My middle child just turned 13 and spent his birthday with his girlfriend. She lives 3 1/2 hours away, so it's not more than phone calls right now, but he is head-over-heels in love with her. I try to give him advice as he goes along, like:
"let her talk, listen to what SHE wants to talk about" and
"if you throw yourself all over her, she's going to take off running" and
"she's sat next to you for an hour without taking her coat off, you're making her uncomfortable, back off".
And so it begins...
