It is time for me to tell you again….

This is a crowd favorite when I need to tell a story where I make a fool of myself.

I hope you enjoy it!

Summer 2003, Emily just turned 5

There isn’t much to do where we live now so we decided to go to the aquarium.  It’s a small aquarium with a touch pool and 2 seals.  I’m sure they had other things but those are the 2 exhibits I remember. 

If you’ve ever taken French class you know that seals in French is “phoque” which sounds exactly like Fuck.

French, my mother tongue.  

Up until a couple of months prior to this visit, Emily’s universe was French.  She was the only person I could speak French to in our new world.  So that day, I was speaking French to my daughter.

Like all the kids at the aquarium, Emily got excited when she saw the seals.  I felt it was the perfect opportunity to make her practice the “f” sound which she doesn’t have in her repertory as of yet.

Because I am an “amazing” mom, I get on my knees to be at my daughter’s height and tell her (in French) that those 2 mammals are “phoque”

Emily: “Poque”

Me: non Emily “Phoque”…. “fffffff” phoque!

Emily: Poque

Me: Mais non Emily, regarde ma bouche….. fffffff phoque  (no Emily, look at my mouth…. fffffff  phoque)

And we went on like that for a couple of minutes.

Suddenly this older lady standing next to me says out loud that she prefers to wait before teaching her kids that word…”

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That’s when I realized that Emily and I were alone around the Seals exhibit.

Parents were moving their kids away from us while covering their ears.

As I looked around, I finally saw my dear husband in a little alcove laughing is ass off.

I was slightly embarrassed!  

Come on, the guy could have told me. 

Have you ever made a fool of yourself?

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