More than three million people live alone in the Netherlands. How do they organize their lives?
“I come from a traditional CGK family in Puten. Even as a child I was very serious in my faith, I volunteered as a babysitter and in the Bible club at church. At the same time, I was the quiet girl in the family and at school. I didn’t open my mouth quickly. My insecurity about being in the spotlight cost me my first boyfriend in seventh grade. I thought he was very funny, we laughed at the same things and texted each other.
Suddenly we were the talk of the school and I wasn’t prepared for that. “Have you kissed yet?” classmates would sometimes ask. I couldn’t handle it at all. And what was everyone worried about? After two weeks I broke up with her until…