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The Bieber fan club

Did I get your attention? MizFit tweeted the other day that her 5yo said she wanted to marry Justin Bieber. And then she lost a bunch of followers. Which I found funny. Am I the only one who remembers playing tag in kindergarten but the point was to catch a boy and kiss him. That sounds so scandalous in today's world of Tiaras and Tantrums where society sexualizes anything and everything.  I also remember having a crush on a boy when I was 10.  And it was innocent.  He was the son of family friends, and since our families hung out together a lot, I got to hang out with him.  He was nice to me.  And funny. My first real butterflies-in-my-tummy crush happened when I was 12.  It, too, was innocent.  I was shy and awkward and there was no way I was going to *do* anything about this crush.  I do admit that the society I was in up until I was 11 did not really support or revolve around pop culture and the media blitz that is an every day occurrence he...