Puberty vs. Pregnancy

I have a whole new respect for my step-mother who was pregnant with her second baby when I was an out of control raging hormone at 17. Being pregnant with a child going through puberty in the house is NOT easy. The ATTITUDE, the whining, complaining, the volatile mood swings, the acne, the emotional outburts, the over dramatizing every little thing... that is puberty. Add sore boobs and wine withdrawals and you have me! Multiply by two and you'll wonder how Ehee has managed to stay sane these past few months...of course, maybe that explains his new scotch habit. (I am joking of course)

My 13 year old started 8th grade on Monday. It is now Wednesday and we are already having issues. "What kind of issues?" you ask.... GIRL ISSUES. Now, I must say that girls have gotten T in trouble since day one. When he was in kindergarten, he was in love with a fourth grader. It broke his little heart when she had a "boyfriend" who was her own age. When he was six, he was supposed to go to his friend/neighbor Ricky's house, but instead, took off on his bike four blocks away to a girl's house just so he could ride by it. And so it began.

The thing that worries me is that T is not they type of kid who has girls chasing him while he plays it cool... No. It is completely the opposite. T is a stalker. No, he doesn't do drive by's or boil bunnies, but he's not far off. He THROWS himself at these girls. I actually read a text message where he told a girl she was only the fourth girl he said "I love you" to. I am 32 years old and I don't think I've told four people I love them!! He kisses their little 13 year old behinds, and will bend over backwards for them all while literally begging to "git wit' dem". And they say boys can't multi-task! I have offered him advice, telling him that most girls want boys to ignore them, or tease them; but he doesn't listen and I should probably be glad he doesn't. Otherwise he would actually GET girls to go out with him and that would just cause more trouble. Instead, he has girls tell him things like "if you grow five inches I'll consider going out with you", or he gets stuck in the whole "you're my bestest buddy" trap. I guess I should just be thankful that he has zero game and the potential for girlfriends goes down each passing year as he becomes a bigger and bigger kiss a$$. I really hope he keeps his nice guy status and is everyone's friend because if I think we have problems now, I can't imagine how bad it would be if he got an actual girlfriend that didn't break up with him the next day at lunch because she is more interested in the kid who already has a full beard and a juvy record.

I guess I should just be thankful that he gets so excited when he gets to kiss a girl on the cheek in front of her friends at school (our issue this week because another boy saw and wanted to fight him over it). And I, as a proper mother, will really try to stop asking him which cheeks he got to kiss...