So, I was stepping out of the shower yesterday and BAM! was hit with one of those questions I wasn't quite prepared for:
Mary Ella: What does "sucked" mean????
Me (inner monologue): Oh my GOOODNESSS!!!! Where on earth did she hear THAT????? I KNOW we don't use it around the house. Oh wait, oh wait....calm down and respond...
Me (response): Sucked??? (repeating it bought me a little more time to come up with something) Well, you know how you suck juice out of a straw or water out of the water fountain. Why???
Mary Ella: I was just wooooondering....
Now, is "sucked" the worst word in the slang vocabulary?...no...but there are just some things that don't sound "right" coming out of a wee one's mouth. I sure wish I knew the context in which she heard it. Oh my word, don't you know questions like that are just going to get more complicated????
3 comments:
Very well handled, my dear.
Good job! It is so hard not to freak out at those questions.
Don't you want to know what she is "just wooooondering" about? I'm so fascinated by little minds and how fast they catch on. They amaze me! Good job....
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