The things that children say.......

Ireland
January 22, 2007 4:20pm CST
Have your children ever embarrassed you with things that they come out with? Mine have left me cringing on occasion. Like today....... Last Friday I was in such a rush trying to get out the door for college and get my youngest daughter out to school. I had a painter calling that morning, was trying to sort out the house before he called and had a million and one things to be doing. My eldest daughter wasn't well and I was running around after her too. I was just heading out the door when I remembered I hadn't made my youngest daughter's lunch for school, so feeling totally defeated I told her she could take the day off school. Well she went into school today and the teacher asked why she was out on Friday. She told the teacher that "mammy was running late and the hairbrush went missing and mammy didn't have my lunch made so she told me to stay home" I am so embarrassed, absolutely mortified, although I am laughing at it too. I now have to write her a note to explain her absence and I haven't a clue what to put on the note. I was going to write that she was sick but I can't now.
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
22 Jan 07
Oh no Biddy lol I am sorry but this has made me laugh I think your best bit is that you write on the note that you slept and that you would not get her to School on time, it was just to late to bring her to School and explain that your eldest Daughter was sick to and needed you so there was no way that you could leave her either Aren't kids just lovely lololol
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• Ireland
22 Jan 07
I think you're right Gabs. My husband seems to think this is absolutely hilarious. I should make him write the note. LOL
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
23 Jan 07
Wellllllllllllll I have to say I had a good laugh to though I can just imagine your Face when you found out lol
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• Ireland
23 Jan 07
Complete dismay Gabs! :)
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@Willowlady (10658)
• United States
22 Jan 07
Well, honesty is to be rewarded. It seems like a reasonable thing that life comes at us and now and then we have to make decisions. One day of school doesn't seem like a big deal to me. Of course I homeschool. Be honest it will go far in the teachers eyes. Perhaps she will not be pleased however this seems like an isolated incident and should pass quietly.
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• Ireland
22 Jan 07
I asked her what her teacher said and she told me she just said "ok". I'm lucky that I don't do this sort of thing regularly. I hate the children to miss school. I've written the note now and stuck to what my daughter said only minus the hairbrush part. LOL
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• India
23 Jan 07
good thinking!!! I like it
@sweetlady10 (3611)
• United States
22 Jan 07
Hehehehehe I am sorry, but I can't stop laughing. Chldren are funy, they do this kind of things because of hteir innocence. I don't have children, but I saw and heard about lots of embarrasing moment of parents.
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• Ireland
22 Jan 07
I know. They can be so funny. I had a friend once and I went to visit her. While I was there she was trying to explain to her daughter about Easter and how we don't eat meat on Good Friday. The next thing the daughter piped up with "But mammy, we never get meat anyway". My friend went really dark red and all I could do was laugh.
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23 Jan 07
Well, my godsister and cousins all got chicken pox once a few years back, just before my other cousin's birthday... One of my youngest cousins [he's four] still had a slight rash at the party, and my godsister was winding him up, telling him that he was going to be banned from the party coz he had a 'disease' -- so, we went in to the party, but only a few of my cousin's friends were there -- her best friend, who had a slight acne problem at the time, was the first to come and say 'hello' -- at which point, my godsister looked up at me, eyes wide, and said : 'Did he REALLY give Kim's friend CHICKEN POX?!' -- I swear, I've never been so quick to drag her away...
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• Ireland
23 Jan 07
Oh NOOOOOOOO, LOL!
24 Jan 07
I KNOW! That's exactly what I was like... I could NOT talk to her for the rest of the party, and I still avoid her, even now! LOL!
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• United States
23 Jan 07
Tell the teacher you were having a bad day and wasn't prepared for the troubles you had to deal with and knew your child would have missed most of the day or half if she would have went to school. Then tell her you would like to have all of her makeup work on the count of you needing to make sure your child doesn't get behind. Tell the teacher that you are sorry for any problems it might have caused. They are people too and know that things don't always go as planned. Hang in there. I've been through that before. At least you didn't have a three year old yelling in Walmart about him having gas and not liking it. It's funny now, but my face turned blood red not knowing what to say. Aren't kids a blessing.lol
• Ireland
23 Jan 07
LOL! Thanks for the advice.
• United States
24 Jan 07
you are very welcome
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@dbeast (1495)
• India
22 Jan 07
i remember i used to embarass my parents by all the mad things i used to do when i was a kid.during a parent teacher meet the teacher said i was a good kid and all but had only one flaw.when she was teaching with her back to us and when she turned back i used to be busy kissing girls...he he.and one day when my parents came to give me lunch i was dragging a girl along with me and when i saw them i threw the girl down and ran after them.when i hear all these stories now it seems so funny. and once my neighbours saw a kid running round and when they were discussing whose kid it was i jumped up and shouted "he aint mine".i have so many memories.
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@peaceful (3294)
• United States
23 Jan 07
I was walking home along a street that winds through a scenic park near the art, science and history museums in my town... The area is fairly busy during the day... what with teachers and their elementary school children, parents pushing prams and nannies with their charges, all visiting the various venues. Since these attractions are close together, kind of in a circular arrangement... there are several busy intersections to cross when on foot, and people will often gather in groups- so that all may cross the streets together, you know, sort of "safety in numbers" sort of thing... Well this day, I happened to be standing at such an intersection, and waiting with me was a couple of teachers and what seemed like a well behaved group of children... until one of the little girls blurted out loudly, "Hey, Mister!", she bragged, "My teacher told me that if I keep my clothes on today, she'll let me be the leader at playtime!" I nearly lost it when I saw both teachers go red-faced, and then I totally lost it when all the other kids started laughing! :) Since I don't have children of my own, it was kind of a demonstration of what parents must feel when their little "pride and joy" lets go with a "gem" of a remark like that one! :)
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• Ireland
23 Jan 07
LOL! Thanks for posting that.
• United States
23 Jan 07
I think if youare not expecting the child to say some thing embarresing they will everytime like my granddaughter went in to the bathroom and when she came back out she was carrying a woman nesseccity for that week in a month adn ask what this was for as naturally I had a living room full of people.....embarrassing
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• Ireland
23 Jan 07
OH that one has happened to me too. LOL! That IS embarassing. I had friends in my house one time and my daughter was happily playing out in the hallway. I happened to look in her direction about 3 minutes later and she had a whole pack of feminine hygiene products stuck to the floor. I had to dash and pick them all up before anyone could see them.
@uath13 (8192)
• United States
23 Jan 07
After my divorse I started dating again. My job required going armed, handcuffs were often carried. One day my girlfriend came over while my three yr old daughter was there. We were enjoying the day when my girlfriend and I started wrestling. A moment later my daughter came over and presented my Gf a pair of handcuffs. I turned red!
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@uath13 (8192)
• United States
23 Jan 07
I know its not exactly the same thing, but....
• United States
23 Jan 07
ack! how embarrassing! my daughter is just 2 and she hasnt said much to embarrass me yet, except once. She has a teddy bear and some how she started calling it "the B". She wanted to take it to the resturaunt one day and we said ok. Well it fell on the floor under the table and just as the waitress was walking up she looks at her and goes "its the B!!!!" and i was embarrassed because the waitress was like WHAT?! i had to explain that she was telling her that the bear, named B, was on the floor and that she wasnt calling her a B...LOL The only other thing she does is when we see military guys in their BDU's, she says "its the DADDY!!!" to them because she sees her father in them in everyday. She always says "its the" in front of things.
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• Ireland
23 Jan 07
LMAO! that's so cute.
@Debs_place (10520)
• United States
23 Jan 07
Oh I can top this and my son added in a visual as well. We were at Wendy's, and discussing the possible purchase of a house. My son, then 3 years old, was happy to get a burger and fries and gobbled them down. He played with the toy he got in his meal for a bit, then started getting antsy. I ask him to sit down for a few minutes but he did for only about 10 seconds and the bouncing started again. I looked at him and said "What is wrong, do you have ants in your pants?" He stood right in front me, pulled down his pants and said "Look, no ants! You are wrong!" We didn't go back to that Wendy's for quite a while.
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• Ireland
24 Jan 07
Oh gosh, lol.
@jhrcsr (348)
• United States
23 Jan 07
Okay, this is really embarassing to this day to me. My youngest (now 17) was in kindergarden at the time. Her teacher happened to be one that had taught me in fourth grade and was one of the first people to hold her when we brought her home from the hospital. Chels was born with a sub-mucous cleft palate. Simply put, she had no bones or muscles in the roof of her mouth and did not have a uvula (the thing that hangs down in the back of your throat and allows you to make consonants properly). We bought a brand new truck and it was exciting. She loved the thing so she went to school the next day and when it was time to share "good things that happened over the weekend" she very excitedly informed the whole class that I got a new f**k. The teacher had to call me on that one cause she just couldn't believe that Chels had said that nor that she was correct. UGH!!
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• Ireland
23 Jan 07
Awww, poor Chels. That's a cute funny story. Is her speech ok now?
@jhrcsr (348)
• United States
24 Jan 07
Oh yes. Thank you for asking. She had to have two surgeries in three years from the age of 3 - 6 to get her muscles, bones and uvula reconstructed. Then she went through 5 years of intense speech therapy. She is now a 17 year old and she can speak perfectly normally.
• United States
23 Jan 07
When my son was 3 yrs old he was in the church Christmas play. As we all know, the more reaction you get out of the audience, the more they feel like getting attention. When the bible school teacher asked a question about the story, he raised his hand and had given the correct answer. Everyone just cheered him on and just went overboard. When they were quiet again, looking for some more attention he announced loudly to the church "My daddy poops in the potty!"
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• Ireland
24 Jan 07
Oh my goodness. Anywhere else would have been bad, but the church......LOL!
• United States
24 Jan 07
Oh yeah when my son was about 3 the furby's came a big big thing and he couldn't say furby's and he just loved them and we were in the middle of the toy aisle and he pointed and said look mamam look mamama BOOBIES really really loud. Than one time at the supper table he stood up and said food goes in here and pointed to his mouth and than said comes out here and pointed to his butt.....LOL...... kids do say the darndest thing.
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• Ireland
24 Jan 07
lol! :d
@banta78 (4326)
• India
23 Jan 07
Hi biddy that was quite funny and it was nice of you to tell us about it. I feel in today's hectic life we seem to miss out on hilarious moments which children can fill up with their innocence, quick witty replies and remarks which can make even make sophisticated adults to shame. Though you migth have been embrassed at the moment but it is good that you also see the lighter side of the situation. I like kids who are honest as it shows they hve good upbringing and have moral values. Think about ti this way it is better to be role model and do all right things as children like to ape the adults esp. their parents and so though it might put us in spot att imes. But they will learn to value honesty and practice it themselves. And yes do take help of your hubby and kids to do household chores so that youa re not rushed nextimte. and do plan things in advance. An dit's good that you supported what you kid told the teacher as she will appreciate it.
• Ireland
23 Jan 07
Yes, I had to support her in what she had said. I embellished it a little (LOL), but I stuck to her story as she was only telling the truth.
@amanda84 (263)
• Malaysia
23 Jan 07
haha..u got caught red handed. anyway by telling lies in front of ur daughter - why dun u tell the truth. just tell her that ur oldest daughter not feeling well and u have to take care of her..u telling the truth but not all of it..dun worry
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• Ireland
23 Jan 07
I didn't tell a lie. My problem is I FORGOT to tell the lie so my daughter had to tell the truth. Ah well.....this happens.
@kathy77 (7486)
• Australia
23 Jan 07
Yes sometime my children will say something embarrassing when they are not to say anything at all well one day my youngest daughter came home with her home work and she did not understand how to do her homework so I did it for her and explained how to do it when she took her homework back the teacher said oh well done but she said no this is my mothers work and she is teaching me oh boy I was happy that I made such good marks but I did not expect my daughter to tell her teacher.
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• Ireland
23 Jan 07
LOL! I think I remember my mother often writing out my homework for me but I had to write it out again.
• India
23 Jan 07
Children are real problem creator. They sometimes tell such things in such places that parents feel too embarass. One of my frnd has a baby gal and once she came from school n told her mom that she is in love with a guy. every body were surprised with such a remark from her.
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• Ireland
23 Jan 07
Well, they create little problems from time to time, but only out of innocense. It's not their fault.
• United States
23 Jan 07
Oh so many times... one time, I was pretending to the cab driver that we're not well to do because when they sense you are, they really charge you so much and my daughter spoke up and contradicted me. I hate it when she does that. I keep telling her not to join older people's conversations but she still does. She even watches me like I'm her kid. When I'm reading my phone and I'm smiling, she asks... why are you smiling?... what are they saying? same when i'm crying... I always call her my mommy because she's acting like my mom.
• Ireland
23 Jan 07
That's cute. :)
@Hiridaya (40)
• India
23 Jan 07
We have a cute child. He always tell me Papa I have a dream. when you and mom became old. I earn money and you take fully rest but now I am a child let me young.
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• India
23 Jan 07
I think you should have to also a good baby.