My 7 year old has his first girlfriend

[kellie92]

Not sure how I feel about this at this age I imagined he would only love mummy. But now I'm mum and he has a girlfriend. He has always been close with his girl we were neighbours when me and her mum were pregnant then they moved to a different street when the kids were babies they went to nursery together and now are in same class at school. By chance we moved recently to the same street so they hang out together all the time. I think its really sweet but feel he is growing up so fast. I want my baby back I'm not ready.

Dd aged 5 has said she's going to marry a boy in her class and he sent her a Christmas card with girlfriend in it.

They're just playing, it doesn't bother me at all, same as I'm not bothered when her and her 3yo sister play mummys and daddys or one of them sticks a doll up their jumper and pretends they're pregnant.

Your bubs your rules hun x

It's just playing. Nothing new or worrying.
I was 'engaged' at primary. This was 40+ years ago.

Very inappropriate. I’d even call it common.

(hoicks pearls)

Hate the outrage about normal human behaviour and childrens perfectly appropriate caring feelings. A boy in reception used to have dreams about marrying dd2. He chose a lovely fairytales book for her birthday present.

Grim

Is this thread for real? Most parents laugh when their kid comes home and announces they have a boyfriend/girlfriend or they were ‘married’ in the playground or whatever but you seem genuinely devastated? No disrespect but how are you going to cope with important** issues that arise in your child’s life if you can’t cope with daft playground banter. I find your reaction very strange.

Is this for real?

My DS had a girl friend when he was seven. He bought her a ring and proposed. She took the ring but had a new boyfriend two days later the fluzy He's now 15 and hasn't had a girlfriend since. He obviously realised I, his mother, am the only woman he needs in his life

Get a grip OP...small kids say stuff like this. They also pretend to wear make up and role play being spies....they're not actually really spies, just incase you think they might be off to MI6.