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I am 100% sure that my DS8 would do the same. Since young, he has never viewed his age peers as friends. He would insist that they are only his classmates. It was only in the 2nd semester of grade 2 that he first started playing with some boys in the school playground. After 4 mths, the thrill (of playing) seemed to dwindle. Now if anyone asks if he has a best friend in school, he can't think of any. But to his teachers, he looked like he can get along with everyone.... including the older kids.
I am still hoping for a day when he can find someone who he can really connect with.

My DD6 gives most of the items she makes or is given from her "friends" to her school principal! She goes to a small school and see the principal a lot around school but it seems strange to me that she would give stickers and drawings and crafts to the principal rather than her teacher or the librarian (whom she adores). I've asked her about it before and she says she just thinks that she would like it the best.