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My 10 year old had her first exposure to dating, that is if you discount tripping a boy on a field trip to get your lips on his cheek, which I do. Last week, she came to me upset because I had driven her to school that morning instead of letting her ride the bus. Apparently, the boy she has had a crush on all year was planning to “ask her out” that morning but since her atrocious mother made her take alternate transportation, she missed out. Needless to say, she was more than a little excited to get on the bus the following day.
All day memories of my own 5th grade antics haunted me. I remembered how the girls and boys in my school would “go together” and break up like they changed favorite ice cream flavors. It was high drama for sure and as I recall it felt so real at the time. In addition, I remembered that we kissed those boys after school…
Was my baby about to go there? Hold me.
When I picked my daughter up I asked how it went and she just shook her head.
“What do you mean, no?”
“We talked about it and decided to just be friends.”
While this was more than fine with me, I was curious about the change in momentum.
“Was this your idea?”
“No, we both think that since we are such good friends and going to the same middle school next year that we don’t want things to be weird between us.”
“Oh, right, well, sure, yeah, that’s very mature of you both.”
Wow. I was speechless. How can my daughter as well as the boy she crushes on be so mature?
That remains a mystery however my hope for her childlike heart restored itself when she laid some news on me in the car this morning,
“Oh, I don’t like him anymore, Mom. I like a new boy not and I’m NOT telling you who it is…”
And yes, I am still scared.
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This is what scares me about having kids. I would want to lock them in the basement and home school them!
Heh, I can’t help giggling at Kristabella’s comment — we don’t have a basement and, after this crazy winter, I am so over the homeschooling, thing — now, I get to watch kids “asking each other out” and “breaking up” on Facebook.
Unless, my two oldest girls decide to “unfriend” me and my son is probably the only 5th grader without an account…yo!
I have a 6th grader who is ‘going out’ with the same boy she ‘went out’ with last year in 5th grade for a month or two – luckily, or unluckily, he lives on our street, so we know him. So far the ‘going out’ status means nothing really – from what I am gathering in my hopefully non-nosey-mom questions. I was told that there was a discussion regarding kissing and it was later relayed to me that they believed they were too young after they discussed it further. OMG – kissing?? She has gotten some really cute jewelry from him, though. Oh, yeah, here we go…
Heh. This one takes me back to my school bus romance circa 1977. He brought me 3 dozen pink carnations on the bus and my friends never let me forget it (read ridicule…they were not roses but I didn’t care) The meaning of the shear volume of that bouquet really worried my mom. When we “went out” my parents (BOTH of them) took us to see Close Encounters and sat in the row behind us.
She’ll be breaking a lot of hearts! At just 10 as well!
My daughter just had her 13th birthday, and thank god, the boys at her school are still “gross.” For now, her heart belongs to David Tennant (and Patrick Stewart, FTW!), and I can live with that just fine.
oh, dear…maybe it’s better not to know when you remember yourself at that age…but then being a mother sort-of requires you to insist on knowing?
i was rather taken aback when the mother of a girl in my 7-year-old son’s (SEVEN!) class introduced herself at a class party as the “mother of the girl in love with my son” WHAT? He’s seven (7!) and why didn’t he say anything…the teacher admitted it, too…?
i don’t like being the last to know…maybe i will lock him in the basement and homeschool…yikes!
very cute!
I totally remember those days and yet I get so annoyed with my students for paying attention to each other rather than on their work. I am a lame teacher
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I can’t wait to hear about the new guy. I am looking forward to many years of good stories!
I have two girls and I am petrified to let them out of the house ever! My 4 year old is ALREADY boy crazy. She “proposed” to one of her “boyfriends” with a Chuck E Cheese ring a few months ago. It was crazy adorable, but also reminded me of myself!! Flashbacks!! School is always hard like that. I remember 5th grade, I had a few “boyfriends” in grade school and you’re right…we changed boyfriends more than we changed our clothes!