Strawberry's Crush

Strawberry came home from school yesterday saying that it had almost been the worst day ever, but turned out to be a really awesome day.  She has a crush on the boy sitting next to her and yesterday, he told her that he really liked her.  She asked him "you mean, like you have a crush on me?" He said yes and that made her very very happy.  So then she told him that she had a crush on him too and that made him happy.  But then she decided to tell him about all the boys she had previously had crushes on at all her other schools, so he said he didn't want to be friends with her anymore.  She was confused and upset, but talked to him later and he decided that they could still be friends because he really liked her.  He asked her to be his girlfriend and she said she couldn't because her mom said she had to wait until she was 16 and they definitely couldn't kiss, but they could be friends.  He also agreed there should be no kissing.  

She was beaming when she told me about it because he is the first boy to ever acknowledge he has a crush on her.  She still didn't get why he suddenly decided to not be friends :).   She forgot to make me promise never to tell anyone, and it is such a cute story, I had to share.  I'm such a terrible mom.  :)

Update:  this kid is a player.  Strawberry said that he was doing the "I don't want to be friends anymore" again for no reason, then at the lunch recess she said he did something really bad: he kissed another girl on the lips.  After recess, the boy asked Strawberry if she wanted him to break up with the girl he kissed and Strawberry said no, he shouldn't, but then at the third recess, he did break up with that girl.  Crush over, but she isn't sure who she should have a crush on now.  *Sigh*  Things get complicated the older they get.  I'll just tell her to stay away from boys completely because they are poopheads.  At least she has a couple of guy friends in the neighborhood that she just has fun with.