Ending a long-term relationship, especially if the spouses have children, is extremely difficult. In an open confession, Dominika Cibulková (36) confided how she approached the breakup with Michal Navar (40). In an interview for the magazine, she emphasized that they lived a really full and beautiful life. They have two healthy children, Jakubka (5) and Ninka, who will celebrate her third birthday in March, for whom they still want to be great parents. Although their paths diverge, she believes that one day she and Navarre will be friends.
When asked how Jakubko and Ninka perceive the fact that mom and dad are no longer together, Cibulková explained that they want to be good parents and not burden them with their problems. “This situation is not easy for anyone, it is also shocking for me, because I never thought that my family life would somehow be disturbed… But it happened. As it happens to many others and I have to deal with it as best I can. And not to doubt yourself,” she said.
The successful tennis player went on to say that the sport hardened her so much that it pushed her emotional boundaries. Even when something was going very hard, she believed that it could be managed. This is how she also approached things that happened in her life. “I’m trained, I can handle everything and it goes on. But then comes a moment beyond which it is impossible to go. It’s not that something inside me is broken, no. It’s about the fact that I only know how to evaluate the situation rationally. But even in all this, even a rational assessment of the situation, there were doubts. Everything was beating in me,” she confided.
However, she realized that she had to take responsibility for it so that in the future she could say that she did the best she could. She took her life into her own hands. “Maybe I’ve finally grown up. Someone always dictated my life. I adapted to tournaments, countries, people. Now I decided for myself“, she continued.
“And I have to say that in the end it’s good that we’re talking about it, because I can finally name the feeling I have inside me. And that is freedom. As if something heavy had fallen off my shoulders. I freed myself from suffering, difficulties, what people will say. From the fact that what will happen if my ideal world collapses. I’m finally myself” she said bluntly.
In the situation that happened to them, she began to look at things differently. “I had to rely on myself. And much, much more. But I said to myself: OK. I want to do things that I haven’t had time for so far and I’ll see what I start to realize in the next few months. I’m going to be surprised,” added Cibulková.
The mother of two openly said that she had doubts before making the final decision about the end of the marriage. “I have old school in me, there is some social status to be together until death, I wanted to keep the family. It’s a life loss for me too, I’m sad about it, but I’m taking it as if it’s going to be fine. Michal and I continue to be full-fledged parents for our children. And I believe that one day we will also be friends” she confessed.
