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5 Reasons To ‘Go Dutch’ If You Want To Get Married

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If you’re a woman looking for a partner, I have one piece of advice: Go Dutch.

No, I don’t mean to share the tab for your date (though I believe in that, too.) Go to the Netherlands!

Within minutes of meeting my husband, who is Dutch, I knew I was going to marry him.

I immediately recognized that he was uncommonly kind and intelligent, and kindness was №1 on my dating wishlist after the horrific divorce I’d endured two years before.

Harrie flew back home to the Netherlands without so much as a kiss, but we started emailing each other and, eventually, talking on Yahoo Chat. (Yes, this was back in 2004.)

About seven months later, I finally flew to the Netherlands.

It was my first time in Europe — thanks to a crazy-low fare of about $300. (That was a gift from the universe, which owed me big after my awful divorce).

Here are the 5 reasons why you should definitely go Dutch:

1. Dutch people understand that sex is a normal part of life.