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I'm not sure whether you'd consider this at all cultural, but when I think of Italy, the men are a big part of the vibe of the place!

I find myself drawn to Italian men. When I've met Italian men they've always been really friendly and chivalric. Anyway, I was talking to some friends about my little 'fetish' if you can call it that and they told me 'don't bother with Italian men. The reason they're all friendly is because they want to take advantage of you then say arrivaderci. Italian men are never faithful.' So I'm a little confused. Is this really true? I personally don't believe it; I think it's a stereotype. But, I've never been out with an Italian, and probably never will because they're so too good looking!

Any people speak of experience? Or can any Italian men comment on this themselves?
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Ok I am an Italian man! Yay! What do I win?

Well, generalizing is always a little wrong, but there definitely is some common trait in the ways Italian men have when it comes to relationships with women.
- Watching women and commenting about them is the National Sport, both with your friends or by yourself.
- We don't understand at all the concept of "happily single", most of us need women in their lives, constantly.
- We like to fantasize about an unknown woman, to dream, to be galant and chivalric, women are special and they deserve special treatment.
- But we also like to womanize just for the fun of it sometimes, especially new generations are growing more and more cynical about love and relationships, and more interested in simple easy sex (both girls and boys).
- We don't usually betray more than other countries men, probably we have more chances as we seem to appeal more to women (will it be cause we're active, funny, brilliant, intelligent, and handsome? Who knows! ), and a man is easy prey for temptations!
- For many Italian men romanticism is a must, we have feelings and we love to express them, add to it the fact that we know very good how to express them, also thanks to a beautiful language.


Now let's take a look in the mind of a man (which'd be me btw ):
When I'm in a train for University and getting boredfor example, I may notice a beautiful girl. We have many beautiful girls here, so there must be something particular that draws the attention.
I start trying to understand something of her from what I see, if she's a real killer I start dreaming of an approach, just a friendly thing you know!
If the situation evolves good and the girl seems not to have a boyfriend, I'll try to find an alibi to talk to her, and from the very first conversation I'll try to put between the lines a strong hint to the fact I find her delightful and wonderful
From that on, anything can happen.
Many Italian men do this thing often, so chances are he'll try to talk with many women although he just does with 1% of the women he'd like to approach. And from just that 1% we got a fame of womanizers! How unfair!

What I really can't understand is the way many people in other countries (I've noticed this in England, France and Switzerland) can be so untouched by so many women around them!
In the London subway every man was deeply immersed in their free "London Lite" as if all their world was reduced to it. Me and my friend by the way were making a long discussion about how beautiful eyes can dignify the ugliest of women, or telling each other where the best ones were

All this can seem a bit vulgar and exaggerated, but you have to understand that we don't just look at the body!
We're incurable romantics and we think of the woman as a whole of body and soul, we're interested in her world, in all she is, not just how she looks!
Maybe our biggest flaw is that sometimes we tend to give inner qualities because of external beauty, i.e. thinking that a woman which looks sweet and tender IS sweet and tender. But that's a common thing to all men I think, and it is sometimes true, especially with the eyes.

Anyways we had this kind of discussion many times before, you can search on the forum for some of them if you're interested, I've found the last one for you, a very long thread.
Just please, don't update it as it was a bit controversial and it better stay buried in page 6 or so
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EDIT: oh my I realized how long it is only after posting! Anyways nobody's gonna read it all so no one will read this too, nevermind!
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Ciao Zidanie,

Grazie mille per la riposta (I don't know if this is correct Italian)

It was good of you to give me an insight into the minds of Italian men in general, and then to you specifically. I actually find a lot of what you said, quite flattering. I'm used to a bunch of Anglo-Saxons who don't seem to care about women in the same way. This may also explain my personal fixation with Italian men!

By the way, I must seem very fixated seeing as my second post on this forum is about Italian men!

So, if you are approached by an Italian man in the normal chivalric, romantic manner, is one meant to be wary (people like me friends!) or rather, embrace the attention and be flattered?
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Well, it depends on the person you're dealing with, but generally I think the best way is not to get unbalanced in a way or the other, keep misterious and brilliant!
If you like that man don't let it go through too easily or he'll lose the "challenge factor", but on the other hand don't push him away looking disgusted!
If you succeed keeping him on that thin line of uncertainty he'll probably go to great lengths in order to discover whether he has a chance or not!
Naturally I'm generalizing, but that's the only thing one can do!
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Ok Zidanie, I really apprecitate your honesty and insights! Can you give me a little advice? What would be the next appropriate step when an Italian man is staring at me? I really had no idea what to do! This is not something that usually happens in the American culture. I gather from what you've said that approaching him would be a turn-off?
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Well, if you are on a road and it's just a passerby who seems to be staring, you just have to walk by. In that case we don't expect any woman to react and it would be kind of scary!
Instead if it's a situation in which there is more time, as in a train ride or a party or a lesson, it's very different, but you have to take it slowly anyways.
On one hand we appreciate it when a woman does the first step, but she has to be extremely good at it not to look hungry and s***ty

Imho you should just smile, a fast and volatile smile, just to give him a hint that you won't bite if he comes closer! Or, what I'd consider the greatest of lucks, start to lookplay.
We often do that game when two strangers like each other, one looks with the corner of his eyes, and the other does the same, both looking away when the other looks
This way you establish a sort of connection, you're both aware you like each other, and you try to show it by pretending not to want to show it.
I don't know if I'd been understandable, my English is horrible today.

If a man stares at you, don't give the stare back directly, look at him when he's turned another way instead, and when he'll feel looked and turn to see pretend you weren't looking
A little smile would do anyways most of the times though!
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So the key is to be flirty without being direct. Italian men would better appreciate being in charge of the situation but need positive feedback. I think I can handle that. However, I might not get to try until the spring of 2011! Thanks and your English was perfetto! Io capito!!
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Default Re: Italian men and their ways with women

What a great topic. Thank you llew!

I must confess, I too have a little fetish of liking Italian men. They are very charming in a physical way (kind of sexy charming). And all that I met really liked women which I think is a great quality.

I don't know about faithfulness.... can an italian man be with one woman? Should he??? I think it is a twist, a charming man is so natural because he has many experiences of talking to women. This is how he masters the skill... and because he naturally likes women Will he be equally charming if he will stop "practicing"?
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Yeah, I too have a little fetish when it comes to Italian men. They just seem more attractive than any others, probably due to their personality aswell as their general looks. They're really friendly, chatty and charming =)
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