Today in Risk management (which is really boring) my lovely French friend Monet was asked to solve a question: if his wife was on a plane and it crashed, what would be the monetary value of his wife and what is the probability his wife would die? He sat and thought for a few minute then asked- "which wife?" we all laughed and Gianluca (Italian) immediately raised his hand and asked "what is the possibility that he will get a new wife". The American teacher just kind of sat there a little confused. But I thought this conversation summarized European Men's point of view.