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If your MIL can cook, that may more than make up for it. I grew up in an Italian family with 3 older sisters who were all SCORPIOS . You want to talk about cursed.. None of them can cook. So, now I pity their husbands.
Yikes! 3 in the same house? At the same time? My mom is not Italian, but she is a Scorpio and she embodies all of the good AND bad traits...I feel for you.
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I only know one and yes she is tough, but she's also selfish, demanding, thinks shes always right and is pretty high maintenance. How bad*ss are you really when you can't leave the house without perfect makeup and hair?
Even though she thinks so, I don't think it has anything to do with her bieng Italian, though.
I work with a few NYC Italian-American women, and they not only would love to be described that way, they would take it as a compliment. I will say, that those attitudes are not limited to Italian-American women at all, your comment just make me think of the ones I know.
Yikes! 3 in the same house? At the same time? My mom is not Italian, but she is a Scorpio and she embodies all of the good AND bad traits...I feel for you.
I work with a few NYC Italian-American women, and they not only would love to be described that way, they would take it as a compliment. I will say, that those attitudes are not limited to Italian-American women at all, your comment just make me think of the ones I know.
Oh yeah, she thinks VERY highly of herself and only wants to surround herself with people who think she's as perfect as she thinks she is. That stopped being me when she made a couple really bad life decisions and severely disrepected one of my friends, so we parted ways.
This thread makes me think of Marissa Tomei in My Cousin Vinny LOL.
I think the "feisty Italian" stereotype is more cultural than ethnic. Particularly it's a phenomenon of the Northeastern U.S. (Philly, New Jersey, New York, ect.). However, if you spend time in that area I think you would notice that it's not only Italians who act that way.
I grew up in an area that is heavily Italian-American - probably the most after the Northeastern corridor. In fact I'm pretty sure Italians are the largest ethnic group in my hometown. Anyway, for the most part they did not act any different than anybody else. Except maybe for a few guys who based their personality on their ethnicity and wanted to act tough.
The vendettas demonstrated here against Italian women are sickening. Whether it be because of sour personal experiences or pure stupidity, there is never an excusable reason for generally portraying any ethnicity (especially females of that ethnicity) in the ways that some of these contributors have.The arbitrary description of Italian American immigration is inherently condescending and spiteful, thus making it worthless. Hatred teaches nothing of value, so you'll take nothing from this forum.
No matter the race, domestic hardship and opportunity in America has always been the main reason for immigration.
Fellow Italian Americans, don't exercise your freedom of speech so whimsically. Ladies, it may be cute that you're bossy and couldn't care less what others think, but it's not "in your blood". If it is, so is self restraint.
Generalisations of this nature make little sense. Perhaps Italian families are to some extent mother-dominated, but I don't know for sure, I'm not from Italy.
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. You want to talk about cursed..
None of them can cook. So, now I pity their husbands.
