Marries one of the best runners in the world who competes often - why would she complain about him racing and running all the time? Like she had to know what she was in for.
Oh come on now. I can believe you still love to run, sort of, but the other two seem like real whoppers.
Well, lucky for me, I am not married to an archetypal "ball and chain" type wife from the sit-coms. She's still the same person I met back in college. That ability to stay true to who we were when we fell in love has been key. We never "grew apart" or became radically different from who we were when we met. It also helps being married to a good athlete because she understands my love of running and she has also stayed fit (fitter than me!) all these years.
Jakob and Elisabeth's marriage will depend on how much they change in the next decade. Especially if one of them changes and the other stays true to their original sense of self.
Also, my career has been a good balance of "steady" and "exciting" with both physical and intellectual challenges, travel, lots of human interaction, and as Johann Hari put it, "a meaningful sense of purpose combined with autonomy to make most of my own decisions about how to get my job done each day." That phrase is the key to a great career. I could work in a food cart or a shoe store if those factors were still in place (like if I was the owner of the cart/store).
Yeah, but can you really be sure Johann Hari said that? You know, given his history
Marries one of the best runners in the world who competes often - why would she complain about him racing and running all the time? Like she had to know what she was in for.
This.
Does she work fulltime? No.
Is she married to a world famous, multi millionaire who needs to leave and train? Yes.
She knew what she was getting into.
She needs to grow up. If she wants help moving and putting furniture together why not hire someone?
curious about you peeping toms, so interested to get involved in the private life of others.
and render verdict on the correct way of life and behavior.
mind your own business.
like your own life and family.
sick f&@fs.
This is literally one of the dumbest posts I've ever read on this board.
They have had TWO tv shows now that aired for years (one in norway, which was on youtube available to watch for years and now the prime show).
THEY brought their life into the public view. If you are on TV and flaunt your life on social media (as she does through instagram) you open yourself up to criticism.
My own life and family are private because I am not on a GLOBALLY broadcast tv show.
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In the video, you can see that Jakob doesn't want to help pregnant Elisabeth pick up the wardrobe and is annoyed that they "don't have people to do it for them".... "I can stand up for myself just fine. To those who say they had never accepted it; I don't either. He gets a nice message when he doesn't behave."
Whatever his shortcomings are,its a fair bet jakob will be a much better father/husband than his own dad was to him.
2) Jakob really does whine about helping to unload the IKEA wardrobe and goes on and on about it. It seems like he is really unsupportive and disinterested. But here's the key, he knows he is on camera and it is sort of the role of "exhausted pro-athlete" and "man" as he says "do we really need this many outfits for a baby?" That is kind of what they would tell him to say if they were writing a script for a "dad" character.
3) His wife Elisabeth is going to be fine. She is a strong personality and can stand up for herself. Unless Jakob has some dormant abusive traits (from his dad), then this is probably the extent of it. I suspect that they are doing a bit of "role playing" in the first episode to illustrate how hard it is to be in their situation.
Stop making excuses for Jakob. He wasn’t acting. He was being himself. In every interview I’ve seen him do, he comes across as a narcissist. That’s how he comes across in the show. I feel bad for Elisabeth. If they have more kids, things will be that much more difficult for her.
The guy is trying to be the greatest runner ever.
To hold all the world records from 1500m up through the marathon.
He has to be selfish. He has to be narcissistic.
He brings a lot of entertainment and excitement to tens of millions of fans around the world.
Ever read Coe's book? Ovett's? Cram's? How about Aouita? They never lost a race. They were always sick or injured or had been tricked into competing when they were not ready.
Ever read Coe's book? Ovett's? Cram's? How about Aouita? They never lost a race. They were always sick or injured or had been tricked into competing when they were not ready.
Narcism required to get to the top.
Faith Kipyegon is not narcissistic. Haile Gebrselassie is not narcissistic.
Ever read Coe's book? Ovett's? Cram's? How about Aouita? They never lost a race. They were always sick or injured or had been tricked into competing when they were not ready.
Narcism required to get to the top.
Faith Kipyegon is not narcissistic. Haile Gebrselassie is not narcissistic.
What could go wrong with getting married at 22/23?
I'm 30 years in (38 together) after getting married at 22. No regrets. We're still best friends. That said, the odds are against most anyone tying the knot these days.
Of course she's saying "it's ok I can deal with it" and not going to get a divorce yet. Jakob's potential earnings in the next 10 years are worth the wait...
If she divorces him now, she probably is not going to have lifetime value money. In 10 years on the other hand...
Maybe that has something to do with the collapsing fertility rate in all the western nations.
My anecdotal evidence suggests it might be unrelated: both me and my brother married at 23, I'm 41 and he's 36 now, we are still married to the same women but don't have kids. This is pretty normal marriage age for people in post-Soviet states and the fertility rate is about as low as in the US / EU.
The PR term for that is damage control. They saw all the negative comments so they took these photos to try to make Jakob look like an involved father. Don’t be fooled.