This actually reminds me a good bit of my second ex-husband. He, his family were not Italian-American, but they were very enmeshed. He actually used to loan his car to his brother all the time, because he, and I used to ride to work together to save gas money, and his brother didn't have a car at the time. To be completely honest, as an Anglo-Colombian girl who grew up in the suburbs of the Houston area it really freaked me out, because my sister, and I have never shared automobiles. I think I have only borrowed my sister's automobile two times in the past thirty years! It honestly freaks me out when people are really super enmeshed with their families.
I remember talking about how enmeshed my ex was with his mother, and brother to someone, and the person told me that sort of thing is relatively common in Italian, and Italian-American families. I honestly relate much more so to the way middle class Anglo-Saxons relate to their families... meh.
IIN me and my bf broke up because he is obsessed with his family?
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This actually reminds me a good bit of my second ex-husband. He, his family were not Italian-American, but they were very enmeshed. He actually used to loan his car to his brother all the time, because he, and I used to ride to work together to save gas money, and his brother didn't have a car at the time. To be completely honest, as an Anglo-Colombian girl who grew up in the suburbs of the Houston area it really freaked me out, because my sister, and I have never shared automobiles. I think I have only borrowed my sister's automobile two times in the past thirty years! It honestly freaks me out when people are really super enmeshed with their families.
I remember talking about how enmeshed my ex was with his mother, and brother to someone, and the person told me that sort of thing is relatively common in Italian, and Italian-American families. I honestly relate much more so to the way middle class Anglo-Saxons relate to their families... meh.