Heartbreak: it’s genetic.
After a long day at EPCOT, we’re waiting for IllumiNations to start. My 5-year old son, Nick, was dancing to the pre-show music. Soon two girls joined him. One really liked his souvenir “light-up-spinny-thing.” The three kids had a blast.
In the crush after the show, Nick was unable to say goodbye. While I’m carrying him on my shoulders back to the exit, my very overtired son starts crying, looks into his “light-up-spinny-thing” and declares “I’ll think of HER every time I see this light!!!”
I realized then that someday some girl is going to break my son’s heart.
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Man, I feel that.
I always wanted love from girls my age, even from a very young age. Specifically love, and I knew this was different from parental love. I wanted to be close to girls and I wanted them to like me. I’ve no idea what caused this, and I don’t know if this is typical or not, but in retrospect it seems quite odd wanting something as a child that you’d normally associate with adulthood, and is only ever obtained in adulthood.
Can’t say I really enjoyed it that much either. Frustrating, for the most part *sigh*
Poor kid – the next times will probably hurt much more.
Ladies man – it takes two for him.
This was wonderful. I can see certain clothes, hear certain songs, or see certain movies that have me thinking of different women and how they broke my heart. I see that in your son’s comment about the “light up spinny thing”.