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Being married to an Italian....so true WHAT IT MEANS TO BE IN AN ITALIAN FAMILY 1) You will never play professional basketball. 2) You swear very well. 3) At least one of your cousins is a fireman, cop, bar owner, funeral home owner 4) You think you sing very well. 5) You have no idea how to make a long story short! 6) There isn't a big difference between you losing your temper or killing someone. 7) Many of your childhood meals were boiled and store bought pasta or sauce/gravy was a mortal sin. 8) You have never hit your head on a ceiling. 9) You spent a good portion of your childhood kneeling in prayer. 10) You're exceptionally poetic after a few bottles of vino. 11) Some punches directed at you are from legacies of past generations. 12) Many of your sisters and/or cousins are named Maria, Teresa, Gina or Sophia 13) Someone in your family is very generous. It is more than likely you. 14) You may not know the words, but that doesn't stop you from singing. 15) You can't wait for the other guy to stop talking before you start talking. 16) You're not nearly as funny as you think you are but what you lack in talent, you make up for in frequency. 17) There wasn't a huge difference between your last wake and your last christening party. All life is to be celebrated. 18) You are, or know someone, named Anthony/Tony or Toni/Antoinette. 19) If you don't know Tony - then you know Sal. If you don't know Sal or Luigi, then you know Joe, Frank, or Dino. Then you also probably know Rocco and his brothers. 20) You are genetically incapable of keeping a secret. 21) You have Italian Alzheimer's, you forget everything but the grudges! 22) 'Italian Leftovers' is a euphemism for 'spaghetti and meatballs.' Mangia!!! 23) You never need a spray tan - you always have warm coloring! 24) Childhood remedies for the common cold often included some form of warmed spiced vino. 25) There's no leaving a family party without saying goodbye for at least 45 minutes. 26) At this very moment, you have at least two relatives who are not speaking to each other. Not fighting, mind you, just not speaking to each other. |
That's funny! |
Loved it, makes me wish I were Italian! They really seem to know how to live; they love, eat, pray, and fight! :D |
Love it! So true, so true. I'd like to add one thing: It's not "pasta sauce", it's "GRAVY"!! |
Sauce, North, Gravy, South and Sicily. |
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We call it sauce. My grandparents were from Naples. My father always said gravy was brown for potatoes. |
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I AM Italian! I had no idea I was partly Italian until now, but now I GET it! Awesome. La Dolce Vita! :yay_jump::yay_jump::yay_jump: :yay_jump::yay_jump::yay_jump: |
Lol, I'm not Italian but I have been "adopted" by my landlady and everything applies, lol. My day = made :D |
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A lot of my friends say i'm quick witted and really good at arguing. I have to credit that with years of Sunday dinners with my Italian family...which involved lots of swearing LoL The best story i have is when a friend of mine came over for dinner. My mom and brother were talking in Italian and then my friend turns to me and says "aww that sounded so pretty..what did she say?" I said.."my mom just told my brother to go F himself" LOL :D |
My Grandparents were from Sicily, and it was Gravy there. We call it sauce. Wifes parents are from Mola Di Bari. They should have stayed there!:D:D |
Since George is Italian I can confirm that this is pretty much accurate. You might add that you can't tell the difference between anger because your best friend betrayed you, your car was totaled, or your rubber band broke. All three involve the same amount of cursing. In fairness, there should be a similar list for Atlantic Islanders ( I'm of English, Scots, Jersey, and Manx ancestry) . It would include: 1) no one can tell when you're angry until the pressure builds so much that you erupt. Then you apologize for your behavior. 2). When someone tells you what to do you smile and agree, then do whatever you want anyway ( that's the Manx part) . 3) when all your friends are using lactase to be able to eat a slice of pizza, you ask for a glass of milk and smirk about the Viking raiders who invaded your island and made it all possible. 4) you seldom need a flashlight because your skin is so pale you glow in the dark. And if you've been out in the sun at all you don't need an emergency flasher because you glow red. I'm sure George could come up with more but don't let him see YT. |
How odd, both my grandparents were from Naples and they called it Gravy. |
Most that come from Naples, and South of there call it Gravy. I prefer Southern Italian Cooking. I was smart to mattu my wife, she sure can cook Italian. |
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What I love is being in their presence and they're all talking at the top of their lungs at the same time. My husband being from a very quiet small family use to sit in awe with so much activity. We'd leave from a family get together and he'd kind have this blank look on his face.....he'd ask me how in the heck did we carry on a conversation, did we really hear one another? What he really loves is all the kissing and hugging that goes on. |
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