It’s Friday night and the girl child said she doesn’t want to skate, as usual, tonight because “all of the drama”. Everyone including most of her best friends will be there but you know, part of growing up is beings tire enough to take a break from it all (all the drama)
The conversation ended up as a study on Middle School boys.
According to my 13 year old expert boys are clueless.
I told her to give the boys a break because they’re so confused by their feelings and the scary mysterious creatures called GIRLS that they don’t know how to react.
Yesterday they knew they liked video games and trucks and Slurpees. They knew why they liked those things. Life was easy. Then they started to like girls and they didn’t know why.
Girls were a complete mystery. Girls they’d know since kindergarten suddenly were tall with breasts and long blonde hair (the kind a guy wants to touch). Girls are smart and they travel in packs. A boy thinks “I know why I love Slurpees but I don’t know why I like girls”.
Then the girl child speaks of skinny arms, cracking voices and general clueless behavior.
According to the expert boys like the wrong girls, they are clueless and a few are actually cute. There is hope. High School will be better.
She rolls her eyes at her girl crazy older brother the romantic. Yes, there will be a string of broken hearts – even for the Vampire boys.
Happy Friday,
Juliette aka Vampire Maman
Vampire Maman 
Aahhh ! Brings back memories of my thoughts on girls when I was in the 7th/8th, especially 8th grade. Girls went from repugnant, quarrlesome creatures to attractive, almost overnight, and I couldn’t understand why. Also, as you wrote, about that time voice was changing, grew a few inches, muscles started forming, and I was a clumsy, physical, emotional wreck, but I did like girls – wasn’t sure why just yet – but I liked them. And as you said – hearts were broken (often) on both sides of the fence back ten, but we all survived and finally figured it out. Great post, Juliette. Thanks for the memories (wasn’t that a song?)
Paul
My daughter is 11 and the average relationship in 6th grade lasts 2 hours all of it taking place via text message. She fills me in on all the drama and when I asked her is she’s “dating” anyone, she said, “No, I’m just going to stick with my cats.” (we don’t have any cats but she’s a very funny kid…)