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11 Signs You Are An Italian-American

Some of the Stereotypes are True...

Deanna DeFuria

Feb 29, 2016

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ITALIA!! When people ask me what my ethnicity is, I say Italian loud and proud. There are certain things that Italian families do, and I would not trade them for the entire world... These are just a few signs you will understand if you are Italian!

1) THE FOOD

Nothing beats Italian food... What makes it better is that there is a lot of it... And just for the record... It is more than just pasta... But there is a lot of pasta... A lot of pasta.

2) THE INFAMOUS "SAUCE VS GRAVY" DEBATE

One of the most difficult questions of all time... At least in an Italian household! Some people call it sauce, other people call it gravy... But hey, its all just as delicious!

3) YOU ALWAYS GET CALLED OUT FOR TALKING WITH YOUR HANDS

It's really just a habit, like we don't even realize that we are doing... But we're doing it!

4) YOU HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE IN YOUR FAMILY, THAT YOU DON'T KNOW EVERYONE

You can walk into a family reunion, and meet some people for the first time... Even though they are in your family!

5) WHEN THE WHOLE FAMILY GETS TOGETHER, IT CAN GET A LITTLE LOUD...

And by a little loud, I mean really loud.

6) YOU HAVE LISTENED TO FRANK SINATRA AND DEAN MARTIN A LOT... EVEN IF YOU HAD NO IDEA WHO THEY WERE

The family passes their music through their generations!

7) YOU HAVE GOTTEN INTO AN ARGUMENT WITH SOMEONE OVER THE PRONUNCIATION OF MOZZARELLA AND RICOTTA

Trust me... There is a correct way to say both of those words.

8) YOU EAT THE SAME MEAL ON EVERY SINGLE SUNDAY

Sunday is the day for sauce... or gravy. Whatever floats your boat!

9) YOU HAVE A VOWEL AT THE END OF YOUR LAST NAME...

99.9% of the time, if you have a vowel at the end of your last name... You are super Italian.

10) YOUR FAMILY COOKING IS YOUR FAVORITE FOOD

Anything that your grandma makes... Is better than any restaurant in the world.

11) YOUR FAMILY IS YOUR FAVORITE GROUP OF PEOPLE IN THE ENTIRE WORLD

Even though you may not know everyone, you know that you are loved by every single person in your big crazy family... and you wouldn't want it any other way.

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11 Signs You Are An Italian-American

Some of the Stereotypes are True...

1) THE FOOD

2) THE INFAMOUS "SAUCE VS GRAVY" DEBATE

3) YOU ALWAYS GET CALLED OUT FOR TALKING WITH YOUR HANDS

4) YOU HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE IN YOUR FAMILY, THAT YOU DON'T KNOW EVERYONE

5) WHEN THE WHOLE FAMILY GETS TOGETHER, IT CAN GET A LITTLE LOUD...

6) YOU HAVE LISTENED TO FRANK SINATRA AND DEAN MARTIN A LOT... EVEN IF YOU HAD NO IDEA WHO THEY WERE

7) YOU HAVE GOTTEN INTO AN ARGUMENT WITH SOMEONE OVER THE PRONUNCIATION OF MOZZARELLA AND RICOTTA

8) YOU EAT THE SAME MEAL ON EVERY SINGLE SUNDAY

9) YOU HAVE A VOWEL AT THE END OF YOUR LAST NAME...

10) YOUR FAMILY COOKING IS YOUR FAVORITE FOOD

11) YOUR FAMILY IS YOUR FAVORITE GROUP OF PEOPLE IN THE ENTIRE WORLD

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3. Receiving the 18,000 emails reminding you to register ASAP.

4. When you need to see an advisor, but they are too busy/unresponsive.

5. Trying not to dress like a bum for your appointments with your advisors/department heads.

6. When you have a perfectly planned out schedule, and one class ruins it.

7. Carefully moving things around to accommodate a different class/section.

8. Waking up at 6:00 a.m. for your enrollment time.

9. Concocting a new schedule at your enrollment time after your original plan gets changed.

10. Getting into a class and filling the last available seat.

11. When all of your classes finally go through.

12. Realizing that you forgot a class that was a pre-requisite for everything else.

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12. When it's your last class of the day and you're about to go home.

13. But then you remember rent is due tonight and the anger comes back.

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