To think that 10 years old is to young for boyfriends?

[Aveeno2017]

I was talking to a Mum friend and she was explaining that her daughter had fallen out with her bestfriend because she had taken her boyfriend out and not asked her best friend to go. The Mum had said that her 10 year olds boyfriend out because he had bought her a nice present. Now I get playground romances but the way the mum was talking it sounded like they were teenagers. Aibu to think that 10 years old is far to young for boyfriends and dates?

YANBU. Surely they are a friend who is a boy. Do parents have to encourage this shit?

Any play date with a boy friend wouldn’t raise any eyebrows in my circle at that age, but any mention of ‘boyfriends’ in the romantic sense would get shut down quick smart!

Yes. 10 years old is too young for boyfriends and dates. YANBU.

Apparently is does go on in ds2's class. Quite a few of his friends have a girlfriend.
On his football team( which all go to 4 or 5 different schools) a few do too.
I don't think it's that rare these days. For some unknown reason, it's become more .... fashionable? Seems silly to me, as such a young age.

But children areGrowing up earlier/faster. with all these phones, Xbox, girls periods happening at primary, etc. and I think this is just another sign of it.

I find it quite uncomfortable. My daughter has shown me some videos on social media and they are declaring how much the love each other and are in a relationship!!

Some kids in DS’s (year 5) class seem to take relationships quite seriously. His best friend in particular is always talking about which girl he loves/has broken up with. DS has zero interest whatsoever. I think it’s the parents responsibility to make sure it’s kept light hearted. They’ve got plenty of time for all this nonsense when they hit their teens.

I don't think it's new - I'm 31 and remember lots of my friends "going out" with boys in primary school - even on dates to pizza hut and a few first kisses. I do think it's too young though.

I remember having a first kiss in primary school, I felt sick afterwards! It just seems far to intense at 10 years old.

Sounds like it's something for the parents' benefit than the kids.
I remember at that age being a bit envious of what looked like a "golden couple " (in the 70s). But that was through the prism of being a 10 year old in the mid seventies.
It's foolish to think kids don't notice the whole boyfriend/girlfriend thing but escalating it to post pubescent status on social media is frankly, a bit pathetic.

I had a "boyfriend" in year 6 - had my first kiss then too! This was in the late nineties.

I think it's always happened - not really a problem so long as it's supervised properly by the parents imo. It never went any further than a kiss until I was 14 (and didn't turn into sex until 17) and it was all with the same boy!