‘On vacation, my fledgling courtship turned out to be a roaring tyrant’

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When you go on holiday with your new, young love, you sometimes learn things about each other that you better know early.

Don (39) is mother of Timo (13), Jack (9) and Jaro (7):

“For two years we skipped the holidays. The divorce had not affected me financially, there were simply no extras.

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When a summer holiday suddenly became possible, I didn’t hesitate for a second. Yes, I only knew the man I met through a dating site for a few months. But he went anyway, the house was available and big enough, his daughter was almost grown; we fit in so well. A risk, I knew that. But if you don’t dare, you will never experience anything.

Less than two days in our Tuscan villa, my fledgling courtship turned out to be a roaring tyrant that children actually found complicated. And on day three, I heard Jack, the sensitive one of the couple who had never raised his voice before, screaming loudly, “You’re not my father!” A week later we were on the train home. Nice, for the first time on holiday with a new lover; never again.”

This article is in the Kek Mama Love Special 2022.

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