'It feels nice having a second family I never asked for': Guy tries out old school barber shop, gets unofficially adopted into the barber's big Italian family as the “long lost cousin Anthony”

A man gets unofficially adopted into a big Italian family after deciding to deviate from his usual barber and try out an old school shop he's seen before. The place looks like it hasn't changed since the 1970s and the barber was an ancient looking man. Turned out to be a great barber and he also seemed to think this guy was his "long lost cousin Anthony." The guy tried to explain that, no, his name is Ethan. But nope, the barber just continued to call him Anthony. Finally, he goes in one day to get his haircut and the barber's entire huge Italian family is there catching up and eating Italian food. The barber was ecstatic to see him walk in and even introduced him to the rest of the family as Cousin Anthony! The guy didn't know what to do, so he just accepted his fate and ate the delicious homemade lasagna. Eventually, the barber confessed he knew he wasn't really his cousin, but he missed Tony and he reminded him of his cousin, so it was comforting. The guy just leaned into it even more and has accepted his second family. It was a blessing in disguise! 

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