My daughter is 'in a relationship'

According to my daughter's Facebook account, she's 'in a relationship'. I'm glad I was such a nosey parker mum (or rather 'stalker mum' as my kids call me) that I had asked her the night before the FB posting, if this guy was officially with her. So I can at least claim that as her mum, I knew it before 'FB'. How pathetic is that? LOL. How things have changed. In our parents' time, if you dated, you were expected to marry. Of course it was no longer expected of us in 'our time' to marry the one we dated but I did end up marrying the one I fell in love with.
Mike was sweet. Without any prompting, he'd ask my mum for permission to bring me out before every date. He'd send me home to my doorstep after every date. During his time as an army infantryman, he once got his friend to pass me some flowers on my birthday as he was stuck/confined 'in camp'. Okay, take note that this was all eons ago. Today, after 20 years of wedded bliss and blisters, he's sweet in a different kind of way. But I think if you were still dating, it'd really be nice to be pampered by your partner. Enjoy it while you can. If he or she can't be bothered with you whilst you are still dating, I don't see how it's going to get better with additional years. Okay, wait, I'm not dishing out relationship advice here. I was talking about my kid.

Here's my kid, when she was still A KID:

I'm happy for her. She's 17 this year. She originally wanted to go to Singapore Polytechnic. We sorta forced her to take the Junior College path instead and she got really upset with us (ha! I doubt if she's upset now!). According to her, like her, this guy was also posted to Singapore Polytechnic and in a story parallel to hers, ended up in the same JC as her.

Prom Night 2010

This is the first time she's officially announced being in a relationship with someone. I think 17's a nice age to be in. I had loads of fun at 17 and I'm not about to be a party pooper with her. At the same time, I can't help feeling a wee bit sad for the trail of broken hearts her 'announcement' is going to cause. I know, I know. It's not like an engagement announcement or anything. As her mum, I've watched the watchful eyes of the hopeful guys in the course of her secondary school days. I've held my breath wondering if she would 'be' with one in particular. I've nudged her. I've dropped big hints. But I guess it was not to be. It's crazy with teens. I know something was hanging there for several years but I won't ever know why nothing came out of it. Maybe she was sensible and just wanted to concentrate on her 'O' Level exams. Maybe that particular guy waited too long (hey are YOU reading this?). Maybe she didn't meet the guy's expectations. Maybe he didn't meet hers. What I do know is, you'd have to be very 'cool' for her to finally agree to it and announce it. She doen't take this lightly. We all get hurt in relationships and I just hope this won't be a bumpy ride for her. 

I'm not saying in any way this relationship will last or not. It might last a weekend. It might last a lifetime. But hey, lots of couples from my JC ended up marrying each other. It's not impossible either. I just had to write about this. I'm not that old but I'm old enough to say my daughter's in a relationship. That's quite a milestone in my journey as a parent.