I really gotta go potty. Which would be all well and good, but I just told my boss.
Actually, the exact words were, “I’ll do it in a minute. First I hafta go potty.” He wasn’t impressed. And I was more than a little embarrassed. Ever stop and realize your potty mouth isn’t the adult variety?
The comments on this Wall Street Journal Juggle article were your usual been there, done that, still have the pee smell on the backseat. It was the comment from a mom who’d dubbed herself “AllBoys,” that made me gulp.
“I cannot stand hearing grown women say, ‘Mommy needs to go potty now’,” she said.
Sorry, grown woman over here. I say potty. I say stinky and boo-boo. I also spend an inordinate amount of time with someone who won’t be allowed into a PG-13 movie for another decade.
Being a parent means dropping the cuss words – which can be eminently helpful in upping the professional image. But does our new vocabulary list put a target on our backs the size of Alaska? I’ll let you know what my boss says next time I ask if he remembered to say “thank you” to the guy who refilled the printer with paper.
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