Overheard as I walked down my block, passing two girls who could not have been more than 14 years old, as they discussed the possible age of some poor boy they have a crush on. In all seriousness, Girl # 1 says to the other:
"Omg, could you imagine if you were, like, in love with a twelve year old?"
Omg,I know, like, the HORROR of it all. What could be more soul-numbingly awful than to discover you are in LUV with an eighth grader when you've already advanced to the ripe maturity of the ninth grade? It just smacks of Romeo-and-Juliet-style forbidden passion.
Or maybe not, judging by the way Girl #2 responded:
"Ew."
I love the way middle school and high school emotions are so casually discarded.I really do. I mean,it's sort of tragic to live through, but when your hormones have flattened out and you have the benefit of hindsight, that time of life is pretty glorious. You can kill all your crushes, flick away all your emotions, change your entire opinion, with a simple, "Ew." There's a reason that period is short-lived (can you imagine, if i like, did that to Joshua? EW), but I think it's good while it lasts. Personally, I took my 13 year old relationships way too seriously and the only thing it got me was grounded for a whole summer (for sitting in a tree! K-I-S-S-I-N-G!)
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3 comments:
ah, young love/anxiety/immaturity. it makes me wonder how on earth i'll cope if i ever have a teenager of my own. oy!
I have two teens and it is like living it all over again. If I hear about the 9th grade boy who dissed my sophomore girl one more time I'm going to yank my hair out. And if I hear about how Shaniece can't committ to my 13 year old son I may feel the urge to flush my head in the toilet a few dozen times. ;-)
Greetings from another New Englander living in Chicago! Found you on the NaBloPoMo Randomizer.
Love that story! The "Ew" was right on - sometimes just an "Ew" from a friend was enough to change opinions about anything from boys to hairstyles.
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