I'll try and keep this short.
My DS (11) is in yr 6 of primary. One of his close friends has had on/off girlfriend/boyfriend status with a girl for the last few years. They are not currently boyfriend/girlfriend.
Today, my DS has come home and told me he has a new girlfriend, and it's his friends 'ex'. This has caused major classroom drama, with some members of the class messaging quite mean things to him, and they've now deleted him from the class chat- he's been told no one wants him there or likes him anymore.
This gets slightly more complicated, as his close friends parents are my DPs best friends. DP thinks I need to effectively tell DS to break up with this girl because it has upset the friend. I've spoken to him already about choosing friends over girls, but ultimately I can't force him to do anything. From my experience, they'll be broken up within a week!
I feel quite pathetic posting this, but I can sense some tension in the upcoming weeks from the parents and DP if it doesn't resolve itself and would like some outside perspective