Young Love

Young love. There is nothing like it. Brent has never been shy about the opposite sex. He is partial to older blondes. We have had to have talks about not saying girls are hot because that is not proper. So when Brent developed a crush on a fellow little girl in his first grade class I was not surprised. Her name is Emma and she is a cutie. I had a photo shoot with Emma's younger brothers the other day and I mentioned to Emma's mom about Brent's fondness. The next day I picked up Brent from school and he seemed a little down. When we got home he remained quiet. As we were working on his homework he told me he needed to talk to me. I sat down wondering what our discussion was going to be about. He told me he was upset with me. I asked why and he told me because I told Emma's mom he liked her. I tried to reassure him it was ok, that you should tell someone you like him. There is nothing wrong with liking someone. What he said next blew my mind - "But mom I was waiting until the right time to tell her. I wanted it to be special." Holy #@!? Did  my seven year old son just say that? Well, I had nothing to respond with. Actually I was speechless for a few minutes.  I told him it would be ok and then I simply responded you need to talk to your dad about this so let's start on your math. 

I know total avoidance. I am NOT at all ready to talk to him about courting a girl. This conversation is not supposed to take place for about 30 more years because he doesn't need to date before than. Where is my little boy who wanted to marry his mommy? If you find him please send him home to me!