Ok, ages and ages ago, back in high school, i was dating this girl. Her older sister had a job, and the girl i was dating took care of her oldest sister's kid (my girlfriend's nephew) after school while her older sister was at work. This nephew was just under 2 years old. And I was dating her, so I'd be around too, even while she was babysitting. Other family members would also be around. The t.v. was always going. Very active house.
Anyhow, my girlfriend, being a young woman, was very critical of other women, including women on t.v. And so when some overweight woman would be doing stupid things on jerry springer or what have you (whatever the shows were back then, i don't even remember) - my girlfriend would have to make critical remarks. If the woman on t.v. was overweight or eating a lot or otherwise being trashy, the inevitable comment from my girlfriend was - "Pig!!". I never thought much of it. But her nephew appearantly did.
So one day we were at a clothing store. We brought her nephew w/us as we were basically his babysitters. And it made us feel like adults and people would assume it was our kid which we thought was kind of fun to play act along w/.
Anyhow, one day we were in line waiting to purchase something and the lady behind us just happened to be a very overweight woman. So my girlfiend's nephew, who wanted to impress us, pointed at her and exclaimed - "pig!!". All while smiling and looking to us for approval. It happened to be a quiet moment and everyone in line turned to look. We were mortified and couldn't say to him - "yes, good job, you are correctly using that new word you've learned! Good boy". So we just stayed silent hoping he'd get the hint, and also because we just didn't know what to do, hehe. The silence just made her nephew feel like he needed to repeat himself, however, so again he pointed at her and exclaimed - "pig!!!!!". He did this a handful of times, w/a very interested crowd watching and a very upset lady who was turning a darker and darker shade of red.
Normally, he'd identify something correctly, learning to use a new word that he heard us or the television use, and he'd get congratulated for correctly using this new word and we'd all be very proud. I think he was looking for the same response here. And he knew he was right, yet for some reason we weren't congratulating him like we normally would.
The woman wasn't too happy.
Anyhow, my girlfriend, being a young woman, was very critical of other women, including women on t.v. And so when some overweight woman would be doing stupid things on jerry springer or what have you (whatever the shows were back then, i don't even remember) - my girlfriend would have to make critical remarks. If the woman on t.v. was overweight or eating a lot or otherwise being trashy, the inevitable comment from my girlfriend was - "Pig!!". I never thought much of it. But her nephew appearantly did.
So one day we were at a clothing store. We brought her nephew w/us as we were basically his babysitters. And it made us feel like adults and people would assume it was our kid which we thought was kind of fun to play act along w/.
Anyhow, one day we were in line waiting to purchase something and the lady behind us just happened to be a very overweight woman. So my girlfiend's nephew, who wanted to impress us, pointed at her and exclaimed - "pig!!". All while smiling and looking to us for approval. It happened to be a quiet moment and everyone in line turned to look. We were mortified and couldn't say to him - "yes, good job, you are correctly using that new word you've learned! Good boy". So we just stayed silent hoping he'd get the hint, and also because we just didn't know what to do, hehe. The silence just made her nephew feel like he needed to repeat himself, however, so again he pointed at her and exclaimed - "pig!!!!!". He did this a handful of times, w/a very interested crowd watching and a very upset lady who was turning a darker and darker shade of red.
Normally, he'd identify something correctly, learning to use a new word that he heard us or the television use, and he'd get congratulated for correctly using this new word and we'd all be very proud. I think he was looking for the same response here. And he knew he was right, yet for some reason we weren't congratulating him like we normally would.
The woman wasn't too happy.
