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Q: Hey :B I'm in eighth grade and 14.

Last week, I was at my friend Emily's house and her little brother had his friends over. Amongst them was a 12-year-old boy called Cody in 5th grade. He was really cute, the kind of kid you KNOW will be hot when he gets older ;)

So later that day, he added me on Facebook and has not stopped talking to me since. He goes to my school, and I see him around sometimes but there's no time to stop and talk.
I'm not trying to sound full of myself or anything, but I think that he has a crush on me? Because

- he always starts the conversation first
- at school if he sees me, he smiles and waves
- on Facebook, if I ask him a question, he's always like, "oh, I'll tell you tomorrow if I see you"
- if I don't see him at school one day, he messages me, "i didn't see you today :( "
- he told me that he had been held back a year in kindergarten and how he's supposed to be in sixth grade, and how sixth grade and eighth grade arent really that much of a difference :>
- He asked me to go over to Emily's house again one day so that he could meet me there
- he asked me if I was busy this weekend and if I could go to our school baseball game to watch him play
- if there's an awkward pause in the conversation, he's the one who goes , "soo, whats up?" come on talk!"

It's really cute and sweet and all. I think I may be starting to like him as well:/ I'm always thinking about him, the song that he told me was his favorite soon became my favorite, and I'm online more often in hopes that he'll come online :P

But it's just wierd dating a kid like, three grades down and I just, I dont know. I'm confused:/ What should I do from here?
Dear "he's two years younger, he likes me, what should I do?"

I have to admit, when I first read your question; I couldn't help but smile because this is a classic case of a 12 year old boy crushing on an older girl. Happens all the time!

There are several issues here but one of the main ones you need to focus on is, you start high school after summer right? Well the 9th grade. You need to look at it from that perspective. While your starting your young adult life and braving the chapters of high school. Your boy crush will be starting his pre-teen life in middle school.

It isn't so wrong that your crushing on this kid, after all he sounds like a total heartbreaker but let's take a look at something current; How many grown women wish they could be with Justin Bieber? The answer, TOO MANY! LOL So it's not so uncommon for an older girl to crush on a younger boy.

BUT you said it yourself "it's just weird dating a KID" and "KID" is the key word here. My advice to you is to not take it to that next step until he is at least in high school with you. That's a long time from now right? Which is exactly why you shouldn't go for him. Your branching into a whole new level of life. After school activities, new trends, new clicks, the famous "Am I too cool to ride the bus now?" question, and of course. New but guys. Who will be your age and in your category of maturity. Just a little imagery. You really wouldn't want to be seen hold hands with a 12 year old at the movies would you?

So take some time to yourself and really think about what I told you. Not that this kid doesn't deserve a chance but he is way too young to even be dating anyway. At least to be dating a high school girl.

Hope this helped,

Braylen

Thanks for answering:) But our school doesn't really have a distinction between high school or middle school, its a REALLY small school and everyone knows each other. (: THANKS ANYWAYS, you helped a lot :D

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