My wife is Brazilian...and trust me, they have a different thought process....mostly in her favor. Two examples:

I did Ragbrai this year and the first day was a little more difficult than I would have imagined so I treated myself to a massage. Later, when I touched based, the conversation was like this....

" Baby, I did something nice for myself today. I got a massage."

MrsK7: "Oh...thats so nice. (pause). Was she cute?"

"Oh yeah."

MrsK7: "Oh....that so nice."

I was in Brazil last week on business. In the seat next to me on the return flight was a lovely Brazilian lady. My wife had no way of knowing of course and when I turned my phone on upon landing, I had this message:

"have a nice trip. Make it interesting. Sit next to a very pretty lady."

I showed the message to the Brazilian lady next to me and told her, "OK....I'll have to tell my wife I did as she instructed (BR lady interrupted with a very nice "thank you!") but I slept all the way home!"

We both had a nice laugh as we got off the plane.

I am lucky and trusted...it's a good combo.