Yes, but my Russian wife has become "Americanized" since arriving here...20 years ago! I do remember when she was first here she pointed to the dishwasher and asked what it was. When I told her, she asked if we could get rid of it.
Surprisingly he doesn't seem to complain about the heat and humidity.
Our Brit makes great money and only pays for the mortgage and his new car. Everything else he makes goes into savings so he can retire early. They live off of everything she makes, and I do mean everything. Last year they were going through a rough patch and there was some talk about divorce and he told her she wouldn't get any of what he saved. I laughed and told her it doesn't work that way and in this state she was intitled to half of that pile of money. Apparently he found that out too and dropped the divorce talk because he didn't want to loose so much!