Oh, and you are Catholic and Eastern European...we are wired to be gloomy!
yes, but STOIC, always stoic! that was the big deal with marrying an Italian. Much histrionics and drama. And OMG, the first dago funeral??? holy crap. i’m used to the “bawl quietly into your hanky” type funeral. His aunts were crying OUT. weird beyond belief. i feared a throwing onto the casket as it was being lowered moment....-