FRIENDS: Will say "hello"
ITALIAN FRIENDS: Will give you a big hug and a kiss

FRIENDS: Call your parents Mr. and Mrs.
ITALIAN FRIENDS: Call your parents mom and dad

FRIENDS: Have never seen you cry
ITALIAN FRIENDS: Cry with you

FRIENDS: Will eat at your dinner table and leave
ITALIAN FRIENDS: Will spend hours there, talking, laughing, just being together

FRIENDS: Borrow your stuff for a few days then give it back
ITALIAN FRIENDS: Keep your stuff so long they forget it's yours

FRIENDS: know a few things about you
ITALIAN FRIENDS: Could write a book with direct Quotes from you

FRIENDS: Will leave you behind if that's what the crowd is doing
ITALIAN FRIENDS: Will kick the whole crowds' ass that left you

FRIENDS: Would knock on your door
ITALIAN FRIENDS: Walk right in and say, "I'm home!"

FRIENDS: Are for a while
ITALIAN FRIENDS: Are for life