Have you heard about the couple Columbeanu?What is you opinion about them?

Question

Monica Columbeanu is 19 years old and she will have a baby with her huspand,Irinel Columbeanu(49 years old).He has lots of money!

Answer 1

The answer, I believe, is that Iri and Monica are the seminal crossroads of everything that is regretable about Romanian society today. Let’s try a list:

Fascination with the rich. As it becomes more westernized Romania is developing the same kind of fascination other nations have for the lives of the rich. But few of the Romanian rich are movie or music stars (they are certainly no Jessica and Nick), which forces us to follow the lives of individuals who’ve made their fortune in all sorts of dubious businesses–this is somehow worse than a cross between “Growing up Gotti” and “The Simple Life.”

The dearth of cultural arbiters. Many Romanians don’t know which cultural goods have value and which don’t. Coming out of communism, our cultural gurus were old white males that rejected most of what was new in favor of the perenial value of goods such as 18th century literature or 1970s rock. The few places where one could go for guidance are restrictive, supposedly great just because they are “alternative.” But they carry much of the elitist attitude of the old white males. The mainstream needs a culture arbiter, too. In many countries this role is played by the media–both local and national, which here has lost all interest in selection as long as crap sells or brings ratings. Iri and Monica do both.

Vaguely pedophilic tendencies. The way Romania abuses its teenage girls has been called on numerous times. It’s not strictly a Romanian phenomenon that 15-year-old teens are dolled up and sexed up for television. But it is Romanian–or maybe Eastern European–that many of them become the lovers of wealthy businessmen or even worse, the currency these men use in their hotel lobby business deals. Certain men who are 30 and over don’t mind women who are 17–they actually welcome them. It’s hard not to feel like a family values Republican when you hear 40-year-old sweating bald men who own local gas stations saying that 16-year-olds make for hot pieces of ***.

The stay at home wife of the 21st century. Romania has never been through a feminist movement and if it’ll ever come to that we’re certainly taking an interesting route. It was “tradition” that women would stay home “la cratita” (next to the crock pot) while men would earn the salary. Women cook, men hunt. It was also common to hear of spousal abuse, beatings and statements proclaiming that men have no business cooking or cleaning. Strong shades of that still remain even among the brighter populace. But we’ve ushered in a new type of woman, one that continues to stay around the house, but one that doesn’t have to do anything but look pretty, trendy and be a good spender–this in turn would set the trend for us, the less independently wealthy. Again, nothing new in the world at large–the problem is we’ve again lost the middle ground. I’ve heard many smart women in Romania saying they hate women in general because they are a horrible species.

The power of populism. Look at our president–he is the “talk like you,” “dance with you” and “drink with you” type of dude. A George W. Bush figure. Decency, politeness, a polished discourse is elitism. We like the straight talkers. We would have hated Iri if he had made his money inventing some kind of heart pump and who knows what kind of device that wouldn’t have required his words to be [BEEP] censored on television. We like Iri because if we are smart like him and fudge the rules here and there, we could land a hot woman and bathe in money and still be one of the people; just a luckier one.

Answer 2

Lasa-i bre in pace pe idiotzii aia doi. Ia si citeste o carte!

Answer 3

Vrei sa stii de unde are banii? Intreaba si iti voi spune ;)

Answer 4

Never heard of this. Can you explain some more or post a link to read about it?