Also, I am not surprised a Big Nate commenter is saying this. Most of y’all are kinda isolated and have no idea what goes around in more popular circles. You spend all your time whining about comics for 8 year olds.
People started dating at my schools at ages 10-11. It’s pretty normal or it was pretty normal before covid. Obviously they are pretty short term and usually nothing comes of it. Also chill, it’s a comic strip trying to cover many different ideas, there is no reason to be nitpicky.
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