I would like to be able to tell you that I don't swear in front of my children. I would like to be able to tell you that Hot Guy doesn't either. But I would be lying.
I can tell you that we've taught Ironflower to dismiss our swears. She always reminds us that our choice of words isn't nice. And then she brags that kids never say them (I love how naive my daughter is). But Lovebug is another matter.
Months ago he started saying, "Oh shit!" whenever he dropped something. Which was COMPLETELY my fault, since Hot Guy never says that. Months ago we started trying to talk him out of saying it, if for no other reason than I would have been mortified if his teacher had to call me about it. So naturally I too have tried to stop saying, "Oh shit." I tried replacing shit with sugar and shoot like I used to do when I was teaching, but for some reason it didn't take. Instead I found myself using my other favorite exclamation even more often.
And so now I have a two and a half year old who exclaims, "Oh, Cheezits Christ!" whenever something goes wrong. No matter what kind of crisis we're having, I laugh every time he says it. It's less blasphemous than what I actually say and he says it so earnestly ....I haven't even tried to correct him.
It's better than "Oh shit", right?
