First of all, Im in a relationship with an italian girl for 2 years already. In addition i have been living with some italians for about a year and i work/worked with italians. I travelled to southern italy a few times.

Now let me draw some conclusions:

1. Italians are among the most tribalist nationalities i have ever met
2. They love to make drama out of everything
3. Seems like they can't keep their mouth shut one second, or speak in low volume
4. If you are not constantly in contact with (her,their) family, you are a black sheep, and deserve the worst
5. If you eat anything that was not produced in italy or made by an italian, it's shit
6. Disagreeing with the previous statement will get you labeled as an ignorant
7. Italians never admit that their city is a shithole even though they suffer from the constant chaos and carefree/ignorant attitude their countrymen have
8. Italian women have the ability to make everything look like a telenovela by overreacting and exaggerating every emotion they might have(either anger or enjoyment)

For much i love my gf and italian culture, i have to say, these facts have put me off terribly in these last two years. I never thought italians could be this annoying and fucked up