The Real Truth About Dating in Greece (Toxic Relationships, Mama’s Boys, Late Marriages)

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• Nothing marrying later, What wrong with getting married in late 30s and early 40s it's just ridiculous guys getting married so young like in the US

• Yes family ties are strong in Greece and they leave the house when they get married ,but the parent's are there for them when they get their lifes started economicly or with a house to start their lives with we don't throw them outta the house or demand rental at their 17 . And when people get married we enjoy to go see our parents and give them a chance to get close with the grandchildren, they also help most of the time to raise our children while the parents go to work or take the kids to school and they do it with love because as Greeks say my grandchildren are twice my kids ,i feel that with my own grandchildren that i can't wait to see them on the weekend and i see that is good with the love they show us .we also take care of our elderly parents by taking them to the doctors or go shopping for them if they are to old to do so by themselves 😊 Leaving the home little later also gives you a chance to raze money to start off a little better with your new family also with your income.

• Wow. The comments. When I was in Athens last year as a foreigner I was dating all the time. Random conversations that became nice company.
  Sure. I took them to nice restaurants. But I wanted to go to a restaurant anyway. So no loss for me. Lol

• I am a 28 year old greek dude that literally all my advances on women has wielded no results (I got rejected/εφαγα χυλοπιτα). I am willing to date a fucking rock at this point.

• Some reasons to leave my family house are : 1)earning money far away from home due to the nature of my work 2)Starting my own family 3)moving to the property of my family near by my family house free of charge.If it is not the reasons above then leaving the family house is wast of money reasorces energy and time!

• Somehow you got the guys with the worst English accent possible 🤣
  Didn't expect this old classic commercial but it's gold 🤣
  Now, about us living with our parents, it is true, but the reason is mostly financial, as it was mentioned. We can't afford to rent, let alone buy a house, we barely have paying jobs most of us and the money is barely enough for living. And that applies to us, women too, not just men. Which is a reason for late marriage as well, plus we want to be mature enough and certain to take such a big step and finished with our studies, have a job and experiences too.
  As for Greeks being "μαμάκιας" (mama's boy), well, here is the thing. This is a huge red flag for the Greek girls. Because here being a mama's boy is different than in most Western cultures. Like...the bar here is higher to call someone mama's boy, as being close to the family is considered normal. So, if a Greek calls someone mama's boy, it means the situation is out of control. 100% dependency and clinginess to mama. Anything less than that is pretty normal here. As we see it, as long as it's in a healthy way, it's not a bad thing to have good relationship and be close to your parents, just because most Westerners aren't like that.
  The video was very on point in those matters and the reasons behind them.
  Good job ^-^

• Now I'm curious...

  when do greek women get out of their parents home?

  • Unfortunately Greek women are even supposed to look after both their parents and their husband parents we are slaves in the family

  • @@sweetgirl62 Mama´s girls?

  • Never..even when they get married they stay all together at the same household

• Why the reupload?

• Nice video but a double standard exists especially for women and what others would say about them. I would of liked to have heard more from the Greek women regarding relationships and dating though.

• Most of conclusions and concerns apply also to Poland, I have to say. We're also a very patriarchal society, as Greeks. And no wonder - nesting rate of 43.2% according to your stats from 2014(?). According to Eurostat 2020 - 60% in Poland, 73% Greece, 9% Norway.

  Yeah, accomodation prices are crazy now, it's a huge problem, but - it doesn't mean that person in age of 29 or 24 have to be childish. It's a choice, not a financial issue. You can live with parents and be emotionally grown up person, who takes equal responsibility over 50 or 33% of houseworks and expenses. On the other hand - leaving family home before age of 25 doesn't mean a person is emotionally grown up ;)

  In Poland it starts to be discussed publically. There is a podcast "po dorosłemu" made by Joanna Flis, about being adult (emotionally grown up, not only older than 18). In contrast to the "inner child" culture, which is a caricature now. Then she wrote a book about it at the same title. And last weeks another book wrote by E. Michalik and T. Sobierajski "Dojrzałość. Jak odnaleźć się w kulturze zdziecinnienia". About childish behaviour of adult people in a very wide perspective: from relations to politics and economy. Because older generations, including baby boomers, are not that emotionally grown up too - let's be honest. Those parents who treats their adult children like a toddler, have also a problem, and don't take a part of their responsibility. We all, as a "western world" society, have problems with adulthood, emotional maturity, taking responsibilities, but different generations in a different way.