Middle School Relationships

Today a girl asked me if she could put a whoopie cushion on a guy's seat because "He broke my heart via text message!!!" I mentioned that I didn't even know she was dating this guy. I asked if they had been together long, and she said, "Oh yeah. Like, most of Christmas Break." Christmas break was less than a month ago.

A guy who was listening to our conversation came up behind her and said, "Yeah, my relationships aren't that long. I dated Jenny, but it was kind of short." I said, "Wow, I didn't even know you dated Jenny! How long were you two together?" He responded, "One day. But we broke up three times during that day, so it was a pretty messed up relationship."

While this is going on, another boy in the class calls out, "Look, Mrs. Webb! My gummy bears are making out!!" He was smashing two gummy bears together as if he were trying to fuse them into one big gummy bear. I told him that making gummy bears make out during class is inappropriate, and that he either needed to eat the gummy bears or throw them away. He promptly ate them, saying, "But you can't stop them from making out in my stomach!!! They have NEEDS!!"

Oh. my. goodness.

If you ever feel like your relationship is the tiniest bit dysfunctional, go talk to some middle schoolers about relationships. I promise you that you will feel better.

And, by the way, in response to the girl with the whoopie cushion, I obviously told her to go ahead and go for it. Girl power. :-)