Time for girl talk

So the moment of parenthood that I was dreading most of all came about yesterday evening 🥺 My daughter decided she needed a heart-to-heart talk about Will, a boy in the year above her at school whom she has managed to name-check in every other sentence she has uttered in the past fortnight 🙄

I'm recovering from flu, so wasn't in the most receptive frame of mind. My wife, who has been delegated all the tricky biological stuff, was working her shift 😭

I know next to nothing about teenage boys 🤷‍♀️ I have seen Will from a distance. He looks a nice enough lad, but is clearly the centre of attention with the in crowd, which worries me a little.

My girl wants to go cycling with him on Saturday, which is absolutely fine. But she is only 13 and really does not need any more distractions in her life, least of all being associated with one of the most popular boys at school. I must tread carefully and not interfere unduly as that could be counter-productive.

Our girl talk was mercifully short and came to a swift conclusion when I suggested a Rubiks cube might be a nice present for his 15th birthday 🤣

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SatanBurger · 36-40, F

I think some of the apprehensiveness is just from the fact you don't know the boy and there's lots of unknowns there. Same thing in adulthood tho, you don't want your daughter getting hurt by some dude, you kind of want her first crush to be decent. I kinda think that's more the issue here rather than her wanting to cycle because cycling seems like a nice activity to do rather than drinking.

That's just my thoughts, for me it would just be more for the fact that I don't know this other person very well and it's all about trust.

SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

@SatanBurger Part of my apprehension is that I know very little about teenage boys other than my two nephews. I went to a girls school, have only ever dated one girl, and I am largely clueless 🙂 I am confident that she can hold her own, but this is new territory for me.

SatanBurger · 36-40, F

@SunshineGirl I get it, she's getting to that age where she'll start having crushes and you're just not ready for it. I wouldn't know how teenage boys really are either because their brains are just developing so yeah I'd be wary too.

SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

@SatanBurger It's not the boys' fault, but they are very unpredictable at that age.