So big kid's first "real" 6th grade "relationship" has crashed and burned. It lasted about 3 weeks-which was a week longer than I figured it to anyway. I learned about the break-up the same way I learned about his "relationship" status-via Facebook. Do you know what a shocker it is to be in your bathrobe-pre 6 AM-taking your first sip of moring brew when this news slams through your fuzzy morning fugue??? Trust me-you're gonna have a coffee burn and a carpet spill to clean afterwards.
I'd like to say that big kid handled the break-up news gallantly. But he didn't. He was Pissed. And Indignant. So much so that he posted "The Truth" on Facebook so all his friends would know that A- was a liar and a cheat. Let's just say that when he stumbled down the stairs in his boxers in search of cereal-he and I had to have a lil chat about relationship "truths." Big kid was very skeptical about this whole idea of protecting girls' reputations in spite of their bad behavior. But true to his Puritan nature, forgiveness and common decency won out and big kid deleted the posting-without my having to demand it. Still-seeing A's mother at the neighborhood event-Awkward.
So just as I was beginning to relax after dodging the first "relationship break-up" bullet, I learned-via Facebook-that big kid is in another "relationship"... this time with the daughter of the chemistry teacher at my school. Oh, lord... Facebook is gonna be the end of me.
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