I wanna tell a story, but I'm afraid of flaming

[mbcdefg]

Nov 1, 2012 12:39:17 GMT -5 mishy said:

LOL that is funny!

I have to say though that I'm irritated at some of the responses here. I see nothing wrong with what OP did and think it's funny, but to bash the woman for saying something in response to something she thought was racist pisses me off. Good for her, and beyond the embarrassment, I think it's nice to know someone is willing to call people out like that.

I will say that I am irritable in general these days, so maybe I'm overreacting, but jeez you guys.

I really do agree with your sentiment here, but I think the other woman was really reaching on this one. From the description it seems like OP was obviously calling out to her own kid, not pointing to a random kid across the street and saying, "Hey, look at that dirty little [insert slur here] over there."

[mbcdefg]

And re: the photo, very cute His little hand gestures are cracking me up.

[drloretta]

Ha. I'll bet you end up at a park or a GTG or something and she'll realize you're his mom. Then she'll be REALLY confused!

[Mushe]

That's hilarious! Why would you be telling a random kid to come back anyway? She's an uptight weirdo.

[Deleted]

You seem like a very good mother.

In an abundance of caution, I would recommend that you avoid nicknames that could be misconstrued as racial slurs.

[messykitchen]

I don't post here (just lurk and learn) but this reminded me of a similar story.

I had this cat, Jack. He was HUGE, and totally black. I always called him my Big Black Boy.

One night, I stuck my head out the front door and called "Heyyyyy, where's my big black boy hiding???" like I did every night to call him inside. Then I looked at the sidewalk and saw 4 or 5 teenage African American boys on the standing there, looking at me very oddly.

I said lamely, I am looking for my cat.....and hid inside in embarrassment.

[insominac]

Nov 1, 2012 12:58:45 GMT -5 @misoangry said:

You seem like a very good mother.

In an abundance of caution, I would recommend that you avoid nicknames that could be misconstrued as racial slurs.

I agree with this... Especially with being the white mom of a black son.

I know your heart's in the right place but I'd also give you a major side eye if I was that woman. Lol. I'd look at it as a lesson learned

[insominac]

Nov 1, 2012 13:01:29 GMT -5 messykitchen said:

I don't post here (just lurk and learn) but this reminded me of a similar story.

I had this cat, Jack. He was HUGE, and totally black. I always called him my Big Black Boy.

One night, I stuck my head out the front door and called "Heyyyyy, where's my big black boy hiding???" like I did every night to call him inside. Then I looked at the sidewalk and saw 4 or 5 teenage African American boys on the standing there, looking at me very oddly.

I said lamely, I am looking for my cat.....and hid inside in embarrassment.

Dying. Seriously tears. That's worse than my dark cherry incident by far. Lolol

[kadams767]

Nov 1, 2012 13:01:29 GMT -5 messykitchen said:

I don't post here (just lurk and learn) but this reminded me of a similar story.

I had this cat, Jack. He was HUGE, and totally black. I always called him my Big Black Boy.

One night, I stuck my head out the front door and called "Heyyyyy, where's my big black boy hiding???" like I did every night to call him inside. Then I looked at the sidewalk and saw 4 or 5 teenage African American boys on the standing there, looking at me very oddly.

I said lamely, I am looking for my cat.....and hid inside in embarrassment.

OMFG, this is hilarious. I'm dying. :-(

[mbcdefg]

My personal embarrassment story: I was at a friend's house with a bunch of other friends, one of whom brought her toddler daughter (everyone was either white or Hispanic, and the toddler was 50/50).

She was eating chocolate cake and smeared the icing all over her face, and as it was coming out of my mouth I knew I fucked up: "Aww, look at the little chocolate face here OHSHITWHYDIDIJUSTSAYTHAT." Everyone laughed and I kept saying, "I meant because of the cake! THE CAKE!!!!!"

[Deleted]

Totally funny.

Though I would probably stick to sweeter nicknames;)

[moolarkey]

we called our son "bug" because when he was about 3 months old he had on this little blue sleeper and he just looked like a bug.

We called our daughter Moose because she was 10 lbs 4 oz, 23 1/4" long and I had her without any drugs. My thinking is that if you give birth to a kid that big you can call her anything you want.

I will say a woman stared at me like I was an abuser when she heard me call DD that on a store so after that we started calling her Moosey which isn't that much different but no more accusatory stares.

[Deleted]

Nov 1, 2012 11:21:57 GMT -5 ejpint said:

I call my dogs Turd Burglars all the time. Oh wait, I'm not supposed to compare dogs to kids, right? Plus, it's probably more literal in their case.

:-(

My grandmother always called my sister "little stinky."

[Deleted]

Nov 1, 2012 13:01:29 GMT -5 messykitchen said:

I don't post here (just lurk and learn) but this reminded me of a similar story.

I had this cat, Jack. He was HUGE, and totally black. I always called him my Big Black Boy.

One night, I stuck my head out the front door and called "Heyyyyy, where's my big black boy hiding???" like I did every night to call him inside. Then I looked at the sidewalk and saw 4 or 5 teenage African American boys on the standing there, looking at me very oddly.

I said lamely, I am looking for my cat.....and hid inside in embarrassment.

OMG I AM DYING

[nomad100]

My mom used to call my brother and me her little "pig droppings." She got that term from the Annie movie. It is what Miss Hannigan called the orphans.

Pretty embarrassing to hear "where are my pig droppings" called out when we got too far away from her. Now it cracks me up when she calls us that. (yes, I am over 30 and she still calls me her pig dropping).

[AJL]

We call our kids "toot burger" on occasion. And that story is hilarious!

[ijack]

LOL!
We have a running joke in our house about a poop jacket and it makes E smile automatically, so I often use it as our "cheese" when taking photos. Not good in public!

[Deleted]

You are definitely a good mom tj, and I also agree with miso and insom.

FWIW, I call DS Booger or Boogie since he is always a snot nosed little boy. I really need to stop calling him that or else it will stick. Heh.

P.S. I am in tears about the black cat story. TEARS.

[lyssa1985]

Haha!! Too funny

[definitelyO]

that's a funny story!!! and weird that a random person would say something like that.

We call DS "Sir toots-a-lot"

[max88]

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