Comments on: Little ears hear all, even when you're trying to be good. So why bother? http://blog.erikajurney.com/little-ears-hear-all-even-when-youre-trying-to-be-good-so-why-bother/ My life in Palo Alto, California. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:39:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Oh, The Joys http://blog.erikajurney.com/little-ears-hear-all-even-when-youre-trying-to-be-good-so-why-bother/#comment-43448 Oh, The Joys Sat, 20 Jan 2007 01:19:10 +0000 http://blog.erikajurney.com/2007/01/18/little-ears-hear-all-even-when-youre-trying-to-be-good-so-why-bother/#comment-43448 Ah, yes. I just said the F word in front of my children just moments ago. Me powerful good mommy. Ah, yes. I just said the F word in front of my children just moments ago. Me powerful good mommy.

]]> By: Plain Jane Mom http://blog.erikajurney.com/little-ears-hear-all-even-when-youre-trying-to-be-good-so-why-bother/#comment-43447 Plain Jane Mom Fri, 19 Jan 2007 00:54:41 +0000 http://blog.erikajurney.com/2007/01/18/little-ears-hear-all-even-when-youre-trying-to-be-good-so-why-bother/#comment-43447 Just to be clear, Mike really did say "flipping". He did NOT tell my mom to "open the fucking door." Phew. I have cleaned up my language, but there are just times when I need SOMETHING to say. Here's what I want to say: "I have asked you 100 times to put on your pants. Now PUT ON YOUR FUCKING PANTS!" So every day I don't say that is a gift :) Just to be clear, Mike really did say “flipping”. He did NOT tell my mom to “open the fucking door.” Phew.

I have cleaned up my language, but there are just times when I need SOMETHING to say.

Here’s what I want to say:

“I have asked you 100 times to put on your pants. Now PUT ON YOUR FUCKING PANTS!”

So every day I don’t say that is a gift :)

]]> By: Posybunny http://blog.erikajurney.com/little-ears-hear-all-even-when-youre-trying-to-be-good-so-why-bother/#comment-43446 Posybunny Fri, 19 Jan 2007 00:49:27 +0000 http://blog.erikajurney.com/2007/01/18/little-ears-hear-all-even-when-youre-trying-to-be-good-so-why-bother/#comment-43446 We saw a really awful movie where they dubbed in jumping, like,"abso-jumping-lutely"...my kids didn't even know what they were replacing, but they thought it was hysterical. Because I was so apt to repeat nasty words to people when I was little, I immediately eliminated any inappropriate words from my vocabulary the second my kids were born. You don't quiet realize the things that come out of your mouth until your children repeat them back to you. We saw a really awful movie where they dubbed in jumping, like,”abso-jumping-lutely”…my kids didn’t even know what they were replacing, but they thought it was hysterical.

Because I was so apt to repeat nasty words to people when I was little, I immediately eliminated any inappropriate words from my vocabulary the second my kids were born. You don’t quiet realize the things that come out of your mouth until your children repeat them back to you.

]]> By: domestic slackstress Kim http://blog.erikajurney.com/little-ears-hear-all-even-when-youre-trying-to-be-good-so-why-bother/#comment-43445 domestic slackstress Kim Thu, 18 Jan 2007 22:42:20 +0000 http://blog.erikajurney.com/2007/01/18/little-ears-hear-all-even-when-youre-trying-to-be-good-so-why-bother/#comment-43445 How about funkin? No, that's too close to the real thing and a serious threat to actually bringing the f word back. Um ... Thinking cap malfunctioning ... Frack is old hat. Again, a threat to coming close to saying fuck. How about foreign language swears? You can locate sanitized swear winners like "arse-biscuits" over at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_curse_words Sorry to be such a know it all Nelly ... but it was easy and fun to get carried away on this. Good luck. How about funkin? No, that’s too close to the real thing and a serious threat to actually bringing the f word back. Um … Thinking cap malfunctioning … Frack is old hat. Again, a threat to coming close to saying fuck. How about foreign language swears? You can locate sanitized swear winners like “arse-biscuits” over at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_curse_words

Sorry to be such a know it all Nelly … but it was easy and fun to get carried away on this. Good luck.

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