My mommy says the 'F' word

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So we are at the dinner table with some friends of my husband's and my son is really tucking in when one of the wives slaps her forehead and mutters "Oh crap!" My little baby looks up at her (by the way he is neither a baby, nor a toddler), he swallows and says, "My mommy says the F word." I swear there was not a sound at the table for a full minute. The lady actually appeared to choke for a bit. I wanted to die. I felt like my parenting skills had just been downgraded from D to a complete Fail. But then there was some awkward laughter and one of the ladies nudged me and said, "I'm sure every parent curses." Thing is, I don't use expletives in front of my kids. We have an extensive list of words classified as bad and unmentionable and the 'F' word is practically at the top of that list! My son is still in pre-k though, and every bad word is the F word in his book. To him, crap was the F word and he wanted the lady to know that she had company. I really don't think that was her takeaway though... But... kids can really put you in the hot seat, can't they? Have you ever had any embarrassing moments with your kids, siblings or just little children you might know?