is a university graduate and speaks with the children a lot, at least he's good for something". My thoughts at the time were that both the wives needed a good slapping.