Bad Language

Xander, Ethan & I were walking through the airport together, heading to our gate to catch our flight to Barbados last Friday, and out of nowhere Xander says to me “Mum, you shouldn’t ever say the ‘S’ word or the ‘C’ word – right?”. WHAT?????????????

I try to remain calm, even though I am panic stricken. I am racking my brain trying to figure out where he could have heard these words! So I say to him, “What do you mean the S & C word?”

He says, “I can’t say them, I’ll get in trouble!”.

I say, “It’s okay – we need to talk about this. So whisper them to me and I promise – you won’t get in trouble.”.

He looks doubtful, like he can’t figure out if this is a trap. But he stops walking, cups his hands around his mouth and whispers, “Crap & Shut up”.

“That’s right”, I say, “you should never say those words.”.

HUGE sigh of relief – I pictured that going a very different way!