Punks in Ontario Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Has this been discussed all ready and I missed it? My guys are super quiet about these things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soror Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Well, as I said in my other thread ds 9.5 shows no interest at all. He likes girls ok but he thinks of them as friends, just the same as other boys. He does realize that others like girls but he doesn't appear to be even close to having those feelings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My3girls Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 My dss kind of played the boyfriend girlfriend game starting at about 12/13, but started really liking girls (hormonally obsessed) about 14/15. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alte Veste Academy Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 (edited) nm Edited February 20, 2017 by Alte Veste Academy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 My boys have no romantic interests yet. They have many girls who are friends (and boys... not making any assumptions here yet). But they're only 9 yo and a few of their peers have gotten very interested in girls... in a cute, shy, awkward, age appropriate way. But it's funny how kids have different ages for it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishMum Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 My 14 year old son... none, but my 12 year old boy is starting to notice girls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trilliums Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 My 15 yo and 16 yo have shown zero romantic interests in girls...or boys for that matter! I seriously wonder sometimes if they are asexual. DH was a late bloomer though and he assures me we will one day have grandchildren. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsabelC Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 True asexuality is apparently quite rare. Later bloomers would be far more likely, I'd think. With all the concerns people have about kids growing up soon and/or developing "early", it's easy to forget that there is a wide range of "normal" for this kind of stuff. There are probably quite a few young people who don't have a huge amount of romantic (or sexual) feelings until their later teens. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 There are probably quite a few young people who don't have a huge amount of romantic (or sexual) feelings until their later teens. And still more who decline to announce the news to Mom and Dad, I daresay. I honestly never remember telling my parents about any boy when I was young. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsabelC Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 True! But don't the parents notice when kids suddenly turn boy/girl mad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jar7709 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 My 9 yo shows no interest yet, other than sort of an academic interest in romantic storylines. I will say that a couple of his friends his age already seem to be sweet on his little sister, though! But it's all still in a very innocent, "she's neat" kind of way. She's thus far oblivious other than she knows she likes to play with them, because they have the same kind of physical, imaginative play she prefers and that seems to be thin on the ground among girls her age. It's all still very cute to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 True! But don't the parents notice when kids suddenly turn boy/girl mad? I have no idea what my parents noticed. Maybe they pretended not to notice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madteaparty Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Well, as I said in my other thread ds 9.5 shows no interest at all. He likes girls ok but he thinks of them as friends, just the same as other boys. He does realize that others like girls but he doesn't appear to be even close to having those feelings. Exactly where my almost 10 year old is. The ONLY thing I've noticed is that he has started to express a mild interest in what he wears. But this is mild. His 2 year old sister is much more vocal on the topic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsabelC Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 I have no idea what my parents noticed. Maybe they pretended not to notice? They probably did their worrying and/or laughing about it while you weren't there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quark Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 True! But don't the parents notice when kids suddenly turn boy/girl mad? I think it depends on parenting style. I was very good at hiding it. :D 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica_in_Switzerland Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 At Valentine's, my 7 yo son wanted to know if I was going to buy him chocolates. I explained that usually only married people or a boy/girl who liked each other and were thinking of getting married (how to explain dating to a 7 year old?) would buy a Valentine's Day gift. Then I launched into a speech about how some day, maybe when he was 12 or 13, he might start to think a particular girl was pretty, or want to spend more time with a particular girl, and that a few years after that, he might even think it might be nice to kiss a girl or hold hands, or think about marrying a girl. He looked at me and said, "I can already think of several girls I'd be willing to marry." LOL!!! I later got him to reveal the name of one such girl, and when I see him interact with her, it is absolutely innocent. That is, I think he likes her because she's fun to play with, but I don't think his "love" has any physical/sexual dimension to it at all at his age. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Mine were about 13yo before they saw girls as anything different than their male buddies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soror Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 My husband was a late bloomer and ds seems to quit resemble him (in personality and appearance), so I won't be surprised if it will be awhile. I was the first girl dh brought home, although he did date some before. I imagine ds will hold his feelings pretty close though, he is not the type to share a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmtzc2009 Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Ds11 started showing an interest early...around 9yo. DS13 hasn't shown any interest yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2scouts Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 My boys were about 13 when they started to show an interest in girls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaConquest Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 My newly turned 8 year old gave a girl a special Vday gift this year, but she's more a special friend than romantic crush per se. I think the feelings are burgeoning in him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Zombie thread! Creeper who resurrected it has been banned. Just FYI. :zombiechase: SWB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacbeaumont Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 I was wondering what thread this was a spin-off from! Now I know why I couldn't recall the original... Sent from my U9200 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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