Dear Baffled,
You know, the female and the
male brain are similar to apples and oranges.
Both are round, but one is crisp and sweet while the
other is soggy and tart. Thirteen year
old boys have just spent 13 carefree years playing tackle,
watching Star Trek, or dreaming
up novel ways of heroism and being the center of their
own world. Even though they
may suddenly look kind of cute from your vantage, underneath
they are a bit soggy and tart.
They just haven't spent much time on the art of being
sensitive. They do eventually learn
though, through necessity. Otherwise they could never
get the attention of the 13 year
old girls that they are suddenly finding interesting.
Meanwhile, my advice to you is to do
what 13-year old girls are meant to do, tease them unmercifully.