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forrestina Feb 27, 2003

the young people in our hall were counseled not to hug or kiss on the cheek. the elders told us it was inapropriate. it's really hard for me not to do those things because 1 my culture is like th...

skaorsk8 Feb 27, 2003

i don't know what you're talking about all the time when you say "your culture", because you live 15 mins south of me, and you have pretty much lived there your whole life, right? like, are your pa...

forrestina Feb 27, 2003

oh please you know what i mean. i was raised more like a european than an american. my italian heritage made me the person i've grown to become. it is my culture. how many americans can say tha...

tesoro tesoroOG 2001

one thing weird about Italians...is that the single people wont hug or kiss...well i mean..two single people..opposite sex wont...if one person is married, its cool, otherwise, its not really acceptable. i found that really weird, especially cuz italians are known to be super kissy and affectionate.

forrestina forrestinaOG 2002

it's not like that with my italian friends but we are SUPER close

tesoro tesoroOG 2001

yea, i didnt mean like italian-americans..or really close friends...but here, as soon as we meet someone we always hug...in Italy, it wasnt like that.

forrestina forrestinaOG 2002

oh yeah you're definitely right!

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