# So a girl told my 12 year old son she loves him today. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 24, 2013, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-girl-told-my-12-year-old-son-she-loves-him-today/669556 "2013-09-24T01:05:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![carlotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-girl-told-my-12-year-old-son-she-loves-him-today/669556/1 "2013-09-24T01:05:41Z")
I think my middle son is becoming that rare person for whom middle school is a positive experience. It’s odd to observe from this perspective. I’ve always been jealous and envious of people who are born attractive and liked by all. For the record I think my son is liked by all for his amazingly sweet and accepting personality, at least mostly. Attractive doesn’t hurt though. This year he decided to let his hair grow and it flops perfectly and he looks kind of like an anime character with his enormous blue eyes. He’s already had a lot of girls tell him they love his hair, and today one of them told him she loves him. I asked him what her name was and he said (sweetly), “umm…I forget.” Then I asked what he said. “Well, then lunch was over.” I just had to tell somebody. ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-girl-told-my-12-year-old-son-she-loves-him-today/669556/2 "2013-09-24T01:16:14Z")
Ah young love… Thanks for sharing, it brought me back to those days, oh so long ago. **Capt** ---
**Author:** ![Blackberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-girl-told-my-12-year-old-son-she-loves-him-today/669556/3 "2013-09-24T02:05:05Z")
Now they must get married. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-girl-told-my-12-year-old-son-she-loves-him-today/669556/4 "2013-09-24T02:36:04Z")
Awww. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-girl-told-my-12-year-old-son-she-loves-him-today/669556/5 "2013-09-24T02:41:31Z")
And so the craziness begins… poor guy. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-girl-told-my-12-year-old-son-she-loves-him-today/669556/6 "2013-09-24T07:35:44Z")
Buy condoms, and teach him how to use them. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-girl-told-my-12-year-old-son-she-loves-him-today/669556/7 "2013-09-24T08:49:44Z")
Make sure that girl wasnt a teacher. ---
**Author:** ![carlotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-girl-told-my-12-year-old-son-she-loves-him-today/669556/8 "2013-09-24T12:04:02Z")
> [@Blackberry](#): > > Now they must get married. > > 🆒 oh dear, that is the rule isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![LuckyBastid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecae2f/32.png) [@LuckyBastid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LuckyBastid)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-girl-told-my-12-year-old-son-she-loves-him-today/669556/9 "2013-09-24T12:39:36Z")
That’s great news! Make sure you get her name so you know who to hate if she breaks his heart. My son came home from first grade to tell me that he was married. When I asked about how he knew she was his wife, he said, “She kicked me in the butt three times.” Got it on video and am saving it for his wedding. You May Kick the Bride sounds like a good title to me. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-girl-told-my-12-year-old-son-she-loves-him-today/669556/10 "2013-09-24T12:52:05Z")
My 12 year old daughter told us her friend was coming over to help with homework last week. After working outside I went up to the game room to meet her and here’s this cute little boy sitting on the beanbag chair and my daughter on the couch with this goofy grin on her face I’d never seen before. Okay, it’s officially started. The funny thing, she’s about 5 inches taller than him but that’ll probably change by the time this first boyfriend, you know, hits puberty. Keep the stories coming, **carlotta**. It’s _news_ we parents can _use_. ---
**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-girl-told-my-12-year-old-son-she-loves-him-today/669556/11 "2013-09-24T15:56:51Z")
Upon checking my almost 12 year old son’s phone recently (who has a great personality and is gorgeous too) I found he was trading I love yous with a girl in his class. He has since graduated from that class and now attends a different school than her.