I am not one who will necessarily condemn others who use bad words. I grew up around bad words. I had an uncle I adored who swore up one side and down another. He swore over woodworking. Over a game of cards. Over apple pie. He just wasn't Uncle Dave unless 1 out of 5 words were 'bad words'. A colorful language he had, some reasoned.
I never said bad words as a kid. I knew better.
When I got married, I heard my mother in-law say bad words. Literally. The first time I heard her say them, I laughed. She had burned herself, I think, and this is what she said when the pain got the best of her…
“Bad words, bad words, bad words.”
Literally. She really said those words.
You thought I was going to get my mother in-law in trouble, didn’t you?
My granddaughter is learning to say bad words. She’s almost two now and the time has arrived for her to learn all the things you don’t want her to know. Like bad words.
She likes to say the word stupid.
It’s pretty sad because it’s one of the only ‘bad words’ the adults in her life can say without getting in trouble. You don’t realize how often it’s said ‘til you try to not say it.
Stupid cat.
This is stupid.
Look at this stupid mess.
Stupid cat.
Now Boo thinks the cat’s name is ‘Stupid’.
“No, Boo. We don’t say stupid.”
Actually we do, but we try not to.
My son couldn’t find his phone the other day so he asked me to call his phone. I did and he answered as I was climbing into the car to take Boo home and my neighbor to the store. They were in the car waiting for me.
“Hey,” I heard on the other end.
“Did you find it?” I asked my son over the phone.
“What?” he asked.
"Did you find your phone?" Then I realized what I had asked. “Never mind.”
I closed up my phone and closed the car door.
“That was a stupid question,” I said as my neighbor laughed.
“Stupid question, gamma,” I heard a little voice perfectly pronunciate behind me.
I did it again. Ugh. I wish I could quit saying that stupid word. I’m going to end up getting Boo into trouble.
Sherri
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Very well said in a very cute way.
Thanks Sherri, you always lift my spirit. Janice