I was visiting my sister-in-law and her family when it happened.
Her boys have a Nintendo 64, and let’s just say, when I’m around a gaming console, I turn into a geeky teenage boy with a bit of a potty mouth (which is why I don’t own one). If video games were my addiction, then Mario Kart would be my drug of choice.
So I was battling the go-karts, with my Koopa shells and slippery banana peels, when suddenly, my nephew came out of left field, and zoomed past me into first place.
Naturally I was angry, who wouldn’t be! I wasn’t paying attention to my words when suddenly my nephew yelled out to his parents: “MOM, Auntie B just said the C WORD!”
I was horrified. I’ll admit that I’ve dropped the occasional “S” bomb, but never has an “F” or a “B” ever been muttered from my mouth in the presence of babes. But the “C” word? I wouldn’t be able to say that in private not to mention in any public situation.
“I would NEVER say the C word” I said in a voice two octaves higher than my own.
“Yes you did Auntie B” said my nephew. “You said ‘OH CRAP!'”
“Oh…THAT’S the C word?” I said, trying to hide my smile while wiping the sweat from my forehead.
I could hear my sister-in-law and husband giggling from the other room.
“Yes, what did you think the C word was Auntie B?”
“Ummm…let’s play again shall we? You can have first pick this time…”
It seems as though everyone has a different list of ‘bad words’ in their home. While I hadn’t thought of ‘crap’ as a bad word at the time, I realize now as a mom that it’s not so appropriate in front of little ones.
And as for the other C word? Well that will remain exempt from my vocabulary, and a mystery to my enquiring nephew.
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I have to opt for crap – the other c word could totally slip out, although reserved for the most extreme situations. I blame working in the prison – some habits die a long slow death – but I’m working on it because it truly is a nasty word.
Hehehe. I know, not much of a comment… but that post made me crack quite a smile after a VERY long day. So thank you! 🙂
Hahahaha! Oh thank goodness it wasn’t that OTHER “C” word. Too funny!
Oh goodness this is so funny.
I was impressed that you waited to find out what the “c” was before you just chalked it up as a slip-up! Ha Ha
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Phew! Close call! 🙂
That is too funny. I would have answered back “crackers”….
LOL, For a second i thought you said that ‘c’ word, that is if we both have that particular c word on our list of exempt words to NEVER use 🙂 I remember the first year I worked at an elementary school, no actually Education background, so working in a school, I was not trained for, I refrained from cursing but some of the things that came out of my mouth were received with shocked expressions from some of the students and OMG’s from the teachers working in the room (with a that was funny but I can’t believe you just said that stares); ‘Shut your pie hole’ was one I remember vividly (I blame That 70’s Show) :/
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