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Last night Kirsten sat down and announced that she was breaking up with me. The reason given was that we have different priorities for the future: I intend to someday have a family, she does not. Whilst I agree with that assessment, I would have preferred a different solution (i.e. doing it my way).
The universal response has been shock. Our families and friends, and myself, did not see this coming. It always seemed that we were “meant to be”. I have always been aware that Kirsten is very commitment-phobic and values her independence above all else, but I did not expect this.
I have never been the dumpee before, having always been the initiator of a breakup, and I would say that it is a bit easier on this side of the fence. I do not have the guilt of having hurt someone close to me.
I now have less than three weeks left in Europe before I return to Australia for the birth of my first nephew and the wedding of my best friend. The plan was to stay for 2 weeks and then return to NL, but this will not be happening. So I have a bit over 2 weeks left to fit in 6 months of planned travel. I will go to Antwerp in the next few days to buy chocolates for my sister, and perhaps from there go on to Paris. Mel and Jem, Jan and John arrive in A’dam on Friday and are spending the long weekend with us here, after which I return to London with Mel and Jem. I will spend a week with them, return to Amsterdam for one day to say goodbye to everyone, then off to KL and then home.
I don’t yet know what to do after that, but when I do, Dear Reader, you will be one of the first to know.