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Linda de Mol (45)
She believed in love with Sander Vahle. So much so that she did not want to marry. But he went to another. Linda was speechless with sadness. She has fallen in love again - and is speechless with happiness
The end of a love. It also divided the life of Linda de Mol in half. When her relationship broke, she said, "I do not believe in fairy tales anymore. With Sander and me, that was a fairytale. "
Twelve perfect years. Two adorable children: Son Julian (12), daughter Noa (9). A luck that ended like lightning. Sander Vahle (43), TV director, sensitive, smart, had fallen in love. Ironically in Linda's close friend Heleen (39).
Friends said that Linda took great care of Heleen when she was abandoned by her husband. She was even allowed to stay overnight with Linda. Our deeply hurt "Dream Wedding" Fee said, "For months, I feel like I'm sitting in the worst script of 'Fine Girlfriends'."
"The fairy tale, " says Linda, "burst with a big bang!" It was the only tip to which the deceived got carried away. She never washed dirty laundry. Linda de Mol: "We agreed that we do not talk about each other, it works very well."
But she talked about her pain. "I would have preferred to remain a conservative family, " she said, "splitting was therefore not an easy step." The melancholy and disappointment clung to her. Linda: "It keeps catching up with me, it's just hard."
Her life had turned. Sander and she had been a "well-rehearsed team". Without him, she had to reinvent herself. There were family parties
- and "Sander is not there!" That hurt her so much. The first step in a new life: with the children in the ski vacation! And: to be with friends a lot. "For white wine 36 times the same story, " she said. Linda: "Through all the howling, talking and also by the beautiful things you will wake up someday and know: I'm back!"
New Year's Eve 2007, she has finally turned the switch. She did not want to be sad anymore, but poled on confidence. Her intention: "Now begins a new year, now is the end of self-pity!" Linda had decided to come to terms with the facts. She said, "I want to live my life again instead of frustrating constantly asking why."
She felt better all of a sudden. There were more and more days when she was happy. A big part of it also had a new love: a musician, his name is Jeroen Rietbergen (38). They had known each other for a long time.
After the separation from Sander, she had talked to him a lot. Linda: "That helped me. At some point I realized what a fine person Jeroen is. "He had been her" lifesaver ".
A man who also likes her children, what she finds "wonderful". And not only that he is athletic, casually dressed and always happy, you like him. She says, "He loves music and knows so much about it. I find that attractive to a man. "
No, she has not become more cautious with relationships: "If you can not love 100 percent anymore, you lose something important in life." This is how it sounds when life and love have a once again very disappointed woman!
