Teenage DS in love/GCSE Revision

[MrsDembaBa]

DS is 16 and has his first gf. They are besotted with each other. She is lovely and I thoroughly approve. She is a good influence on him.

However, it is all getting just too much. They are together all day at school. They spend most of the weekend together. When they are not together they are texting or skyping non-stop. They are both ignoring their friends. Now they are starting to go round to each other's houses straight after school and are planning to do all their GCSE revision together. I think he should be revising on his own without any gadgets or distractions.

It's all completely out of proportion. Have tried to talk to him and he just can't see what the problem is. He thinks I am 'pathetic and out of touch'.

Help!

PS this isn't about sex, we have had a very frank talk about that!

Oh this could of been me writing this in May, DD 16 first boyfriend also 16 fell "in love", just before the start of their GCSE's, they actually made a deal with each other to not facebook/talk for a few hours the night before one had a GCSE, they spent a lot of their free time on non exam days together, tbh, I was worried that they would not do any revising and all and completely flunk their exams.................anyway long story short, dd got all her predicted grades, boyfriend did too, he has now started an engineering apprenticeship, she is in 6th form college doing her A levels, they are still together and it's all worked out ok, so I guess what I;m trying to say is, try not to panic too much, let them revise together but perhaps suggest the evening before thing.

Um... This could have been me 30-odd years ago! I discovered love (and sex) in my O' level year. It's very heady and I was completely besotted. There was no technology then of course, so when we were apart we had very little contact... But I still spent a lot of revision hours dreaming!
I underachieved... Then got my act together, and went on to get a good degree, and teach and research in three good unis...
So don't panic! And negotiate about times and gadgets, so that he gets some of what he wants, but you get some of what you think he needs! :)