Comments on: Stuff is definitely being absorbed

By: Changapeluda

Changapeluda — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:15:17 +0000

Jaedon my wee munchkin:

2 time outs at Daycare for saying
“Fuckin’ Bitch!!” con gusto!

(i was so proud)
:0]

By: Vennie

Vennie — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:51:55 +0000

When my now 16 year old daughter was about 3, she heard me call her father, in a very loud voice, a “dick”. Which delighted her to no end. She went around for the next week calling her favorite father a “duck”.

We at that point, had no choice but to go with it and start quacking to cover my foul (fowl?!) mouth. We looked and sounded ridiculous, but it was my own personal penance.

To this day, sometimes randomly, the whole family (that would be the 3 of us) starts to quack and waddle around the house.

Much later, after she had reached her teens did I tell her how this odd practice had developed. She was stunned to learn that a word like “dick” would ever pass the lips of her dear sweet mom — NOT! But she was highly amused at her own interpretation.

By: Jen

Jen — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 02:31:40 +0000

My mother taught me how to swear and I seem to have passed it on to my daughter. Her first big one was the F bomb. lol Yesterday she called her stuffed animals jackasses. Mostly, though, she does use them sparingly and selectively I did a photo of her to demonstrate …
http://www.flickr.com/photos/antijenx/2038318043/in/set-72157603083064504/

By: veronique

veronique — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 02:28:35 +0000

i pray for that kind of witty selectivity. meanwhile my mother also “taught” me how to swear and i have a mouth like a sailor. so you just wait it will sink it and boy will you be getting *the* phone calls from other parents wondering how little jonny learned how to say fuckoff shitwad to the teacher.

By: stupidmommy

stupidmommy — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 02:04:56 +0000

The swearing thing is so hard to give up. Really, there is no substitute for “fucking asshole.” But it does always come back to bite you in the, um, ass.

Just the other day my 5yo stormed out of the playroom, leaving his 4yo brother behind and proclaiming, “I’m not listening to his bullshit.”

The other thing that’s hard is not laughing when, um, shit like this happens.

By: Fairy Godmother

Fairy Godmother — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:49:05 +0000

OK. She’s selective. And precious. And what’s more important , she’s one lucky girl – she’s gotta momma who knows exactly what’s really important in life. Way to go, Ruby. Needless to say, pointless to add, way to go, Aaryn. Besides, she’s got two one poor little bunnies!

xoxo

By: Melanie at BeanPaste

Melanie at BeanPaste — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:42:53 +0000

Last week I was heavy with all the Catholic guilt in all the Catholic world when, after hearing me drop a container of marinara on the kitchen floor, Ellie turned to me and asked, piously, “Mama, whatchoo talking about Jesus for? I looooove Jesus.”

By: AzronMcF

AzronMcF — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:10:47 +0000

2 weeks ago, we were all at Bread and Cie. Audrey and Veronica overheard a couple of youngins blurt out a really loud “Holy Shit!”
Audrey looked right at me. Saw the concern on my face and asked what’s a “Harley Shoot”. She said “Harley Shoot” to me for most of the rest of the day… I worked with the “If I don’t acknowledge it, maybe it will go away” game.
This time… it worked.
I was prepared to tell her that a “Harley Shoot” is what happens when you film a motorcycle commercial. But, it didn’t come to that.

By: Aaryn

Aaryn — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:38:58 +0000

Ha. That is funny…and a great idea!
As for “the poor little bunny,” I added a link for you so you can watch the short clip. You’ll love it.

By: Beth

Beth — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:27:20 +0000

I don’t get the bunny joke, but “CHOColateCHIP!” did make me laugh. What a dear!

My seven-year-old son has once or twice requested (and been granted — by me) a “bad word pass,” during which he walks around the house, shaking his head and muttering things like “Piece of crap!” It’s as though he’s temporarily turned into a cranky, middle-aged man. When the bad word pass is expired, he goes back to being his own sweet self, fortunately! ;^)