The relationship between my oldest son, 7, and his adorable Girl Next Door, 6, is a source of fascination to me, because from the moment our lovebirds met (aged 2!), their friendship has shown that boy/girl differences really are hardwired into the brain.
I was reminded of this the other day, when they drew these pictures for each other:
Girl Next Door thinks she’s going to marry BB and doesn’t mind that he only talks about trains and ships. This is the birthday card she made for him – how cute are the kisses on the track, the hearts coming out the coal and the word ‘Love’ in the smoke?
Here’s the drawing BB did for her. It had a functional purpose – the hole was so he could hang it on her front door handle like a pizza-delivery menu. The words, in case you can’t read them, say: ‘The Titanic sank 100 years ago’. Talk about girls being from Venus, and boys from Pluto!
Such a amazing story of innocent love. Hope the will get married and their children could see these notes one day. I am really touched.
I really hope they get married too, as she also happens to be my great friend’s daughter! You never know..
HA! This is spot on! Reminds me of one of our early dating years: I got DH a signet ring with his initials engraved on it; he bought me a chamois shirt from LLBean that would keep me warm in case I went hunting with him…
How funny…the gender agenda!