When my oldest son was in preschool (he's now 8), he showed up at the breakfast table wearing slacks, a dress shirt, and a vest. This was surprising since he never wears anything like that, AND I'd always helped him pick out his clothes.

After asking "What's the special occasion," he hemmed and hawed for a couple of minutes and then finally told me he was going to ask a girl in his preschool for her hand in marriage. It as the cutest thing. This, of course, is one of the best times in the world to keep a straight face. I did.

We picked a few flowers from the garden, and he went to school and asked her. She said yes. They're married, I guess, even though they never kissed or held hands. They just got married.

As a follow-up, now that he is going in the third grade, all girls have cooties and he covers his face every time he sees a kiss on a movie. "Yuck!"

Colin had chronic chapped lips way into Junior High...

Aye, there's nary an animal alive that can outrun a greased scotsman...

I remember talking about who were were going to marry and so on in kidergarten. There were crushes, etc. But we never went beyond third base ...

My kids have "girlfriends" and "boyfriends" out here on the East Coast. I think it is pretty normal.

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