Interesting update

[PrincessFiona]

In light of my own mini-meltdown about my daughter yesterday, she came home from school visibly upset and so we opened up all of her valentine's cards and started talking. It turns out, two boys in her class had pronounced their love for her about 10 days ago and were fighting over who got to marry her. She was very upset about this because she says she doesn't want to marry either one of them and hasn't known what to do . When I told her that she didn't have to marry either of them and that she had a long, long time to go before she had to even think about that the worry and upset literally looked like they were lifted right off of her shoulders.

Then she also admitted that after the conference and the trouble she got into for holding up a sign that said "I'm NOT listening" while her teacher was talking, she felt so sorry that she held up a sign that said "I AM listening" two days later and that her teacher thought she was making fun of him and has been mad at her. She told me her teacher thinks she is rude and she doesn't know what to do.

She was so happy after unloading that she didn't sass once the rest of the day and she actually helped me clean the kitchen and take care of the baby. Interestingly, the super-sassing coincides with the teacher conference and the boy's proclomation of their love for her. I wonder if she deals with her stress by getting ....sassy.

[migirl]

Re: Interesting update

It turns out, two boys in her class had pronounced their love for her about 10 days ago and were fighting over who got to marry her. She was very upset about this because she says she doesn't want to marry either one of them and hasn't known what to do .

This cracks me up! Too funny!

I am glad that you two had some good moments together, you'll have to file this little memory away for the next time she makes you want to rip your hair out.

That is funny.

Perhaps this bodes well for the teenage years?

Upset in her love life, makes confessions?

[SueC]

I'm glad to hear you guys were able to click yesterday. Maybe she could write her teacher a little note to let him know that she wasn't making fun of him. I can't imagine what the teenage years will hold, I can already see the emotions running high with my girls at the ages of 3 and 5.
That is too funny, btw that she was so fraught with worry about the boys wanting to marry her!

[mommax3]

Poor Amanda, carrying all of that around in her little head. I can remember doing stuff like that as a kid. I hope you feel better about yourself now that you know what was setting her off.....and that she came to you for help with it, finally. to both of you.

Sally

[PrincessFiona]

At first I didn't even realize how much it bothered her because it seemed obvious to me that she doesn't have to marry either of them or make a choice. Apparently there was added stress for her because of the fact that yesterday was valentine's day. This exlains her flippant attitude about filling out her valentine's cards as well as the argument that we had about not giving all of the kids in her class a card. She got really unfriendly and was saying she wasn't going to give certain people cards...turns out she didn't want to give one to either boy or to the girls who were spreading around the "Amanda and X...sitting in a tree" information.

It all makes sense now.