Source: "The Social Guidebook to Norway"
I love Norwegian foreplay
The first time i entered a Norwegian party
I saw guys sitting in the living room drinking beer
And all the girls standing in the kitchen drinking wine
I had never seen so many beautiful girls in one single room
Like a good Frenchman, I went straight to the girls
Big mistake
Girls were not ready to talk with me
And guys got a little annoyed that I bypassed the unwritten rule
Guys need to be with guys first
Girls with girls
For a few hours
Quite surprising in gender equal Norway
But then something very special happened
At some point between 22h55 and 23h00
Girls suddenly started to invade the living room
Sometime physically pushing some of the guys to get their attention
Or sitting on them
All guys around me seem used to that sudden physical contact
In otherwise distant Norwegian interactions
I quickly understood that this is how they do it in Norway
Girls had subtly observed and decided which guy they wanted
But they needed to wait until the large quantity of alcohol they had ingested started to have its effect
By that time guys also had ingested impressive quantity of beer
A few minute before 23h a succession of girl-guy "flirting" could be observed
23h00 – time to go to town
The rest of the night is in the book
Have a nice party tonight
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By Julien S. Bourrelle
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