I am not entirely ignorant of how Italian men behave, as my own sister married one. I'm not sure why as he was not particularly good looking, smoked a lot, and was also quite short, and she was a very pretty girl who always had a lot of boyfriends. They had 2 boys and Tony made them go to Italian language school on Saturday mornings, which they resented. As Tony grew older he and my sister fought a lot, He was very critical of her appearance and the way she dressed, especially as she put on a bit of weight. They had massive fights and even threw things at each other. She pointed out a dent in the ceiling caused by a chair he threw at her (missed, thankfully!) I am not saying Italian men are necessarily like this and of course millions of men of any nationality are not to our liking are they? She left him after about 15 years, but remained "friends" because of the boys. Anyway Tony died of a heart attack in his early 60s and since then my sister is always saying what a lovely man he was!!! I will be on my guard if anything more comes of the Mario affair...