In America, “back to school” means one thing for parents: lots of shopping. Infamous, multi-page school supply lists have frazzled moms and dads running around frantically trying to stock up before the first day of school.

It’s a phenomenon that’s not nearly as common in the rest of the world.

Italian husband gets first experience with American back-to-school shopping

Jessi and Alessio Pasini are popular content creators who have built a huge following sharing the day-to-day of their marriage and family life. Jessi is American and her husband, Alessio, is Italian.

They get a lot of hilarious mileage out of Alessio’s culture shock regarding American customs. He’s lived in the United States for a little over a decade—and in fact, the two met while working in New Orleans—but having spent the majority of his adult life in Europe, there’s still a lot he’s getting used to.

For example, he’d never gone back-to-school shopping until Jessi decided to take him on a little field trip so he could have the “full American experience,” according to a recent Instagram reel.

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He’s baffled by the exhaustive, complicated........

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