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I have an 11-year-old son in 5th grade. His school has a very strict no-candy policy for Valentines so most of the kids give pencils or little erasers with their Valentines for the class. This year I found the little test-tube style bubbles at M's at a very reasonable price.
The problem is, I am having a hard time coming up with a Valentine saying that fits the bubbles and doesn't sound too silly or feminine for a boy of this age. The following saying has "popped" into my head and it seems perfect, but it may be just too rude/crude. I'd love to hear your opinions, and any suggestions for other suitable sayings you may think of. I am stumped! Many thanks in advance for your help!
Here it goes:
Valentine's Day has me feeling all bubbly inside...
or maybe it's just the burrito I ate at lunch.
Happy Valentine's Day!
Thanks so much everyone for your opinions and the great ideas! I'm going to read him all of these and let him decide. It's been pretty cute lately because he is so NOT interested in the opposite sex right now, and a big flock of girls has decided that he is hot stuff for some reason. They have been pursuing him for a few months now and vying for his attention in the silly, over-the-top ways girls that age will do.
His biggest worry at this moment in his life is that one of them will think he is somehow reciprocating their interest! The whole Valentine thing has him all nervous. I suspect he may choose the "burrito" one just to try to gross them out and make them lose interest! In the meantime, I'm going to sit back and enjoy this brief time because I know it will all change sooner than I'd like.
Boys don't want to tell other boys that if they won't be their Valentine it will burst their bubble. At least not at 11. Maybe at 21, when they've come out of the closet. And I'd stay clear of the word "blow" in general. Kids these days are way too knowing not to make plenty out of that. You only need one wiseacre to make some quip about that and things will go downhill fast.
Go for the burrito one. You can't miss with a fart joke.
Just poppin' in works, too. A safe choice for both boys and girls.
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My son's school also has the no candy policy. It frustrates me to no end. Now he ends up with a bag of crap from Oriental Trading Company that goes directly to the garbage and into a landfill. Seriously. Where's the environmental-mindedness of the schools here? No outrage over stupid erasers that don't erase, but we're all up in arms over a lollipop. ;)
Duh.. After I posted I realized that you must be referring to your son giving his Valentines to girls only!
I still think the burrito one is great. But talk about farts! I guess I had a what they call a "brain fart" there for a minute!
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boys + wind (aka farts) go together like chocolate and valentines! its not mushy its funny ...come on, who hasn't eaten a burrito and thought ohoh an hour or two later lol!
My cousin is in 5th grade and she would think the "burrito" valentine was funny. TBH I always think that group cards (valentine) should say something about the giver. I really can't see how anyone can be offended by a boy being all bubbly inside.
Is this too rude?
