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Not what this mama wants to hear




My 13 year old went to a youth group party last Saturday. A hayride and bonfire party.  My husband and I both took him, because we had some errands to run after we dropped him off. He was so nervous about all of his friends actually seeing him in the same car with his parents.  Can you imagine the humiliation?  

He actually asked if we could drop him off at the driveway.  Normally we would, but this house had a long gravel driveway, about 1/4 of a mile! So no, we insisted on driving him all the way up to the house.  I could tell he was ready to jump out of the moving car, anything to avoid being seen with us. 

There were quite a few kids already there, and they were in groups, girls with girls and boys with boys.  A group of girls was standing close to where we dropped him off, talking and laughing.  Tanner got out and started walking up towards his friends, and I heard something that made my heart stop.

One of the girls said, “Oh here comes Tanner”.  Now, that might not sound bad, but she said it and giggled.  In a very giggly, girly way. The way you do when you like a boy, or think he’s cute (I know cute is probably not a word they use these days, but I’m out of touch with the correct terminology).  Many, many years ago, I was a teenage girl, and I remember what the giggle means.

What happened to girls thinking boys were gross, and boys thinking girls had cooties?  When did we go from that to giggles?  Oh help me, I am so not ready for this new frontier.  Not at all.

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    Filed Under Family, Fun, My boys | 5 Comments 

    5 Responses to “Not what this mama wants to hear”

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        Nanny on October 28th, 2008 6:29 pm

        Ah that is nice though, atleast they weren’t grumpy about him showing up :)

        So did you get the gossip on the party when he returned home? I love talking to my 12 yr nanny charge who is a boy, he tells me all the gossip/drama for the 6th grade :)

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        Mrs. G. on October 29th, 2008 12:42 am

        I teach teenagers. The girls still say “cute”

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        Sheri on October 29th, 2008 8:11 am

        Mrs. G, it’s good to know that somethings are still the same.

        Nanny, I never get any good gossip! He won’t tell me anything, darn it.

        Corey, I know, I can’t imagine it either. That’s why I’m having a hard time with it,lol.

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        angela michelle on October 30th, 2008 3:18 pm

        recently i was at target w my 13yo and i saw some girls rubberneck to check him out. man was that a weird moment.

        also, i think the word these days is “hot,” which i really dislike. cute is so much….cuter.