Going Public

We've pussy footed around it long enough. I want to be able to refer to this person in my blog. Here are the facts:

• My 16.75 y daughter is dating an almost 19 y college freshman.
• Yes, I am OK with that.
• She was friends with him for several years before they started dating in November.
• He goes to a school on the Central Coast, so only comes back to Alameda for breaks, although she got to see him at the Santa Barbara tournament. That is, in fact, his gross knee in the photo.
• So he IMs.
• He IMs me, too. I like IMing with him so much (he's taking a lot of classes similar to mine, is a Giants fan, and knows a lot about what goes on inside pre-teen boys' heads, all of which are useful and fun to talk about) that I would have added him to my list of great new people of 2008, except it just felt weird to add my daughter's new boyfriend, and except that I've already known him for a couple of years.

So now you know.