It didn't help that my Canadian friend was absolutely gorgeous, but in addition to that unimportant surface characteristic, was polite and considerate, intelligent, and easy to talk to and joke around with. I was very uncomfortable and shy around boys at that age, and that spring it was really nice because I felt at ease to be silly or serious, to talk about what we each thought was important, and were basically the best of friends until youthful impatience and immaturity took over. I plan on telling my own kids to be content being friends for as long as you can--builds a more solid foundation that way.
I think the reason why we didn't hear objections from our parents was that his parents in particular had crushes on each other from the time they were 12. The major difference they did not consider was that they just saw eachother at various events and "made cow eyes" at eachother. And that was the extent of it until they were about 17.
His sister married my brother, and they have three little kids. So, at least someone benefited.
Ciela
I think the reason why we didn't hear objections from our parents was that his parents in particular had crushes on each other from the time they were 12. The major difference they did not consider was that they just saw eachother at various events and "made cow eyes" at eachother. And that was the extent of it until they were about 17.
His sister married my brother, and they have three little kids. So, at least someone benefited.
Ciela
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