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Carlo + Francesca

posted 18 years ago by nomad20
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I know it's sad that Carlo is thinking of ending it with his longtime girlfriend for a girl he barely met, Francesca. But I couldn't help but laugh during the car scene when she asks him to a party for her friend's 18th birthday...

I don't know if this is common or acceptable in some countries, but I know that this is a definite no-go in the US. A man of almost thirty with a girl of 18? Not just that, but a girl still in high school! It's a little weird and freakish to me, but painfully funny at the same time.

[–] WarehouseEye 18 years ago

i know a lot of men of 28 to 30 who are usually looking for girls of 17 and who havent accepted their reality and still behave like teenagers.

[–] nomad20 18 years ago

That's sad. I can understand 25 and 18. But I think that at that point that's the biggest seperation I can see. But a girl still in high school? I don't care if she is 18, that's still a little weird.

[–] nxau 17 years ago

Did it seem like it was a yes-go! in the movie?
The main character was dwelling a lot about what to do next.

Anyway, don't tell me in the US just-turned-18 girls do not have affairs with men in their 30s.

[–] nomad20 16 years ago

I'm not saying they don't, but I'm saying that it's frowned upon by the two not in the relationship. It still is somewhat taboo. I was just asking if it is more accepted in Italy. Especially for someone still in high school. I don't know if that has a different meaning in Italy than it does here, but even if a girl is 18, if she's in high school that adds a whole new level to the stigma.

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[–] aljoy-1 9 years ago

I'm Italian and I agree that it's still some kind of a taboo. It is not illegal (18 is the legal age here in Italy), but definitively it's not considered "ok" for a man in his 30s to have a relationship with a girl still in high school. I am pretty sure her parents would never agree. :)

[–] skay_baltimore 12 years ago

I found their whole relationship to be unrealistic and not at all believable.

The whole world is a very narrow bridge. The key is to be fearless. R' Nachman of Breslov

[–] BB-15 9 years ago

I have seen men ~ 29 years old dating women straight out of high school.
And I live in the US.
It can happen.

BB ;-)

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