Dropping the bomb

From the backseat...

Mabel: I dropped my doll on the floor. F*%#!

Silence.

Mabel: Mommy, did you hear that I say that word?

Me: Yes I did. Please don't say that word Mabel, I don't like that.

Mabel: Mommy, you don't like the f*%# word? F*%#?

Me: Yes, that word. Please don't say it anymore. That's not a good word.

Mabel: Mommy, do you know what word starts with f*%#? Fffffuh, ffffffuh, fffffuh, ffff*%#.

Me: Stop saying that please Mabel. And that's the sound, not the word. Fffffffuh.

Mabel: Ffff*%#.

Me: Mabel.

Mabel: That's a bad word Mommy, I'm not going to say that word anymore. Because it's not nice when kids say the f*%# word.

Silence.

Me: Thank you.

Mabel: You're welcome Mommy.

Silence.

Mabel: Could you get my doll for me?

I try. Not possible while driving.

Me: I can't reach it Mabes. I'll get it as soon as we stop.

Mabel: Oh fuck.