My resolve to stop cussing lasted all of none days. To be perfectly honest I like the shock value that comes with a well placed swear word, the satisfaction I get when I am unable to physically confront someone (I am NOT that person anymore) and, shoot, it’s fun! I had fooled myself into thinking that if cussing was the worst thing I did as a parent, then eff it! I was going to keep it up and eff you if you didn’t like it.
Well, apparently my cussing has made me a bad mom as The Bee has taken to abbreviated/almost cursing. Abbreviated/almost cursing is saying part of the curse and using the initial for the rest. And using it when it’s appropriate.
Let’s set the scene: While playing the highly addicting Mario Kart (which really should be listed as a WMD as Americans, myself included, will be in the middle of a race when we are invaded by a foreign country) I fell off of Rainbow Road yet again and let loose a string of curses that questioned Donkey Kong and Baby Peach’s origins and extracurricular activities. The Bee frowned at me as she manipulated her controller and asked, “Mommy, do you have to say THAT?” I muttered an apology and continued falling playing. After coming in last (actually I didn’t even get to finish the race) I let loose another string of words that probably make a sailor blush. The Bee frowned and ran into the room to get a snack. Upon returning to the living room, she dropped her snack and let loose with,”Got-D”.
Time stopped a moment and I didn’t know how to react: laugh (it was funny but I can’t encourage that behavior!), scold her (really, along with having a wicked tongue, now I’m a hypocrite?), apologize (cause it was my awful mouth that taught her – she learned it from watching me mom!). I calmly told her to get a rag so she could clean her mess and mentally shook myself.
Normally I would hiss, “What the bleep” and try to get it together. Now my cussing is the cause of this fiasco! So the swear jar has been dusted off and filled with a few coins (Laundry Beast was a bitch today!). I am looking for better words to use; I still like my select few but if I can’t say it in from of my mom then I can’t say it at all.
Getting the frick out of here,
-r
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