I inadvertently have uttered discouraging words in front of my grandkids. One of my tasks when our ten year old granddaughter was in grammar school was to pick her up and bring her to our house after school. While driving home a car suddenly drove on the wrong side and passed us on the right just missing us. I yelled, “What a jack*ss” very loudly. Granddaughter was shocked and told me not to swear. I explained that the word means a boy donkey, nothing more. Next week I was on a business trip returning from another state on a Friday night and I was very tired and beat waiting for my flight home. I got a cell phone call and I heard on the phone, “Hello jack*ss!”. It was my granddaughter telling me that she and grandma will pick me up at airport. That greeting immediately cheered me up.
I inadvertently have uttered discouraging words in front of my grandkids. One of my tasks when our ten year old granddaughter was in grammar school was to pick her up and bring her to our house after school. While driving home a car suddenly drove on the wrong side and passed us on the right just missing us. I yelled, “What a jack*ss” very loudly. Granddaughter was shocked and told me not to swear. I explained that the word means a boy donkey, nothing more. Next week I was on a business trip returning from another state on a Friday night and I was very tired and beat waiting for my flight home. I got a cell phone call and I heard on the phone, “Hello jack*ss!”. It was my granddaughter telling me that she and grandma will pick me up at airport. That greeting immediately cheered me up.