My mom tried not to swear in front of me, but one day she accidentally broke something in the kitchen. She shook her fist and said said "Shit". She didn't see me, so she hoped I hadn't heard. (I think I was about 3 or 4.)
But I had. She caught me in front of the mirror later, shaking my little fist and yelling "Dit! Dit!" because I couldn't make the "s' sound yet.
To this day, Mom occasionally says "dit".
A childhood belief about swearing
others believed things like this
- when i was young i used to believe that my image on a mirror would come to life if i broke the mirror.Anon
- I used to believe that if I fell asleep lying on my front that my boobs wouldn't grow. And they didn't.— Booey
- The front of the car was always NORTH.Anon
- On motorways the person at the front of the traffic had set out
first— andy - I used to believe that when you had cancer, your bottom would be in front instead of in back. Anon
- I usd to believe that at restaurants that had a BYO sign out the front, you had to "bring your own" meal.— Fiona