Kintropy In Action

One of Gabriel's spelling words this week was bit.   I was sitting on the couch folding diapers and going over his words with him.  When we got to that word he sat next to me.

“Mom, this word makes me nervous what if it had a C and H at the end of it?”

I'm pretty sure my jaw dropped open.  My mind whirled.  Where had he heard that word?  I never use it and back before I had kids and I use to cuss I never used that word.  “You know that word?” There was no anger in my voice just surprise and trying to mask laughter.

“I never say it Mom.” he quickly said

This simple statement had tons of subtext.  That wasn't what I had ask.   “What word is it Gabriel?”

His eyes widened “I can't say it Mom.  It is awful.”

His alarm that I would ask him to say it made me relax.  He wasn't using the word and talking about anyone with that in context. “It rhymes with witch right Gabriel?”

He nodded

“Your right it is an awful word.  You should never call someone that.”  I paused still processing and nonchalantly asked  “I'm curious, where did you hear that word?”

He shrugged “TV”

I winced.  I had just watched a made for TV movie on Lifetime (Feel free to make fun of me, Robert and I do all the time.)  it was called Sorority Wars.  And in it there were several scenes where that word was used. 

I feel like hitting my head like Homer Simpson and saying "Doh!"

--Mom