machismo?

[Nacia]

Originally Posted by JoeMatt

My sister lives in Italy and she says they have their version of machismo there too. She sums it up as all bark and no bite.

I sounds like it is all tallk and no walk a word with no substance. Glad to hear machismo is just that a something with nothing or like the french say ''c'est du chichi pour rien'' or ''rien de rien''

[ceilidh]

Originally Posted by JoeMatt

My sister lives in Italy and she says they have their version of machismo there too. She sums it up as all bark and no bite.

I must say, I agree with your sis. I've come to the conclusion that machismo these days is mostly swagger and BS, judging by the behavior of a lot of the local Hispanics--and just guys in general.

I think you have lost me there.

Oh, I think you've been pretty lost the whole time. What's funny is, everybody reading it can see that, Just not you.

[Nacia]

Originally Posted by Lin

Oh, I think you've been pretty lost the whole time. What's funny is, everybody reading it can see that, Just not you.

You are drifting again.

[wyf]

Nacia you need to chill.

Lin is yanking your chain by being macho. He's a big soft sweetie deep down.

Italian men are mostly bark, they all live with their mothers until they get married, and often even then, theyre big on extanded families because nobody can afford the housing. They are EXCEPTIONALLY good at talking the talk though, and the italian accent is enough to make a girl swoon.

[CandraH]

Originally Posted by calligraphy

Since I do dressage Ive read so much about the battle horses and the roots of our sport. Maybe it is that line of history that I follow that gives me a less ugly version of your "knights" in shining armor

It's cool. I think we were coming at it from different angles.

Re the thread topic. I've never really paid much attention to labels people use to describe others, or the behaviour traits some people take on to fit into whatever idea they have of themselves in their heads. I've always just taken people as they come and if they behave like a twat, I'll treat them like one.