Yes shes the complete opposite of carmela soprano who doesnt support her husband just wants to count the money. The actress that portrayed her(forgot her name) played the part perfectly. Yes she does seem to have a lot of wisdom although shes a women of few words. I got to say my favorite part with her is in part 2 the night of the opening party where theyre all at the table eating, micheal fredo tom kay and frank p, and frank says hes not there to eat and spills his wine as an insult. After he does this they show carmela for a few seconds and her face shows it all,she knows this guys being disrespectful, hard for me to explain what i mean but i think you get it. And i 100 percent agree with you about old fashioned italian girls, i dont find any of those jersey shore girls attractive at all.