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9 year old broke up with boyfriend

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lizajayne · 19/06/2022 17:33

Rd age 9 has had a 'boyfriend's age 19 since they were in year 2 and year 3, usual stuff of kids playing at boyfriend and girlfriend when really just good friends, he has missed her o the cheek but that's it, he has has had other 'girlfriends ' at the same time and she either didn't like it or said they were just friends but they always made up. A few days ago he was dancing with a mutual friend of theirs and said ' I'm definitely not cheating' in a jokey way, she wasn't happy and broke up with him the next day. Today he came round with his mum to give her a card but she didn't want to speak to him and ripped the card up and threw out the window. Don't think the mum was very happy, but I feel like I can't force them to be friends, it's her choice after all? He was also saying to her the other day that he was going to make her jealous by 'dating' other girls. He'll be going to a different senior school to her anyway next year so it was always going to end somehow. But now I feel like the bad guy for not making them make up?!

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FixItUpChappie · 19/06/2022 22:34

Surely kids are not even in the "pre-teen" category at 9yrs old? I would not have encouraged any of this

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worriedaboutmoney2022 · 19/06/2022 22:45

This all sounds way too intense at 9!! I can't believe you've let this happen they are only little far too young for all this nonsense there's years to come for all this

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WafflesOrIceCream · 19/06/2022 23:14

Wow!!What nonsense!

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DuarPorte · 21/06/2022 11:25

😂

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