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Seems your young man has himself a fanclub

Once again BK, grand to have you back, and glad to see that all (eventually) went well, keep well and look forward to catching you on here in the wee small hours again

Hurrah!

Cheers again all for the nice welcome back messages, and yes the lad seems to have done well on here, he has even surprised me, hes not like that all the time at home though, but is a good lad with a caring heart, cant ask more than that really

We all have our flaws, don't we ? My lads are good lads- most of the time They are trying to find their way now, but I wouldn't want to be without them - although I will have to, in a couple of years

Well, he's certainly given me hope. My is 12, and has always been an absolute , I've been bracing myself for a change in him during the teens years, (y'know, like that Harry Enfield sketch when Kevin turns Teenmonster overnight) I figure, even if he does inevitably have his 'moments', there'll be enough of 'the good stuff' there to see him through, otherwise it's off to the orphanage til he's turned 18

It's great to see you back BK.

ahh, orphanage, wheres the phone book.....

I thought he would be trouble when 13 years hit home, but he isnt, yet with my 18 year girl it all starts again, can never work out whats worse 14 year old boys getting spots or 18 year old girls not having boyfriends, what a bloody nightmare

Aaah, now, 'the 'girlfriend' thing I believe I have covered. I've simply explained to him that as this is a small flat, there's no room for me to hide the bodies, therefore he needs to ensure he chooses carefully!

...and not until he's at least 35!

My seventeen year old boy hasn't any girl friend, and I've lost count of the number of gfs my 14 year old had

The amount of phone calls Badboy gets here from girls at school is crazy, then the door knocks and other girls are there wanting him to come out, yet Steph gets no phone calls at all and gets upset over it, he only friend is her gay mate, who is living here at the more cause he got kicked out of his own home

Aaaw, that's a toughie, poor honey. Still, I'm sure all that will change sooner than you'd want it to BK, I can still recall the look on my mum's face with a couple of the specimens that came a calling, most of them didn't get past the doorstep

My 11 year old daughter was talking about something she was going to do at school with this boy called Mark, I said something like "I'm sure he'll love you for that" she said "He doesn't love me" a shade too quickly

*Sigh*

My baby's got her first crush

Altogether now And they call it Puppy Love (Showing my age now )

BK Tell your daughter not to try so hard, love strikes at the oddest of moments and the oddest of people

Ahh, Donny Osmond.... I think she has a crush on her gay mate, to be honest, kinda freaky really

My first 'angst ridden, unrequitted, tear soaked pillow, compelled to write dreadful poetry about' love, was a gay guy. To be fair, he was 16 and still coming to terms with who he was, the upside of this, is that my crush, transcended into an even deeper love, and I had me a soul mate, as did he. Sadly, he died aged 23...can't begin to tell you how grateful I am for those 7 years.

Awwwwww

Uhuh!

Mrs B...., that is sad wow, too young to die, what happened

Hhhmm, well, it's rather involved. It's not very clear, as his family had said that he'd had a massive hear attack. But that didn't make sense at the time, until 6 months later his partner was hospitalised with full blown AIDS. It transpired he had been diagnosed HIV+ 2 years before meeting my friend, but hadn't told him until 6 months before he died. It seems that the cause of his death was in some way related to him having contracted the HIV virus, but it was all kept very quiet as the climate at the time was pretty rife with ignorance.