What you know about Italy might be wrong

[@tinapeebles7749]

To me, it's so interesting how Italian- Americans have created stereotypes about Italy. I think our great grandparents passed down fond memories of how it was when they immigrated (in my case to the U.S.) and our families assume the whole country is a time capsule. I know a lot of families whose ancestors immigrated and never returned even for a visit and then their kids and grandkids never traveled to Italy, but for some reason, they still assume they know everything about Italian culture. My husband's family is all Italian- American on both sides. Even though they are 2nd or 3rd generation Italian Immigrants, they identify as "Italian" and don't make a distinction between themselves and actual Italians, which usually makes me roll my eyes lol. I think it would be cool to make a video discussing the differences and similarities between Italian culture and Italian- American culture because so much of what Americans think of as Italian cultural stereotypes are actually based on Italian- American Immigrant culture.

[@radiantsvn]

amen!!

[@gabrielesantucci6189]

Italian americans are...americans! 👍

[@nicholasfurnari8691]

I love this video. Many Americans, like me, with Italian ancestry only know what our Italian-born grandparents told us about Italy. My mother's family is from Rome; my father's family comes from Sicily in Messina. And I'm sure things have changed a lot since 1920 when my grandfather left Italy for New York.

[@mancello]

My grandfather came to New York in 1914 from outside Genoa. Mass migrations left dire poverty in Italy especially Southern Italians who were often discriminated by the Northerners.

[@palermotrapani9067]

@@mancello Italian Reunification is both inspiring but sad. Garibaldi was from the Genoa region, he was both a Socialist and Nationalist and anti Clerical. The Sicilians were the first to join the Reunification movement and Garibaldi and throw the French out of Sicily and supported the Reunification, although they did not support his anti Papal and Clerical views. From there Garibaldi moved up the Southern Peninsula and other Southerners joined the movement. In the North, the Industrialist in Piedmonte worked with Austria to attack France, then Piedmonte agreed to cede Nice and part of Liguria to France and the French abandoned all the areas of they held and the Piedmonte faction agreed to back the King and Garibaldi and the South became a source of labor and of course the Southern Ports were necessary for the Industrialist in Piedmonte and the affairs of the South were dictated to support the Industrialist North by late 1800's to 1900 when mass immigration, mostly from Sicily and Southern Regions of Calabria, Campagnia and Puglia occurred.

[@palermotrapani9067]

@Russell Richards Well Russell if young Italians do not know about their history, that is a shame. A people that do not know their history will not who the hell they are . That is why the EU and Big Corporate Globalist are so worried about the Populist movements. The Populist Nationalist movements do not want the EU court of justice dictating immigration policy, free speech laws, marriage laws, abortion laws to each country. European economic integration is what the EU was originally set up for, or what it should be limited to. You have NATO as a security block. Those are all good. But each country in Europe needs to retain its culture and traditions. As for Italians, yes I am aware the Italian Government wanted the standard Italian taught in schools. Is that not a bad thing. Most Europeans learn several languages already. If the Sicilians want to maintain their dialect-language, which I think is among the most beautiful of all the dialect-languages in Italy, they should do it. The Neapolitan's should make sure they learn their dialect, etc.

[@palermotrapani9067]

You are correct about Garibaldi. The Sicilians did not care for his anti-clerical views, but they were in favor of Unification the way Garibaldi presented it to them. As he marched up to Rome, The Piedmont faction cut a deal with the King and they got the French to abandon Italy by ceding what is now the French Riviera to France (It was Italian was where I think Garibaldi's Mother lived) thus undercutting Garibaldi. So the reunification plan that was put in place was for the Benefit of the Piedmont banking and business interest and the regional autonomy on local matters that Garibaldi promised did not come to fruition. So once again, Sicily and Southern Italy in the first 40 to 50 years of reunification fared no better than they did when the French were governing it from afar. Still I think it was a good idea to restore Italy back to what it was during the Roman Republic times and Sicily and Southern Italy were part of the Republic some 80-100 years before the regions of the Po Valley were, just for the historical record.

[@palermotrapani9067]

@Russell Richards You are correct about the Piedmont selling their fellow Northerners in Genoa down the river so that the Piedmonte Banking and Business interest would dominate the Re-unified Italy.

[@user-zs4sx4hw9k]

My experience with italian, and Italy, is that the family are close. And that is why it is a big familiy. And they have family friends as well, that they spend time with. In scandinavia most people don't have a relationship with i.e. their cousins . Some do ofc, most most don't.

[@RomeInside]

I didn't know this about Scadinavians people! I actually grew up so close to my cousin that I consider him a brother, and I know many of my friends who had the same experience so this is definitely a different perspective to me!

[@annahdawson2788]

My friend from Vicenza has said all these things! She has taught me how to make homemade pasta, but when she made it, she said, "We are modern women. We don't have time to do it by hand!" as she put everything into the mixer, lol.

[@RomeInside]

Hahaha that summarizes it perfectly!

[@mariojr666]

My Wife and I went to Venice last year stayed for two weeks had a phenomenal time ventured in Padua, Vicenza and Verona all beautiful locations and look forward to returning and adventuring to other locations. your videos really helped and we were treated like locals the wife and I both want to thank you so much. Thank You Thank You!

[@vsoproductions]

La Dolce Vita is alive and well in the South. I live part of the year in Calabria because of the lifestyle. As a child I grew up with many Italian families and learned a lifestyle. I did not find that when I visited Italy until I visited the south. I love all Italy but the south is my spiritual home.

[@xAliquippayounginx]

You still have la dolce vita there! Shops close for three hours in the afternoon so that you can eat a leisurely lunch or take a nap! What business in the US would close every day for 3 hours?

[@ambrosejoseph4843]

I was just in Capri and Rome. Loved it. Your videos were a great help.

[@andrearivas1108]

I’ll be in Rome in 12 days and I’ve been watching aaaaall of your videos to get ready. I’m so excited!

[@-overkoze-3568]

Andrea Rivas lucky u

[@ninuque]

I saw homemade pasta made by older women in Puglia last year. Many people around the old town area had open doors to their kitchens and i could see what they do for sunday's lunch. Little bit of dolce vita is on south Italy, they have siesta time "riposo" when shops are closed and people do things a lot slower than in other countries, but maybe because it's hot at summer. And... men singing on the streets. Not artists, just normal people. I remember i was in a shop and the cashier started to sing during cutting the cheese. Next day I was swimming in the sea, and some guy was swimming on his back close to me and... sing. Never heard any singing italian women :) Also in Puglia people were eating dinner with all family with tables on the street. I was 3 months ago in Rome and there were the same fast life like for example in London or other big cities.

[@karag4487]

London life kinda sucks tbh.

[@ChaplainMcEntire]

Watching Rome Inside while in Rome--how grand!

[@JoeyMinneapolis]

I’m studying abroad in Rome in the fall and I’ve been watching your videos to study

[@Whysandey]

I’m you 2 years later

[@chelseabetts9856]

Thank you for this video! I'm coming to Italy in a few months and I'm learning a lot about what isn't actually true about Italy.

[@philyra2]

I love making my own pesto. It is so delicious!

[@RomeInside]

So true!!

[@charliefoxtrotsky4104]

I was importing pesto from Italy.....but recently began growing my own basil and using a mortar/pestle to make pesto. The imported pesto was delicious but lets be real.....to have a "shelf life" all sorts of chemical preservatives must be added. Homemade pesto from fresh ingredients is the best by far. btw....using a mortar/pestle is far better than using a food processor or blender etc etc.....something changes with the basil and also the garlic when mashing it rather than simply chopping it. far more aromatic and much stronger flavor.

[@Whippets]

I disagree to some extent. A lot of people in Italy still make their own pasta and/or own sauce (much more so the sauce to be honest), not religiously mind you and not like 40-50+ years ago --- so yes there's a downward trend. So many of the basic authentic Italian sauces can be easily made in 15-30 minutes (not everything needs to be slow cooked). I think in part you're perspective is borne by your youth and living in a big city where people never seem to think they have enough time. Re: la Dolce Vita, it was from the late 50's and 60's and it had nothing to do with a laid back attitude. It was about post-war indulgence (over indulgence actually) and the Italian Economic Miracle (as that period was termed), that constantly searching for a "good time" doesn't bring one true happiness --- at least that's always been my take of Fellini's masterwork. That said the term was culturally appropriated to mean the good life, mistakenly.

[@nerigarcia7116]

"Ain't nobody gonna touch my Christmas." Too cute

[@susanprochorenko6865]

Thanks for this video, I wasn’t really expecting Rome to be the romantic images of the past, we will be there this September. Young women these days don’t have time to work, raise a family, take care of a home and load the pantry with homemade sauce! I am very excited about our visit and your videos have been very helpful!

[@junctionfilms6348]

All the things listed you can say for Britain also, going back in the last 50 / 100 years people used to have larger families ( some still do ) larger families were common everywhere going back as child mortality and that children were also going to be breadwinners, meant it is common - the expression 'Sunday best' still exists to mean, your best clothes ( which was what people wore in church days ).

[@HeyItsOlive415]

My mum and her friends grew up eating my Nonna's home made meals and all my mum's friends talk about how good they were. My mum is an amazing cook, but stuff like pasta, pastry and the more difficult sauces, and she just goes 'lifes too short for that'. And honestly, mood.

[@RingoLoadagain]

"Ain't nobody gonna touch my Christmas" hahaha! Great video. My fiancee's mother thought we would be eating spaghetti and meatballs every day in Italy. She doesn't get out much :/

[@charlesw9875]

I saw a video last year saying that in the old days Italian people would make lunches and take them to the beach to share with everyone. They interviewed some people who used to do it. Nobody much does it these. The world is changing. It's not sad, it's the way it is. One thing that hasn't changed, though, is that Italians never lose their style! Your video was very informative. Thank you.

[@RomeInside]

True! But we still take our lunch to the beach sometimes -- it's just usually something quicker like sandwiches or pasta salad :)

[@charlesw9875]

@@RomeInside I think Italians love the beach. Bravo!

[@gabrielesantucci6189]

​@@charlesw9875 She is a girl...brava...not bravo!😂😂😂

[@cltinturkey]

I lived in Rome 1996-98 and loved every minute. Every possible weekend, I'd walk to the outdoor market to buy my fruits and vegetables. I even got excellent advice on how to cook things. I disliked the supermarket where the grumpy clerk would ALWAYS say "C'e spiccioli?" even though she had a drawer full of change. If she was grumpier than usual, she wouldn't sell anything to people without correct change. Happily, she was finally fired and the place was more pleasant.

[@DavidsDoseofItaly]

Sometimes on the weekends we go to an outdoor near villa Pamphilli. I agree that Italy is not a Catholic nation anyway, unfortunately, but having lived in Campania for 5 years I can attest that it is a more religious that the North. That was just my impression. The dolce vita for me is when you manage to find the perks that Italy is famous for such as good food and its history. Otherwise, for me Rome is like anywhere else with it's joys and problems.

[@palermotrapani9067]

I think from Rome to the South it is still more religious. I am going to Sicily and going to spend 3 weeks there. I looked at every town I plan to visit, and particularly the towns where my Great-Grandparents immigrated from (Grandfather on Mother's side) and all of them still list their Catholic Patron Saint on the city website. I hope and pray they keep that custom and reject the EU secularist attempts to transform the traditions and customs and cultures of each European country for the interest of EU elites and Mulitnational Corporations who have no allegiances to the countries that they are Headquartered in and founded

[@racht.bremen3125]

Great Video! I still LOVE Italy so much.

[@raffaeleirlanda6966]

I live 700 meters from local market zone that is a neighborhood of 12 blocks x 7 blocks (blocks are very tiny in Italy, not like US, and usually made of a single building) where there is a greater concentration of little shops than in the rest of the city and not sure a grocery market of ambulant sellers'stalls, that occurs twice a week in a square... There in the market zone I find prices ranging from 50 cents lesser than Supermarkets for things like mashed tomatoes cans (like the one you shown in the video, but not Mutti that is really expensive), to 1€, 1,50€ lesser on products like fruits and vegetables. Examples: Actual Supermarket price for cherries 3,70 to 4 euro per Kg. Actual grocery shop price for cherries 2,70 to 3,70 per kg depending by the grocery. Supermarket prices in Italy are usually a robbery, but they are convenient on Sales offers and for the fact you can buy with credit cards and they are open also on sunday mornings.

[@cltinturkey]

I wish you would make some new videos. I will finally be able to return to Italy next year and cannot wait!

[@itsmeandrea138]

The country with the lowest birth rate out of all Europe is not Italy, but Spain with 1.30 I think that Italy has a low birth rate, compared to other European countries (like France, Germany, the UK..), because we don't have all the immigrants and non-authochtonous people that other European countries have. If we only considered the French native population, they would have the same birth rate of Italy (if not even lower). We also have to say that Italy has a high population (the third most populated country in Europe), so I'm not sure if to go make many babies per woman would be right.

[@accordingtoalondra]

I love these culture videos. I went in with some of these misconceptions before studying Italian. I still believe it’s more common to do some of these things in Italy as opposed to other countries (obviously based on traditions), but I understand how some things change and one may not have that much time to make their own sauce now 😄

[@gabrielesantucci6189]

C'mon ....we are in 2023 in Italy 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@claverhouse1]

Pssst - the pic of the guys on scooters is of British Mods ;) - it's why they are all driving on the left!

[@peterkelly8357]

They’re probably on the way to the Italian coffee bar

[@maka6542]

Boo!!! I want the old styles back!!! But one thing has not changed. Italian young women are still cute sweethearts. 😉

[@LeftToWrite006]

Another problem is people remember the good things easier than the bad things. I stumbled across this video while I’m still in Italy, teaching English. It’s an informative video!

[@RomeInside]

Thank you very much Steve!

[@agatha4795]

Well,IMHO, I would say you name all specifics of „big city life” vs province, smaller cities and villages. in most of the big cities ppl do not have time to go to local markets, prepare food at home and do not have big families, while you can often find it in the provincional areas. It’s typical not only for Italy :) what would you say?

[@LeftToWrite006]

Agata Szyposz Last year I spent 2 months in Veneto in a town with 5,000 people; no big families there, either. Most had 2 or 3 kids.

[@RomeInside]

It's partially true. If you go to a small town in the countryside of Italy, you'll notice that life has a slower pace overall speaking. Common example: cashiers are way faster (and probably more stressed) in big cities, instead in small towns they'll even stop and chat with the person they're assisting cause chances are they know them 😂 (and that drives some people from the cities CRAZY) But still, you won't find anyone making homemade pasta or sauce on a daily basis, or having 3/4 kids, or avoiding supermarkets for grocery shopping even in the smaller towns nowadays :)

[@yvonnefranceschi5290]

Thank you for your insights at these misconceptions! Probably Hollywood has made us believe in all these movies from the 50’s and 60’s. It’s like a live an Island San Juan PR and they build up these stories about a Paradise Island and it’s not true! Time has changed our way of living

[@pennywheeler2413]

Great video. I adore all you info❤

[@RomeInside]

Thanks a lot Penny!

[@hoovcat]

Grazie per i tuoi informazioni.

[@dianatutt400]

My grandparents were from Italy. They must be rolling in their graves. How sad!

[@charlab.7838]

I think the low birth rate is epidemic in the EU. It's a huge problem. In Greece there are towns that have no schools because there are not enough children to attend. Therefore those small towns just pretty much shut down. Very sad.

[@charliefoxtrotsky4104]

now I wish I had a time machine so that I could travel back to "old time" Italy, lol

[@pippocannelunghe1411]

I'm italian and i wish that too

[@AndreaTamponi]

Uno. Sei molto carina. Due. Roma non è l'Italia anzi che no! E io sono un cittadino dell'urbe non meno di te, anzi lo sono da più tempo di te. Tre. L'Italia delle metropoli, Roma, Napoli, Milano è diversa da quella delle città come Torino, Genova, Bologna, Firenze, Perugia, Ancona, Avellino, Bari, Cosenza, Palermo etc etc, che è diversa dai paesi. C'è una grande diversità in Italia ed è per questo che odio le generalizzazioni di questo genere. Quattro. Non è assolutamente vero che le verdure, la frutta si comprano prevalentemente al supermercato e che queste siano generalmente di bassa qualità. Personalmente, vivo a Roma, e compro frutta e verdura al supermercato meno che al mercato, anche perché a Roma ci sono molti Mercati di quartiere (solo vicino dove abito io ce ne sono due belli grossi e aperti tutti i giorni). Il problema è che tu sei giovane e forse certe cose non le sai. I prezzi poi dei mercati sono spesso, quasi sempre, più competitivi del supermercato. Ci sono poi un'infinità di negozi frutta e verdura gestiti spesso da gente del Bangladesh aperti quasi giorno e notte e che hanno prodotti non così disdicevoli visto che li acquistano agli stessi Mercati Generali dove li acquistano anche quelli che vendono presso i grandi mercati di quartiere. Cinque. Sì non facciamo più così spesso la pasta a casa come nel passato ma la facciamo ancora e questo è tanto più vero più ti muovi dalla metropoli al paese. E i paesi, la provincia è la vera spina dorsale dell'Italia. Il sugo scusa non lo comprerei già pronto neanche morto. Sei. Visto che sei così brava e parli così bene l'inglese diffondi informazioni migliori sull'Italia e per favore fai qualche video che spieghi che in Italia non esistono delle regole in senso stretto ma comportamenti più diffusi e comportamenti meno e che esiste un discreto livello di libertà individuale così che ciascuno può essere quello che vuole. Forse la cosa di cui sono orgoglioso più di tutto dell'essere italiano è proprio che sono figlio di quella Roma che nel passato ha saputo creare un Impero così vasto e duraturo perché ha sempre saputo amalgamarsi e contaminarsi con il meglio di ogni cultura con cui si è confrontata o che ha anche conquistato essendo di fatto la civiltà più inclusiva che sia mai esistita nella storia dell'umanità. Se in paese così piccolo come l'Italia sono concentrati quasi i due terzi dei tesori storici del'umanità è proprio perché Roma è sempre stata una cultura inclusiva. Purtroppo oggigiorno abbiamo perso o stiamo perdendo un po' della nostra identità rifiutandoci di accogliere chi ha bisogno di aiuto e avendo una disponibilità troppo debole verso la comunità LGBT quando invece al tempo dei Romani l'omosessualità era culturalmente accettata e rispettata non meno di quanto non lo fossero le unioni eterosessuali.

[@ahmeddodia2797]

Do we international student get jobs in Rome 🤔🤔🤔

[@TheRomanTribune]

Dont worry, im coming ... those birthrates Will change.

[@douglaslong5599]

Ciao d’Australia

[@dannydevito6485]

She’s gorgeous........

[@daniyalghauri6120]

I'm tryna get in rhythm 😃🎶

[@briantravelman]

Well I dont have any Italian family, but some I hear very often are that Italians are really racist, and that the country has the highest rate of thieves and the highest rate of pedestrian fatalities. Oh and there is also the one that Italians use a lot of hand gestures and are never on time. Lol I also heard you guys really like Americans right now. :D

[@mylittlesuitcase1755]

I have been to Italy several times, and I always return to Rome. I do have a romantic view of all things Italian, and I don't care! It's true love 🥰🥰🥰 BTW I'm Australian and I always make my own pasta sauce, pesto and pasta...and many, many other things (not all of them Italian). I have found that it's not a case of being time poor, it's just that my Italian girlfriends simply don't enjoy cooking. And many of them admit to rebelling against the stereotype of Italian women as these all cooking, all nurturing domestic goddesses. Do you think that's true for young Italian women in Italy?

[@RomeInside]

This is interesting! I feel it's partially true that some of us rebel against the "Italian woman cooking" -- we have so many jokes about women's place being the kitchen... So I'd say that might be a reason. But I still think a woman working full time with kids doesn't really have that much time to cook! :)

[@unicornyyychannel5092]

@Russell Richards lol maybe in the middle age, we are in the 2019 mate!!

[@unicornyyychannel5092]

@Russell Richards a man that insist about women should stay home and raise kids, is just an insecure, psychopath, sexiest that deserves to stay alone for the rest of his life!.

[@unicornyyychannel5092]

@Russell Richards is negative because man and women they have to be EQUAL , in a couple both parents should raise their kids not just the women, like take care about the house and have a job etc.. probably the people that you met are people with no education, culture and not openminded

[@unicornyyychannel5092]

@Russell Richards Tuscany

[@ogoppogomanitobo]

La nona. Minguito Tinguitella.

[@oliviamoretti885]

Mi dispiace ma quello che stavi dicendo sull'Italia è molto probabilmente vero solo per te ed eri vivo, senza offesa Penso che stai basando le cose sulla tua opinione e forse su cosa sei cresciuto piuttosto su fatti reali, alcune delle cose che hai detto è vero ma alcuni non lo sono, credo che potresti semplicemente odiare il nostro prezioso paese o semplicemente non essere orgoglioso. sì, la disinformazione sulla cultura italiana è fastidiosa, ma non significa che devi dire ai non italiani che molti italiani non sono religiosi o non facciamo la nostra pasta perché non abbiamo tempo. Probabilmente sei una delle persone che non hanno il tempo in cui la maggior parte degli italiani (che io sono in giro) ama fare lì pasta e altre cose. Ora per te distruggere la nostra cultura è ridicola.

[@ドリアンDorian]

Well, your videos are really good and always make me happy, but this one wasn't the case, it made me sad. I knew that people in most part of the country are more worried with having a job than raising a family, but I didn't know that the country became so secular... Maybe it's more a North and big cities thing and you generalize it, or maybe I'm just ignorant hahaha. Bye, thanks for all the vídeos, they are truly great!

[@itsmeandrea138]

Very secular... Most of young people are just not into religion, but we celebrate every single religious holiday and our society (even though it's secular) is still based on catholicism. As regards the difficulty of finding a job, I can tell that it's partly true. I am 21 and I have a steady job for a company... If you want to work, you work. Unemployement is not that high anymore, it's falling

[@michaelirwin1887]

We are all losers. If we created this, we can rebel and change it.

[@jimmyfitz8168]

0:30 English Mods, they just copied Italians.

[@gurchtschalllly]

vegetables taste like vegetables, i know exactly what you mean

[@frankg8946]

Mi dispiace molto sentirti un ateo. Pregherò per te.

[@ogoppogomanitobo]

Los tanos.

[@AlexanderMcArthy]

That is sad young generation is not going to church. Seeing first hand here in America we are overall less happy & relationships less healthy. Not being grounded in such principles is a big part of this.

[@rhodacruz5396]

Wow! What’s wrong with keeping the Italian tradition alive! 🤦‍♀️

[@lizgalvanoharshbarger4369]

So Italy has taken on a more American lifestyle. So sad. New isn't always better.

[@mancello]

Wearing contacts now??? Italy is no different from many other Western countries in the changes you talk about. Here in the U.S. church attendance has been declining for decades. Families were larger when it was an agrarian society and you needed family to work the farms. For tourists Italy is still La Dolce Vita!

[@RomeInside]

I sometimes wear contacs! :D And I guess you're right, some of these changes occurred in many other countries as well, but still many people don't realize that Italy evolved too and it's not the same as it was 60 years ago! I love that some tourists have such a romantic vision of my country though 💚

[@marcocarlson1693]

Sorry, and I mean no disrespect really. But my thoughts about your video, are that while you may live there, your accent is not traditionally Italian. Secondly, Italians do not dress like you are here. Very colorful though. You must really standout. Thirdly, you said Italians don't do anything really religious at all. HUH? Quite a statement. I disagree. Though it is less than 60 years ago. Where isn't? Unfortunately. The numbers you cited are also not true, and you only cited young people, whatever exactly that means in age. Lastly, your cooking habits, etc. are surely different than many, many Italians. Very highly questionable statements you made, to basically say the least. I would just say, much of what you said is simply not true at all. You were right about the birthrate being the lowest though, at least.

[@gabrielesantucci6189]

Believe me...what she said is pure and simple truth! And the girl is more up to date on italy than you...probably!

[@marcocarlson1693]

@@gabrielesantucci6189 Uh, No.

[@l.g.3832]

I work 14 hours a day but BITCH i make my own pasta (i switch turns with my wife if i'm busy), sauce, pesto, whatever and ALWAYS go to mercato and fuck supermarkets. On sundays i even go fishing and hunting and harvesting mushrooms and truffles. AND yes, i live in Rome and my job is beta-tester for software houses. Don't dare to generalize just couse you can't cook a shit. Thx

[@ambrosejoseph4843]

Italians better get busy.

[@sparklecinnamon]

That's another misconception. Italians aren't lazy. Most of us work and study really hard. Our bad economy depends mostly of bad government.

[@ambrosejoseph4843]

In the bedroom. Get busy in the bedroom to get your population back up. Just sayin......

[@is3t]

@@ambrosejoseph4843 Well, having childrens has high costs and It is a big responsibility, in Italy It is even harder because of work and money... state doesn't help with high taxes etc...

[@ambrosejoseph4843]

Is3t good luck.

[@sparklecinnamon]

@@ambrosejoseph4843 oh. Lol. My bad xD Ls3t is right anyway.

[@seujorge1989]

Just came back from a vacation to Italy. I noticed the girls were sharing 1 boyfriend, these boyfriends we're very handsomely built and not gay. @Rome Inside, do you think polygamy relationships are one of the reasons for the low birth rates?

[@Bradamante68]

This is very funny! Polygamy doesn’t exist in Italy, and it is also forbidden by law, ahahah! I wonder what did you see, actually.

[@sparklecinnamon]

Polygamy do exist in Italy. It's just not recognised by the Italian law :P That being said, I don't think poligamous people are enough to be a problem (if ever they are in the first place). The low birth rates depends on many other factors (change of culture, less religious people, more future uncertainties, inadeguate family support...)

[@RomeInside]

I'm pretty sure that is not the reason 😂 Also, I wouldn't say poligamy is common AT ALL... It's easier to find overly gelous boyfriends/girlfriends haha

[@ignazioaffanni2987]

Poligamy is forbitten, I'm sure you sow three friends.

[@sparklecinnamon]

@@ignazioaffanni2987 well, it's not really "forbidden". I mean, you can have as many partner as you want. It's true that you can't legally marry more than one person, so the government will not recognise your status, but it's not forbidden and nobody will legally pursue you for being with two patners at the same time. So it's not that impossible.