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says...
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> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
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> > Oh pshaw, on Fri 15 Sep 2006 08:14:49p, Gregory Morrow meant to say...
> >
> > > THE ITALIAN MOTHER
> > >
> > > A young Italian man excitedly tells his mother he's fallen
> > > in love and that he is going to get married.
> > >
> > > He says,"Just for fun Ma, I'm going to bring over three women, and you
> > > try and guess which one I'm going to marry
> > >
> > > Reluctantly, his mother agrees. So the next day, he brings three
> > > beautiful women into the house, introduces them, and then settles them
> > > on the couch, after which they all chat for a while.
> > >
> > > He then says, "Okay, Ma, guess which one I'm going to marry." Without
> > > hesitation, she replies, "The one on the right."
> > >
> > > "That's amazing, Ma!! You're right!!!! How could you possibly know?"
> > >
> > > The mother replies, "I don't like her."
> >
> > LOL!
>
>
> There's truth in this. Eye - talian men are true mama's boys, many of them
> continue to live with Mama well into adulthood. That's why Eye - talian men
> generally make lousy husbands, they are spoiled and coddled and thus expect
> their wives to cater to their every whim...basically Eye - talian men are
> just over- grown Mama's boys, whatever their age.
>
> I've known middle - aged Eye - talian men who still take their laundry home
> for momma to do, they've never learned to how to boil water because momma is
> still spoon - feeding them...

Luckily my mom wasn't Italian. In my case, my father was and I'm the
spitting image of my father though the SO says that my mom was my saving
grace.

Interestingly in my family my maternal grandmother, aunt and my mother
were in the roasts, baked goods and candies camp, my father did the
soups, seafood, pasta, sauces, etc. No freaking wonder I love food. And
I lament the fact that my rice pie will never be as good as my now
deceased grandmothers.