One of the 13 year old Japanese girls in my class developed a bit of a crush on me. At the awards ceremony she came up to me and said sadly "I don't want to go home. I want to stay here with you." Naturally I answered that her parents were waiting for her in Japan and that they'd be very sad and cry a lot if she didn't go home. She looked at me and said "But my parents aren't love me."
Taken aback I answered "Oh, I'm sure that's not right."
She looked crestfallen and then brightened slightly and answered.

"My parents DON'T love me."

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Sweet, and sad, too. I hope she was just being teen-dramatic. Poor girl, going all the way back to Japan with a broken heart. *sighs*

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One of the 13 year old Japanese girls in my class developed a bit of a crush on me.

Aww, Bob, I can see why!

There probably isn't a more rewarding career than teaching.

I hope you are right, CW, that she was just being dramatic.

I had a 12-year old student (the headmaster's daughter as it happens) develop a crush on me once. Mind you, I was a 12-year old student at the same school at the time...

Strange to think she'll be drawing her pension now!

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Originally posted by Richard English:
I had a 12-year old student (the headmaster's daughter as it happens) develop a crush on me once. Mind you, I was a 12-year old student at the same school at the time...

Strange to think she'll be drawing her pension now!

And there you hit the problem squarely on the head. No-one within twenty years of my own age (either way) ever seems to develop a crush on me.