The Three Rules of Dating
“I’m going on a date next week, do you have any advice”
“Yes”
“Really?”
“You have to know three things. If you know them you will get to have a boyfriend.”
“Three things, OK, tell me what they are”
“Number one, the girl never says I love you before the boy says I love you. Number two, never kiss on the first date.”
“Wait a minute, I’ve known this guy, we’ve been friends, I can’t kiss him on the first date?”
Pause
“No, never kiss on the first date even if you have been friends. It’s a rule.”
“That may be hard but OK, what’s the third thing?”
“Be yourself.”
“Really?”
“Really, be yourself, this is the most important thing because you have to do this to be happy.”
“OK, and even though you’re only nine years old you know these things.”
“Yes. These are the rules.”
“What if I’m just annoying and can’t get boys to date me.”
“You are not annoying, but follow the rules.”
I love this story! It takes a 9-year old to see things so clearly – we lose this clarity as we experience messy relationships and forget that the simplest advice is often the best.