Watch Your Mouth
So out of the blue at the dinner table last week Quinn informed me, “Saying ‘Oh my God’ is not nice. It’s a mean thing to say. It’s mean to Jesus.” Okay.
The next night a friend informed me that in missing the Flaming Lips show the previous week I also missed them doing their rendition of “Bohemian Rhapsody”. I exclaimed “Shut. Up.”. From across the room, Officer Friendly proclaimed, “Shut up is not a nice thing to say Mommy. Do you say shut up for, Mommy? That is not a good thing to say.” Granted, he’s right. I’ve told him that myself. Many times. But how do you explain that among adults it’s a figure of speech? I tried, but all I got back was him shaking his head and repeating “Shut up is not nice, Mommy.”
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April 12th, 2006 at 3:30 pm
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April 14th, 2006 at 10:08 am
It’ll take him a few more years before he gets figures of speech, sarcasm, double entendres, most jokes, etc. Enjoy the literal little guy while you’ve got him! :^)