“Family thinks I’m crazy that I’m going to live with my new love”
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After some muddling through in love you finally found your match, your family no longer takes you seriously. But why wait with your brand new blended family?
Willeke (39), mother of Branco (12) and Elfi (7):
“My family and friends think I’m crazy for stopping my rent in four months to move in together. Jochem is my fourth relationship since my divorce, five years ago. We’ve known each other for eight months now. I had also been living together with my second boyfriend for a year, but in my house. He had an adult son, so there was no question of a blended family.
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A new partner
“Oh, are you in love again?” my mother said when I told her about Jochem. She finds it ridiculous that I expose my children to yet another new man. I don’t see it that way.
“I think the children should learn that it is okay if love sometimes fails”
I think the children should learn that it’s okay if love sometimes fails. That you can put an end to it if you’re not really happy. I have never lost my faith in love despite all the setbacks. That seems more valuable to me than a mother who remains soured forever single.
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Jochem and I bought a new house together, in a village between our current places of residence. Our children get along well, the exes support us; nothing stands in our way. Why should we wait any longer?”
This article was previously published in Kek Mama.
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