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Collected Item: “Italian Husband Can't Tolerate Wife's Recorder Playing”

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Italian Husband Can't Tolerate Wife's Recorder Playing

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Video

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Americans were enchanted with videos of Italians singing together from their balconies. It showed such great spirit and making the most of a most difficult situation.
This particular video shows a wife who is exhibiting no musical talent at all, and the husband can't take it any more.
I found this video on Instagram with the caption of "Us, tomorrow," showing that living together 24/7 is very stressful on a marriage.

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Italy, singing, humor, COVID-19, balcony

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Instagram post

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2020-05-29
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