So I had to eat a huge dookie sandwich this morning...

[youthere]

Got the kids up this morning and while I was helping the seven year old get her tights on, my son is bickering with his older sister (the 12 year old). I usually tune it out when they start in on each other with the petty sniping, and then I hear my son drop the F-bomb.
Out of the room like a shot I start giving the prescribed "appropriate language" sermon and he says "but you said it last night!" (I did)
So I know I'm cornered..no way to turn so I use the useless "I'm an adult and you're not" ploy...no good.
he says "It doesn't matter, you're setting a bad example for us and teaching us to talk that way".
(He's right)
I have no choice..I drop my head, defeated and say "You're right. I'm sorry. I shouldn't do that either. It's a bad habit I developed and I need your help to break it. I want you to call me on it if I do it again."
(Son smiles smugly)
Sigh.
Score: Youthere-0, 9 year old-1.

[Hugin]

1. Sounds like somebody needs to...

Eat the soap!

Where's California Peggy?

[youthere]

10. I need a mouth washing indeed....

or else I need to be more aware of who is listening when I cuss at the freezer.

[RubyDuby in GA]

14. I agree about the soap

I had my mouth washed out when I was 6 years old (pink lifeboy soap on a green wash rag) and I didn't cuss in front of my mother again until she told me I could (when I was in college)!

On a side note: I learned how to put my entire fist in my mouth - just in case. :o

On edit: I only said the thing that I heard her say about a million times: I told her my baby brother had a "shity" diaper. I guess I liked the word shit about as much as she did. :)

[LaraMN]

2. Uh oh!

Do you have two bathrooms? Sounds like you both need to spend some time after school scrubbing a toilet, for using crappy langugage.

fyi- I'm guilty of the same thing. I called the dishwasher a p.o.s. yesterday, in front of the eight-year-old, who is our self-appointed household obscenity officer (the last time I heard him swear was when he was two.) I sat down and he helped me make a list of alternate (humorous) words I could have used instead. It was a good way to amend my error, and have a laugh with the boy.

[youthere]

6. Yep..definitely need to spend some potty time for my potty mouth.

I just hate it when I'm not right. Dang.

[ghostsofgiants]

3. I've never sworn in front of my parents...

But I have ALWAYS demanded that they explain why "curse words" were in fact bad. They hated that, haha.

[youthere]

7. My mother always said that cursing exposes "ignorance"...

In other words..smart people are supposed to be able to think of something better to say than "fuck!"
I say that sometimes there's NOTHING better to say than that.

[MissMillie]

4. You managed to teach a lesson there anyway

That it is proper to admit when you're wrong.

youthere-1; 9 year old-1

[youthere]

8. I also managed to teach a lesson to myself...

that when you are cursing at the appliances, make sure the kids aren't within earshot. LOL!

[bleedingheart]

5. Holy Hell...that is the sweetest fucking story I have heard today..

:evilgrin:

My kids are far better than I am...they monitor me all the time...

[youthere]

9. I know I'm in for a heck of a time...

because my son will never let me forget this. He will be watching (or rather listening) like a hawk.

[bleedingheart]

11. my kids will rat me out to my hubby

..."you wanna know what mom said today..???"

[youthere]

12. ..

:rofl: :rofl:
Maybe you can pay them off or something?

[bleedingheart]

13. nah....if anything they use me as a template of what not to do..

:evilgrin: