I’m sure that this is a ‘not so funee’ rather than a ‘wot so funee’ but I’m sure that whilst some people may shake their heads in shame, I’m sure that there will be equal numbers who will understand how these things can easily happen.
I very rarely swear in front of the children. I hate to hear children swear and whilst I may occasionally swear when they are not around, it isn’t really my thing in general. However, there is something about being in the car that does occasionally make me drop my guard. Not very often, but occasionally.
The other day, we were driving to pick the boys up from school and I was waiting at a junction to turn left. There was a car coming and he was indicating left and had slowed down, so I figured that he was turning and started to gently pull out. It turned out that Mr car driver was not turning and was prematurely indicating for the roundabout a little further along the road. I stopped and let him pass and he glowered at me and shook his head. Very quietly under my breath I uttered the word ‘tosser’.
It could have been worse, but not a word I would want my daughter to hear.
Deep breath and continued driving and smiled at A in the mirror. I asked her if she was okay.
“Tosser.”
There is was. In her sweet little voice in a way that I knew that she knew that it wasn’t something she should have repeated.
Now the thing is, experience has taught me that it is best not to make a big fuss as the bigger fuss you make, the worse you make the situation. I told her that mummy was really naughty and shouldn’t have said that word and that it wasn’t a very nice word for sweet little girls to use.
A went very quiet and I thought that I had gotten away with it.
No chance. We walked to school and one of the mums came over to chat and A looked up at her and said as clear as day; “tosser.”
I wanted the ground to open up and the thing is I could see it coming too, but I couldn’t do anything about it. The parent looked at me rather strangely and I mumbled something about not knowing where she had got that word from and pretended that there was something urgent I needed to deal with on the other side of the playground.
A had a triumphant look on her face as though she had done something really great. The boys came rushing out and I ran back to the car.
Fortunately, the word hasn’t been uttered again but it is a bit like sitting on a time bomb and my years of parenting also tell me that A will probably wait for a moment that will cause the most humiliation to me before she utters it again. Or maybe if I am really lucky, she will forget all about it. What are the chances do you think?
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Ah no! This hasn’t happened to us yet, but it’s only a matter of time, even though like you I rarely swear. A friend told me a similar story of how she swore once in the car and her daughter repeated it at school to a parent, so you’re not alone!
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Oh dear!!! We have all been there don’t worry. Hopefully it will just be in the past and that time bomb never explodes. My son shouts things out loud in public that he doesn’t even know what he is saying. They are young and don’t really understand it fully. It’s funny, but oh so humiliating at the same time. Bless you! #wotssofunee
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Ha ha ha ha!
The worst I have got at the moment is “oh my god”
Which isn’t ideal when she goes to a Catholic nursery.
I feel your pain x
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Oh dear, we have have all been there and it could have been much worse so be thankful of the word you did use. I do think that you are right though, this is going to pop up when you least expect it and probably in the worst possible situation.
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Ahaha! It’s the way you tell it – I laughed out loud I’m afraid. It’s funny (I know it shouldn’t be) when a word like that comes from a small person, because it’s so incongruous, but when they have the panache to say it at a key moment it’s doubly funny.
I’m afraid my policy at those moments is just to fess up – not sure which is worse!
Thanks so much for joining in x
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Haha – it happens to us all and only gets worse as they get older. I think tosser is a good word 🙂 might use it today xxx
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Ha ha yes it is a good word and not the worst thing that I could have said either
Oh my goodness! That made me both laugh and cringe. Luckily none of my kids have ever done this. Fingers crossed for you she forgets it (but I don’t expect she will!).
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No I doubt that she will but at least it could have been a lot worse.
Sorry but I have cried with laughter at this. It happens and like you say, the more fuss you make, the bigger it becomes. Lucas ‘accidentally’ learnt the word ‘bugger’ (from me in a moment of weakness)and I did exactly the same as you.
You do realise the next time she says it will be in front of the Gtandparents though……………. #funee
Oh I have no doubt it will come again at the worst possible time, but hey that’s parenting for you!
It’s that silent second when you wonder if they heard it and of course they did..!
I think it must be something about the intensity of swear words, why do they always repeat them without fail? xx
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Yes I know exactly what you mean. Mine are all pretty good really but L told his grandfather to F off once many years ago as he had heard someone say it in school. He had such a roasting I don’t think he will ever swear again.