“How am I supposed to tell my kids I’m in love with their judo teacher?”
Thirza (35) has a relationship with the judo teacher of her children Veerle (9) and Floris (7).
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“I saw the way he looked at me when I delivered the children to judo lessons on Saturday morning. How he went out of his way a little more with jokes to the children when I was there, and stuck by the exit after class longer than necessary so that he could have a chat. I had just been divorced for a year and not yet ready for a man, but I was flattered by the attention of judo teacher Maarten.
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Flirting through the app
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I had already seen in the group app for parents of the judo group that he was also witty and witty in writing. I was warmed by his clever puns and noticed how my heart jumped more and more when a message came in from him. When I texted him privately one evening with a question about Veerle’s judo exam, we started talking for the first time. I had a glass of wine, which made a difference. And before I knew it, I was responding to his comments as witty and flirtatious as he was to mine.
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The following days the app continued. On the Friday night before judo lessons, I couldn’t sleep a wink. A little uncomfortably I faced Maarten that morning. “Keep watching,” he said when I dropped off the kids. An exception, because the lessons were always without an audience. “I want to ask you something later.” With my heart pounding I watched for 45 minutes as he demonstrated his throws almost childishly tough. The kids enjoyed it, but maybe I did even more. Sure I said yes when he asked me out after class.
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During our drink, a week later, the pan caught fire. Veerle and Floris were with their father and that same night Maarten stayed the night. I couldn’t really enjoy it. How was I supposed to tell my kids that I was in love with their judo teacher? ‘John, isn’t that just fun?’ Maarten reacted soberly to my nocturnal musings. “I get on just fine with them and that way they get private lessons again.” Yeah, you’re kidding, I thought. If things broke up between us, my kids would end up with a judo teacher who was their ex-stepfather. Not to mention the skewed looks of other judo parents. But there was no stopping it, Maarten and I were too in love.
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“My children go to bed with a judo throw.”
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For the first few months we only saw each other when I didn’t have the kids. Maarten has no children, which kept the situation manageable. After four months of secretly scrambling, we decided to tell them. ‘I knew it!’ exclaimed Veerle – at that stage anyway intrigued by everything that had to do with love. “You always look into each other’s eyes way too long!” Since then, Maarten has always been with us on weekends. My fear of skewed looks at a possible preferential treatment from Maarten turned out to be unjustified. Maarten treats my children the same during class as before. The only judo perk they have is that he throws them into their bed at night with a throw – and that’s actually my advantage.”
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This article can be found in Kek Mama 02-2022.
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