Ugh. My 10th grade brain is having huge issue with the missing M in the DO.

The language is further muddled by an unnecessary conjunction.

B for effort. D- for execution.

Hm. That sounds so much worse.

My parents weren't nearly so bad, but I ended up daydreaming about moving back to Italy and just not talking to anyone in my family again until they'd passed.

Still kind of taking solace in the "knowledge" that one of me did that in some alternate timeline/universe thing...

It's kind of funny because trying to control other people drives us bonkers. So her continued failure to give You the autonomy You deserve is part of what keeps her stressed out and freaking out. It's a vicious tricycle!

Not ha ha funny. But a life lesson not learned yet funny.

So... Little known thing - people don't really grow up, they just get older.

Does that help explain her childish freakout?

One nice thing about Mussolini was that during his reign, he attempted to unite Italy under a single, common Italian dialect. This attempt was thwarted by WWII.

Northern Italy, likely thanks to the seaport of Venice, has historically enjoyed greater wealth through trade and gold. The North has long yearned to separate from the South due to this division of wealth.

Stuff I learned from an introduction to Italian language and culture thanks to an Italian teacher supporting the United States Army in northern Italy in 1990.

Wooooden sharks do do da do da do...

Those are brilliant!