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My sons weren't that much trouble, at least when it came to girls. My older son recently married a girl who is a sweet and smart as she is pretty. He couldn't have done better. My younger son is gorgeous, but shy. My only worry is that when he does meet a girl he likes, he gets very intense very quickly. Still, he's a smart kid. Would it be bragging to mention that he has an internship with Google this summer?
Internship at Google - how cool. My boys are 17 and 15. The 17 yo has his own agenda and girls aren't on it at this moment (thank God)
The 15 yo is being a casenova...gosh...he doesn't need a girlfriend...I keep telling him too much drama. He is a smart kid though, I trust him....but no girlfriend until 16. But it is the girls calling our house to talk to my boys. I ask who they are, if they can't tell me I don't let the talk with the boys. I know the 15 yo friends girls and boys, I know the 17 yo's friends (but mostly all boys). I had a girl call oldest boy and hang up on me cuz I would not let her talk to son until she told me who she was (I was asking politely). My phone....I pay the bills...you talk to me first. Had caller ID, I called back and got her daddy...talked with him. She later called and apologized to me.
I also agree that the internship is very cool. My thought is if you can't brag a little about your kids who will?
I got a good laugh at the girl having to call you back, and apologize. What is up with not explaining who you are? That seems like basic phone etiquette. At least her father explained it to her. There were some years when my DD had herself a posse of boys. I was okay with it because she was always telling me about the different boys girlfriends, and girls that they all liked. With homeschooling I was with the kids so much of time that there wasn't much I wasn't aware of.
One of the most awkward moments is when the mother of 2 of the boys, pulled me aside and told me to tell my daughter to stop flirting with her innocent little boys. Both of the boys had girlfriends at school, and I know that my daughter was only interested in these to boys as friends. I will say that one of my daughters friends was a different matter. She was looking to get married just as soon as she graduated from high school, and either one of these boys would have worked. There just so much said for knowing what is going on, and listening to what the other parents are saying, about what they are also seeing going on. All it took is a couple of parents talking to each other to know for sure that the stories we were being told by the kids meshed with what we thought was going on. I still often wonder if things went well for that other family. I just know that it didn't seem to matter what I knew was going on at the time. She wouldn't let me even say that I understood her concern. I don't think I would have let on to all of what I knew was going on though. Some parents seem to prefer not knowing.
We move away shortly after that. I could have told her that was possibly going to happen, if she had given me a moment to tell her. I still miss having all the kids hang out at our house while they watched Mystery Science Theater 3000. I felt fairly sure that DD wasn't going to get away with anything, with her little (6'2") brother in the room. From the stories they tell now I still am fairly sure I didn't miss very much. Most of these boys grossed her out on a physical level, but that girl did love bossing them around, and mucking with their brains. It wasn't that hard at that age. It gave her some experience with men when the time came. (That is the best spin that I can put on it, to this day.)
I have a few more stories that still make me shake my head, but I think that the biggest thing for a parent is being in-charge, and being fair with your exceptions.
PS congratulations on your first eggs. Way to go Hannah!
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