Alexandra came home from school yesterday with a bunch of wattle. It was actually very pretty, and she set to, tying a beautiful gold ribbon around it.
Alexandra: I think I might give it to Dad. Or maybe Luke... Yes, I'm giving it to Luke.
Me: Hmmm. I think Dad would really love it. Why don't you give it to him? Luke might not really be into wattle...
But no, her mind was made up. This morning, the wattle was arranged into a paper bag she'd made, with 'I Love Luke, sweet' on it.
We were walking home from school this afternoon when she suddenly announced, 'I'm breaking up with Luke.' Apparently, Luke had given her bunch of wattle to girlfriend #3. The tears started. A flood actually. Enough to break a mum's heart.
I couldn't believe that a seven year old girl could feel genuinely enough about the situation to really react like this. I couldn't believe that Luke could do that to her. Actually, I could, I wasn't surprised at all. And although I didn't start at age seven, I could completely understand how she felt... When you give a male who you think is special something important, whether it's an item, or even just small expressions of emotion, to have them treat it with such little regard just breaks your heart. And worse, makes you think twice about doing it again. Until you turn into a hard-hearted old bag... Guys, you have so much to learn about making your own lives easier. (insert rolling eyes here...) And anyway, Luke, I hate to tell you but you're too short for my daughter. She needs someone big, strong and tender.
Now Alexandra is on a mission to get her bunch of wattle back. She reckons if only Luke had told her he didn't want it, she could have given it to Dad. Big, strong, tender Daddy, who loves everything his little girl gives him. I don't like her chances getting the wattle back. But she does have one thing to look forward to: the hope that girlfriend #3 can read the paper bag with the wattle in it. If she can, she'll either figure out that Luke is spreading himself a little thin, or she'll think Luke has tickets on himself. And it may just be enough to make her drop him. Oh dear, Luke...
And oh dear to me. If this is how things are at aged 7, I'm dreading 15...
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