Boys...yuck!

Yesterday, one of my team girls (Cottage Cheese) who is 8 years old mentioned something about a boyfriend.
"What?" I asked, "You have a boyfriend?"
"Yeah, I used to have a bunch but I broke up with the other ones," she said, matter-of-factly.
I just smiled and laughed...childhood romances are something I have yet to understand. About an hour later, I was coaching this same little girl on bars and the boys team came over to share some of the bars with us.
"Cottage Cheese, go share that bar with the boys and work on your kip hands," I said.
"Ew!" she exclaimed, "I might get boy cooties!!"
"Wait a minute...don't you have a boyfriend?" I asked.
She said, "Yeah, but I don't touch him!"
Ha! That just made me laugh. I guess it made me kind of relieved that when kids talk about having a boyfriend or girlfriend it means little more than that one party asked the other party and they said yes. They probably don't even talk to each other, come to think of it. I still don't really get the point, but it made me smile. One can only hope she'll feel the same when she turns 15!