Me: Mom, the Adolescent Boy has a girlfriend.
My Mom: Just one?
Me: I'm serious! A girlfriend!
My Mom: Now, Kate...
[And that's when I knew she was going to take his side.]
My Mom: Now, Kate, he's almost 13 years old. He's in 7th grade. This is totally normal.
Me: A girlfriend, Mom. A girlfriend!
My Mom: Yes, I remember you saying that.
Me: She calls him! On the phone!
Frankly, my mom wasn't a lot help here. She was just all reasonable and calm and rational when I was needing frantic and overwrought and frenetic.
But you know what? I forgot to tell her something. The girlfriend? Is in the 8th grade.
So then, I called her back and was all but Mom, she's an 8th grader! And she was all oh, well, Kate! You didn't tell me that! Quickly, go take his phone away and begin escorting him from class to class!
Except that last bit only happened in my head, because if I had really called and was all but Mom, she's an 8th grader! She would've been all oh, well, Kate! You didn't tell me that! Quickly, go take his phone away and begin escorting him from class to class!
Except dripping with sarcasm.
She's really no help at all.
18 comments:
Noooooo! I'm howling in agony here because I have a 7th grade boy who is really cute, albeit in a long-haired-rocker-hippie-like way. Which is sure to attract. Now I'm going to have a whole new set of worries.
This isn't his first girlfriend you know. Yesterday he told me he and Katie "aren't going out anymore"
Ah, the teen years. Have fun!
Just FYI, my son didn't have his first girlfriend until he was 16. He is now 20 and STILL HAS HER. This worries me more than you could possibly imagine.
Does he have a phone? And is she sending him photos over that phone? Have I panicked you yet? My daughter's friend has a 7th grade brother - and this 7th grader convinced the 8th grade girls (yes more than one) to put on their bikinis and take photos and send them to his cell. Thank goodness they at least had clothes on...oh I do not miss the middle school years.
I know things sometimes change from generation to generation, but many things stay the same - I had a "boyfriend" in 6th grade whose friend asked if I would 'go with him' and I said 'yes' which meant I would get really mad at any girl who talked to him in the next three days before we 'broke up' via friends who delivered the information.
Deep breaths.
She actually told me P. should date a girl a year older! she believes they are more rational! But P. is not allowed to date till high school/never
Love Vin
Hey, at least you know he has a girlfriend. My 16 year old may or may not have had a date on Friday with one girl and today with a different one. Ugh!
And the fun begins.
Our son is becoming a man. OMG. I will hold a cool compress to your brow if my mother-in-law isn't going to be helpful about this.
my son is 14, and despite being asked out numerous times has yet to have a girlfriend. i'm so glad. he's my baby:)
Just when you've got used to worries related to a child's age, the little *@!\!!*¤ grows up some more and blam, something new to worry about.
I was a smutty 5th grader with a boyfriend.
It'll be okay.
I'm not much help.
I'm leaving now.
That IS big news.
Uh oh! Being a grandmother myself, I usually take the side of my grand kids..........
But it's all relative.......
My mother did the same thing with my kids......
Drove me crazy!!!!!
I recommend this book- "Keeping Parents Out Of Trouble".
MOM (Parent)
You mean to tell me that following him to class isn't an option? WHY?
I still have that book on my shelf, yeah huh.
MAS
I miss you. But mostly I miss my boy. You are the best Aunt Katie. Thanks for taking care of him on his birthday. Give him a hug from his Mama.
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