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Then it was here again, then. Valentine’s Day. Every year it comes as a surprise as a positive poll for the Labor Party.
It can be tempting to curse the day; damn trade stand making days that cost the shirt, a symbol of our decadent western capitalism. Forced romantic rant. Phew!
Or you can adopt a positive attitude. Something good can come out of it, hint hint.
But before that, we have to deliver. We men, that is.
It is with us that the pressure of expectation is greatest.
Hallgeir Kvasheim cleans up
This is the one day of the year we’re supposed to be romantic. And try to make it seem real.
If we feel the pressure? Fully on par with what Kjetil Rekdal must have felt when he put the ball on the penalty mark during the match against Brazil in the 1998 World Cup.
How many women don’t walk around and are full of expectation, nothing should be spared here.
But what is enough? A flower tassel? A box of Freia Milk Chocolate Hearts?
Or does it have to sting more strongly in the wallet? Do we have to spend money we don’t really have? At a level that would send an anxious Hallgeir Kvadsheim straight down into the basement?
The fact that the luxury trap presenter is not really a civil economist may be the same. We’re going to need help cleaning up the finances after Valentine’s Day.
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Celebrity economist Hallgeir Kvadsheim is not a registered economist
The best gifts are free
Can the little things be enough? For example, suggesting listening to an episode of the “Relationship podcast” together? Exactly that costs us more than you know, and is probably the greatest gift we can give.
Suggest binging a season of “Sex & the City?” Suffer us through “Pretty Woman” for the twentieth time? Or “Grease? “By the way, both films are deeply immoral. I mean, Richard Gere buys a prostitute in “Pretty Woman.” When in the world did it become inside?
And “Grease?” Olivia Newton John is not good enough for tough Travolta. Only when she changes her style; tight leather trousers, permanent and a smoke in the corner of his mouth. So the moral is. Woman, be what the man wants you to be, and you will get him. Comfort and carry. But it has rarely been a chess move to make such objections during joint film sessions, it only leads to noise, and sour comments about Arab sheikhs and human rights violations when you try to enjoy a City match. Or, even worse, penalty rounds with the “Relationship podcast.”
Ørjan Greiff Johnsen
Ørjan Greiff Johnsen is a qualified lawyer. Writes about socially relevant debates and is not afraid to provoke.
Men are not very romantic
And, god forbid, what if you forget the day? Disasters can then occur. Sex refusal is of course at the top of the fear list. Only missing a Premier League match because you’ve been invited to dinner at your mother-in-law’s is worse.
Many of us men are not very romantic. So we struggle. We may find it difficult to express our feelings.
There is a story about a man from North Trondheim who on Valentine’s Day stopped by a flower shop and said: “I’m going to have three roses for the old lady!” The dispatcher hinted that it was perhaps a little short, to which the Nortrønder replied: “Æ e en mainn av få ord!” Yes, yes, that can also happen. But she was right, North Trondheimers are a taciturn people, they make Finns appear as extroverts.
But back to this Valentine’s Day. What is really enough?
Maybe it’s appropriate to say: “I love you.” As you know, the simple is the best. And what’s more, it’s free. It’s not that bad, either.