My 8-year-old son Colin and I were sitting in the car waiting for my daughter to finish her music lesson. He was reading a book, and I was texting a friend. I didn’t realize that Colin was looking over my shoulder.
Colin: Oh! I shouldn’t be reading that.
Me (nervously re-reading what I had texted): What? Huh? Is there something bad in here?
Colin: W.T.F. Isn’t that bad? What does that mean?
Me (stammering): Oh! Well in this case, I meant, “Why, That’s Funny!”
Colin (looks at me suspiciously): …
Me (trying to play it cool): Why, what do you think it means?
Colin: It’s got one of those bad words. One that teenagers use. You know, the bad F word. I’m not going to say it.
Me: That’s good. The F word is a bad word, and you shouldn’t say it. But where did you learn it?
Colin: Randy** told me.
Me: Huh. I wonder were he learned it.
Colin: Maybe he watched a teenage video.
Clearly my son thinks that teenagers are the root of all evil in this world. I think it might have something to do with his sister’s impending teenage status.
** Name changed to protect the f-bomb-dropping 3rd grader.
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In a work week even Monday and Tuesday are WTF (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday) LOL!!!
EXACTLY.
WTF?
Why They Fightin’?
Where’s The Food?
What’s This For?
When’s The Finale?
Where’s The Finish? (good one for runners)
Who’s This For?
I’ll try to think of some more in case you’re put on the spot again.
Thank you. And, yes, please keep going… Why The Face? Won’t That Fit?
HAHAHA…my son used to have the same view of teenagers. He was very suspicious of them. Now he talks like a sailor. Or me. Same difference.
Same difference. Yep.
At least I KNOW where my son learns his bad words. He hears them all from me.
LOL! Believe it or not, my son has only heard me swear once. I think.
I have two teenagers…. I kind of agree! LOL!
I’ve only got a tween, but I already agree.
I got tricked into using the F word in the first grade when one of the class troublemakers asked me to say “cuff” backwards and I did.
She giggled and went, “Haha, you said a bad word!” and I was like, “That’s a bad word?” “Yes,” she said seriously, “but don’t worry, I won’t tell on you.”
Kids, eh?
HAHAHAHAHA! That’s hilarious. I’m gonna steal it. 😉
Your inquisitive genius may be too smart for your own good one of these days. But in a completely adorable way!
That day may have already come.
“teenage video” BAHAHAHAHAHAhahhahahaha
*wipes tear from eye*
I don’t know why, but that struck me as the funniest part of this whole thing.
That part had me laughing so hard too.
What the fudge! Colin is smarter than I am. I really believed the adults in my life when they said the f stood for fudge.
I forgot all about the word fudge. I need to use that more.
Quick thinking and nice save!!!
It was early in the week. Had it been Thursday or Friday that might not have happened.
We’re reading The BFG by Roald Dahl. Potty mouth mommy keeps inadvertently saying Big F’N Giant. It’s bad. Really bad.
I would do the very same thing.
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They are the root of all evil! I have one!
Ha! Damn that profanity-spewing Randy**!
As a kid I was a counselor at a daycamp and one of my 7 year old campers screamed “MOTHER… FATHER!!!” driving me into panic at first then instant jealousy at how cool and resourceful he was (or more likely, how creative his parents were at rerouting their cursing). I have been using that ever since (yikes, its been 20 years now!).