“Exactly here is where I met my husband 40 years ago. It was my birthday and together with a friend we just bought bikes on credit. We wanted to try them out so we decided to go to the park. In the park there was a group of boys and we got to talk. All of a sudden one of the boys started teasing me and took away my bike key. He told me that if I wanted my key back I would have to come and chase him to get it. He was handsome and nice so I did not mind one bit. After that day we became a couple and a few years later we got married. Unfortunately, my husband passed away about a year ago. Life without him is very hard and I miss him every day but I’m a blessed person. I have had a wonderful marriage.”

“I love women but I was never successful in marriage. However, I have always been successful in business. The first hotel I owned was nearly bankrupted when I bought it so when I took over, I knew I had to come up with a smart plan to get the hotel booked. One day I was reading the newspaper and I noticed many men and women placing advertisements to find someone to marry. These advertisements were immensely popular and many people would find a suitable partner because of it. The words people would use to market themselves were so catchy and genius. I figured why not use the exact same format but change just a few words. Something like: ’‘Hotelroom is looking for an attractive guest.” The next day our phone was ringing non-stop and the hotel was fully booked.“

“Last summer Max lost 10 kilo’s. He was stuck on a rooftop for two weeks and we couldn’t find him. Luckily we ended up finding him and we are happy that he is still here. Our costumers love him. Some even come in just to say hi to Max or give him some candy. Even though he is spoiled he also works.”
“Really? What does he do?”
“He has a weekly column in a local newspaper.”

“I was 16 and she was 17 when we started going out. Back then we were still in the art academy. We are both artist. I am a realist and she is a surrealist. One year later she broke up with me because she wasn’t ready to settle down. She wanted to see what else was out there.”
“What changed your mind?”
“He wrote me a letter one year later for my 19th birthday. It was a love letter. I can’t remember exactly what it said but it was convincing.”

“I got my first smartphone 2 years ago when I became a manager at the restaurant. It was a hard job and I worked way too many hours. It caused me to have a burn-out a few months later and so I had to quit my job but I got to keep the phone. In the following months I just rested, traveled and dedicated more time to things I love and being with people I care about.

I am a person who overthinks situations a lot. I wanted to be more spontaneous so I tried a lot of new things like downloading Tinder. I have this love-hate relationship with Tinder but like I said, I wanted to stop over thinking every situation so I decided to just go with the flow and have some fun.

One day I had a match with this girl on Tinder and after talking to her for a while we decided to meet up. We ended up talking the entire evening. A few days later we went to the Vondelpark and we sat there for hours. Even though I just met her we had a really good connection and now 7 months later I get to call her my girlfriend. We are currently on a one-week-living-together ’‘trial” but It has been 11 days and I haven’t been back to my own apartment ever since.“