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 🤣