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O/T: Ever said something stupid to a kid/skid that got you in hot water?

I am confused's picture

I went out with a girl a few times and one time we were going to go to dinner and her 5 year old's babysitter crapped out at the LAST SECOND. I said "no problem, bring her along".

They meet me at the house (it was more convenient for them than having me pick them up though I don't know why) and before we head out she sees my chess table and asks to play. So the little girl and I play a fake game or two of chess and head to the restaurant.

So we're at dinner and the kid asks me a bunch of insane questions. At one point she says "do you love my mom? I mean you're dating, you must love her. I know she loves you." Later in the meal she says "when are y'all just gonna get married?"

So I sidestep the questions deftly, and we head home after supper.

When we get back to my place the 5yo asks for something to drink before they leave. We all go inside. Then she says "can we play another game?" Her mom says "no honey we need to go. Maybe next time."

The kid then asks, "_______, do you and my mom play any games?"

Well, never having been around a 5 year old for an extended period of time, and not knowing jack shit about parenting at the time, I say "well maybe we're going to play hide the sausage soon."

So anyway I get a call from the girl three days later that while in school when it was gametime the little girl says to the teacher, "can we play hide the sausage? My mom and ________ like to play hide the sausage."

Ohhhhhhh shit.

I was just dating the girl to make another girl jealous, but I learned a valuable lesson about what you do and don't say in front of kids that day I guarantee you.

AVDetroit's picture

Sure. When my SS was learning to talk my DH was driving along with him in the car and someone cut them off. My DH said "That b@stard!" and my SS repeated him. My DH kept saying "no, no that was a bad word, daddy didn't mean to say that", my SS say "nuh-uh", "no, no you shouldn't say bad words", "nuh-uh, you meant to say that". oops.

I blew it earlier, my DH wants a great big TV and I said fine get whatever. He said which one do you like, I said get whatever - I hate walking into someone's house and they have a great big TV that takes up the whole room, it looks trashy. He thinks I meant that he was trashy. Great.