So Charlie has a new fiancee...
Last year, he decided he was going to marry Lily, who was in his class. She is the cutest little Japanese girl I have ever seen in my life (and Japanese girls tend to be cute!). So for almost a year, he was pretty clear on the fact that he and Lily would get married, and have 6 kids. Two older ones, that I would help to look after, and then four younger ones, that the older ones would help to look after. Life seemed pretty simple and well-planned.
And then Rebecca moved here. Initially, they were fast friends. Best friends. She is a girl who can play with cars. They have sleepovers. They are thisclose.
About a month ago, Rebecca told her parents she was going to marry Charlie when she grew up. They, knowing Charlie's devotion to Lily, mentioned to her that they thought Charlie might be marrying Lily when he grew up. Rebecca's response: "Well, he might change his mind by the time we grow up." Wise girl.
And within a week, Charlie was telling me he was going to marry Rebecca. Smart girl. Don't know what she did, but it worked!
BUT. Here's the thing. He didn't handle Lily very well. I know, I know, they are only 4, but he managed to act like any adult guy in this situation. What did he do, you ask? He completely blanked Lily. She would be hanging out by the bus stop, and he would run past her, shouting,"Rebecca! Rebecca!" I was mortified. For Lily, but also that my own son would act like that. I had to have a chat with him about being nice, and thinking about other people's feelings. This is really the first time I've had to have this kind of chat, because he's usually a very empathetic kind of kid. "Gentle" is how another friend (with two boys) describes him.
And then. Last week, Charlie told me Rebecca didn't want to marry him anymore; she wanted him to marry Lily. The reason: she had decided to marry Jamie. She is going to go far, I tell you. She managed to 'break up' with Charlie without him even realising she broke up with him!
And two days later (my head is now spinning), Charlie told me he was, actually, going to marry Rebecca. She had changed her mind again.
This morning, the truth came out. Apparently Jamie, having been told by Rebecca that she was going to marry him, kept kissing her. "He kept kissin' her, and it was 'noyin' her. She doesn't want to be kissed until her weddin' day. [!!!!] I'm the only one who won't kiss her til our weddin' day."
Good girl!
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