Ronin's First Love

August 28th, 2012

I picked up Ronin from my mom's house after work and as we were driving home, which is a very short drive, he became very serious and started to tear up so I asked him what was wrong and he said, "I'm never gonna have a girlfriend."

Now to go back a little bit, Ronin has liked this one particular girl since he was in the first grade and now he is in the third grade. It's always been this same little girl.

So back in the car I tell him that he will have a girlfriend one day and there was no need to rush. He then told me, "You just don't understand, Mom. Everyone has a girlfriend and I feel like it just gets rubbed in my SINGLE face." I'm trying not to laugh because I know he is truly serious with tears running down his cheeks, but I can't help but think how cute and innocent this is. So I asked him if he ever talked to this girl and he said no. Then I asked if they were friends and he says, "Yes, but we just don't talk. She's shy and I'm shy." He then says, "Mom, she has the 2 C's and 1 S." Of course he peaked my curiosity and I asked him what those stood for. He says, "Cute, Confident, and Smart, and she's the only girl that has those."

By now we are home and we go inside where Ronin has one of those dancing solar flowers. He's asking me what he should do and he was determined to have a girlfriend by the end of the week. I suggested he get her a flower like the dancing one he has. This gets him excited and he wants to go to the store then. I told him we would wait and I would pick him up when I went to town the next day. He then says, "Mom, I met her on a Tuesday so Tuesday is the special day. It can't be any other day." Well Ronin got his flower to take to her and it must have went over well because the next day he asked if he could go on a "lunch date" with her. I told him the only lunch date he could have would be in the cafeteria at school. He seemed pleased with this, but has yet to tell me if he has a girlfriend even though he says they try and sit with each other sometimes....

The saga continues.....