Do you need a shot?
No
OK. Are you sure?
Hi, my name is Maria. I was born in Canada
I'm Zoe. I also was born in Canada.
This is my grandma and my mom
I'm Dina. The whole name is Konstantina. This is my daughter and my granddaughter
Tell me about your first date.
I never met boy except my husband
Arranged marriage
I changed four letters with him and a picture and after I'm coming here like tourist
After a month I marry him because the immigration is gonna get me sent down again
So papou was your first kiss?
Yeah
Was it at your wedding?
Yes, what do you think?
So you kissed a boy that you met for the first time, the first time you met him
Yeah, with a picture. Over there is the picture
Do you think Greeks are s*xual people?
(That's a weird question). Yes, yes I do. Some more than others
Have you ever heard of the expression - going Greek?
Yeah
Do you know what that means?
Yeah
So that's why I agree. Yes, I do think Greeks are sexual people
they're very passionate and they're very sensual
very handy and physical. Like touchy
Yes, very
Yiayia, what do you think?
They are because they don't like to work
They're lazy people!
This is taking a turn
Have you ever been in love?
Yeah I have and I am currently
Yiayia, have you ever been in love?
Yeah!
How old were you when you got married? Do you wish you waited more?
I was twenty-one. I wish so many things but it was not the right time
I was poor. I know my brothers have to work
and the opportunity come to come here to Canada
So you don't wish you got married later?
To stay? To do what?
to see my brothers work and after they're gonna give the money to marry me or marry my sister?
To kill them? I say no. Doesn't matter how old I was, but I have my family now
What is the best and worst thing about being married to a Greek man?
The worst thing about being married to a Greek man, I would say is having to deal with the Greek macho attitude
the attitude that they're boss
and you have to do what they say
What about the best?
What best?
S*x before marriage? Yes or no? What is your opinion?
Shot is my opinion
I think nowadays everybody just rushes to sleep with everyone else and they don't even wait
They go on the date and at the end of the night they go to bed together
I think that's wrong
So you don't think you should test drive a car before you buy it?
Absolutely not
OK
because how many cars are you gonna test drive before you get married? And where does it stop?
It's no completely. That's all
So Zoe sent in a photo
It's coloured. It was in black and white before, yiayia
See my parents
My grandparents were the most loving couple I had ever met in my entire life
They were together I don't know how many years they were married for but they loved each other
Even though it was an arranged marriage
back then, you know, everything was.. My grandfather died and my grandmother went soon after from a broken heart
We went to MyHeritage.com and we found your relatives
and there are twenty four people that you can scroll through
Maria Tzelve was my grandmother
On which side?
My dad's mom
In the photo, that was your mom?
Look - there is mom and then there is you and Papou and then your parents
I think it's cool to see..like one of them was my grandpa, my dad's uncle
and I met him, years ago when I was in Greece
What was better about the previous generation or the later generation in terms of relationships?
The relationships lasted, I would have to say, a lot more
There was no thought of - we can't work it out so we'll get a divorce
You just made it work
Do you think anything's better about my generation VS yours?
No
So you just described me
cause I know what I want, I know what I want in a partner
and I know who I am. And if somebody doesn't match that then they're not the one for me
It's also - you guys grew up in a different way and I think you're maybe not as likely to understand
how we see things.. like I would have never stood for an arranged marriage! I would absolutely have run away. It would have not been a thing for me
Would you prefer that I dated someone who is Greek?
No, I prefer to be a good guy
Do you think I have a good guy?
Who me?
No no. Do you think I have a good guy?
Not yet.
If he's not going to church Zoe, for me it's not. That's all (OK that's fair)
Mom, so what do you think? Do you wish I was dating a Greek boy?
Um. No, I don't actually
What was expected to gain the interest of a man in your time?
Did you show your ankle?
I don't mind at all those things, no (nothing. There's nothing expected)
I was what I was. That's it
You know, you'd wear the mini skirt. Don't forget, it was the eighties. The big hair, the make-up
In my years, my generation - if you wear the miniskirt and you fix yourself
What do you think about living together without being married?
Just tell me how you really feel
My answer to that is..
I don't agree with that either. You need to leave something to experience together, you need to leave something to have to look forward to
getting to know each other when you first move in together
What if you live with someone and then you realize they're not the right person for you. You go to the next guy? And then the next guy?
But then conversely, if you're married to them and you move in after you get married and you realize they're not the one for you
If you haven't realized and if you haven't met the person, you haven't gotten to know the person well enough
before you get married, then you don't marry that person
I disagree. I live with my boyfriend
That's how I feel. Well, that doesn't mean I agree with it
That's a major point of contention
Absolutely. That's doesn't mean I agree with it
I think it's vital, now that I have lived with my boyfriend even though we're not married
I think it's crazy to think that some people don't live with each other before they get married
I think that's absolutely insanity
I never
No no no!
Ok so yeah. I was trying to avoid that
Do you know why Tinder was made? Tinder is a hook up app so it's not for dating
It's just for s*x
That's what it was made for
I have to take that thing, make it into pieces and throw it away
My sister met her husband on Tinder
Do you need a shot?
No
OK. Are you sure?
Next question!
What is your type of man - most attractive and least attractive qualities?
Liam Hemsworth is my..
Nice qualities
But for real though.. someone who respects my independence cause I'm very independent and I like doing my own thing