Fiddlesticks or should that be fuck!

Earlier this year, I took part in a guest post swap and this is the post I posted. Due to reasons that I will not go into here -the blog that this was posted on had to close down but as I feel like shouting fuck it when I saw what had happened - this is for her.

When my eldest daughter (6- Bel) got to the repeating everything you say phase – at around 2, Neb and I had to remember not to swear in front of her as she would look at us then repeat the said word over and over again. Since then we’ve obviously mellowed and swear words are coming back into our vocabulary. Now we get glared at and she says “That was a naughty word” and we apologise.
But of course Car (2) has turned into a parrot and will repeat everything everyone says.  It’s like having a mini echo following you around.
We’re sitting in the car on journey home from work and Bel will start saying something random  and 5 seconds later Car says the same thing! AAGH!!
So, when the need to say Fuck or Bugger comes along we have to think of other words to say, no longer can we spell it out as Bel will admonish us.

Should it be “Flowering Fiddlesticks” as in one of Car’s new heroines Fifi?

“Oh my gosh” sounds like I’m Penelope Pitstop from Wacky Races – and I don’t think I’d get away with her accent. (or her blondness either!)

I suppose I could use sugar or shit but sometimes when you’ve walked into the kitchen and realised that a) you’ve stood in some cat sick and b) Car has knocked over the flour bag onto the floor then you need something with a bit more power behind it!

Or maybe I should turn the house into a no swearing zone :


But really, I can’t see that fucking happening can you?

Note - Since first writing this post, Car has developed the tendency to swear at inappropriate moments - eg when putting shoes on and can't do it fuck it ! So, the swearing coming out of my mouth has lessened!

BNM