An Official Beau

The Princess has a Beau. Part of me is thinking, 'It's about time!'...after all, she's 24 1/2...but part of me is thinking, 'What, already?'

This is the first real interest she's had. Oh, there was the high school freshman thing, but that erupted into such drama when it turned out that one of her friends was sweet on the boy that the Princess decided to 'date God' through out her high school years (picture her parents pulling in a 'Yess!!!!' for that one!)

And there was the fellow who wanted to kindle a relationship when she was in her first year of Master's Commission...in which dating is Not Allowed...that she discouraged until he gave up (bad timing, and she was convinced they had incompatible personalities).

But that, so far as we know, anyway, has been it.

Then suddenly the brother of a friend Noticed her. Whilst My Sweet Baboo and I and the two younger kids were visiting family in Hoosierland, The Princess and the Friend's Brother were taking baby steps towards a dating relationship.

Friday night (I should add that it was the FIRST available night after we got back), he came over for dinner and, before the night was over, officially asked for our blessing on said relationship, which they received.

The Princess posted the change in her relationship status on her Facebook account before she retired for the evening. So it is not only official, it is public. Both the Princess and her Beau are in their 20's; they are certainly old enough to know their own minds.

But this is new territory for us. The Flute Player's birthday was over the weekend; I didn't think about the Beau being included in family celebrations right off and had to make an extra grocery stop to pick up a tad more chow for dinner. Not that there's anything wrong with that...I just need to make the paradigm shift.

The times, they are a changin'.... ;)