Finn has very strong feelings about love, romance, kisses, girlfriends, and anything remotely sweet. Namely, he hates that stuff. With a passion. One surefire way to send him in a rage is to ask him something as innocent as which girls he likes to play with. He goes nuts.
So imagine my surprise the other night when I mentioned bumping into the mother of one of the girls in his class. Finn casually replied “Oh yeah, she’s at the top of my girlfriend list.”
EXCUSEMEWHAT??????
A “Girlfriend List?” Last week the mere mention of the word “girl” made him fake retch, and now he has a Girlfriend List?
I couldn’t let this slide, so I probed further. I quickly grabbed a notepad and pen and explained that I’d help him write more about this Girlfriend List if he’d supply the details.
The following is Finn’s Girlfriend List. He insisted we put his teachers’ names at the top.The girls in his class are listed, along with either a check mark or x by their name. Those with check marks are suitable girlfriend material. The x girls are not. After their names is an explanation of why they do or do not make the cut.
(Names have been redacted to protect the innocent and the short.)
(No, I don’t know what shape thingys are, either.)
Needless to say, I was thrilled to make the cut.
Please notice his very strong feelings about S. He could not stop talking about how horrible she is. He made fake retching sounds for her. I had to add an asterisk. I was afraid we’d get into footnotes. You know what this means, right? He is TOTALLY IN LOVE WITH HER.
Soooo funny! It’s amazing how fast they change and go through phases. Awesome that he told you all that stuff… you obviously have a great relationship w him.
He’s so in love with her! You might want to go check out your future daughter-in-law!
I’ve approved of her for a couple of years now. She’s a cutie pie.
EXCUSEMEWHAT?! <— so funny! I hate to be the barer of bad news, but it only gets worse. I've grown son to 18 (so far) and have a 7 year old on the climb. I've come to realize that if loathing a 15 year old girl is wrong, I'm okay with being wrong. I sort of feel sorry for the daughter-in-laws to come. But not too sorry.
I already loathe 15 year old girls and they aren’t even dating my sons yet! I’m going to be a horrible mother when they get to high school.
Ahahahahaha! This is so cute! Yes, he totally loves her!
Yeah, if this were the olden days he’d be dipping her braids in the inkwell (yikes, that’s an ancient analogy, even for me!). I love how his reasoning revolves mostly around whether or not they get in trouble or lead lines well. My son had the same attitude, up until last Friday when he very casually announced that he’d told a girl in his class he had a crush on her and she liked him back. WHAT? Of course when he told me who it was, I thought, “Yeah, the way you two run around on the playground together telling secrets and starting 2-member clubs, I’m pretty sure your crush was no big secret.” I’m just surprised HE knew about it!
Oh my goodness this is too cute! I love that you wrote it down too. Such a fun memory!
so cute!
and so so true.
Now I’m going to have to go see how old he is. My 5 year old is totally into girls. He has 3 of them and is IN LOVE with Lydia. There is a girl he says he totally hates too. Which was good because she’s a total brat, but now I’m getting worried. Could he possibly love her? I hope she moves!!! Very cute!!
Yep, mine is 5!
Very cute post be sure to show him when he is 15. I dont know if I got my stick moved?
Totally needed this funny for the afternoon!
Oh how l loved reading this! My kids are all past this stage- well maybe not. My youngest is in 3rd grade so girls are still for the most part icky and definitely not girlfriend material (although maybe back in kindergarten he would have thought differently!). But I love the reasoning behind his likes especially– they don’t get their stick moved — so they must be good girls!
I found your blog through the blogger comment club- thanks for letting me visit.
This is priceless! I am excited and terrified for my girls to reach this phase of life. I already see my five year old eyeing a boy in class. Scary!