WDYT? Inappropriate or not?

libbyann

Friend just posted this on FB:

"(her child) just rolled over! I'd be more excited if he wasn't being such a lil sh*t today"

I for one think it's incredibly offensive that she called her child a "lil sh*t"...but then again, I rarely use that kind of language in person or on the internet. WDYT?

 

rssnlvr

I dunno. I laughed. But my completely failed "no cursing for Lent" fiasco has proven once and for all what a potty mouth I have.

userdeleted

It doesn't bother me. It's not something I would say in public, but I think it's kind of funny. I hear it in kind of a teasing tone...I usually just call mine "silly butt" or something like that when they're acting up though

 

katattack

I think people just have diff senses of humor. I wouldn't call my DD that, but depending on the person that did, I'd know if it was their sense of humor or not.

ali-1411

I've said that about my kids before to people who know me well enough to realize I'm just frustrated and venting.  My close friends and I cuss quite a bit when we talk to each other, you'd think we were a bunch of truckers.

But I wouldn't post that on Facebook.

lovemydog

i wouldnt say it's "incredibly offensive" but i doubt i'd ever refer to J as a "lil sh*t". something about using a swear word in conjunction with my child doesnt seem right to me.  though maybe i'll change my mind during his adolescent/teenage years

Angie&Doc

I personally would not post it on the internet. Even though I may think that or say it to my DH, I wouldn't post it for everyone else to read.

L L CG

Its a joke.  She obviously loves her kid.

eta: yeah, its tacky.  No, I wouldn't post that.  But, I am not offended by it.

mlf625

I cringe when I see people talking about their kids that way.  I have moments where I'm THINKING it, but saying it online is just kind of tacky, imo.

SaraLouiseBride08

I wouldn't post it on Facebook, because I know I'd get judged  

And can a child really earn the title "lil sh!t" before they can walk? Wait ... don't answer that. Let me be naive!

fjaril

would it have been better if she calling him a little stinker or little something else?

I'm sure she wasn't being mean just tongue in cheek. 

 

michelleaxo

Eh, probably not the best thing to call your baby a little s**t on the internet, but it's not that big of a deal to me. However, pretty much anyone that knows me IRL will tell you that my mouth can make a sailor blush so I am probably not the best person to give an opinion.

Confession: I have said that G is being a PITA on several different occasions (not on the internet but I still said it).

A&Jmom

fjaril:

would it have been better if she calling him a little stinker or little something else?

I'm sure she wasn't being mean just tongue in cheek. 

 

this!

Was it "sh!t" that made it inappropriate for you or calling her baby a name?  I have said that both of my children are being "little stinker" or probably even worse to DH and probably even online.  I would not say "little ***" to them though.

Slobina

Having been called a little s**t my entire life, I am not at all offended and I'm sure I'll call my kids the same (although I might not post it on FB).  Among my dad's other terms of endearment for me and my sister are knuckle head, fart knocker, pissant - you get the gist. 

Amy

mcurban

mlf625:

I cringe when I see people talking about their kids that way.  I have moments where I'm THINKING it, but saying it online is just kind of tacky, imo.

this. and I swear a blue streak (depending on audience). 

 

balihaigirl

yes, that would bother me. 

libbyann

yes, it's using the term "sh*t" that bothers me. Stinker and sh*t are not the same to me. But I come from a household where that absolutely would never have been allowed by either of my parents, so I guess that's where I get my views.

I know she loves her kid, but I still think it's offensive to post that on FB. Thinking it is one thing (haven't we all thought our kid was being a PITA at some time?), but I think posting it crosses a line.

shanwalk2

libbyann:

yes, it's using the term "sh*t" that bothers me. Stinker and sh*t are not the same to me. But I come from a household where that absolutely would never have been allowed by either of my parents, so I guess that's where I get my views.

I know she loves her kid, but I still think it's offensive to post that on FB. Thinking it is one thing (haven't we all thought our kid was being a PITA at some time?), but I think posting it crosses a line.

It crosses your line.  not hers.  I don't think it's offensive because it's her kid.  If she said it about anyone else, sure.  I wouldn't have said it, and I might have given the side eye to anyone who posted that... but offensive, no... not to me at all.

 

HSartteach

I agree with Shan...I'm not offended.  However, I wouldn't post it about my kid.  I had (key word had) an awful potty mouth--I was a stagehand and a tattoo artist...man could we swear--for quite some time.  Now that I teach and am a mom...I don't swear (only once in a blue moon) on my FB page.  So, I may use the term in real-life in--only to my relatives that know me well--but never on a page like that.

lauraleither

mlf625:

I cringe when I see people talking about their kids that way.  I have moments where I'm THINKING it, but saying it online is just kind of tacky, imo.

 I agree

thethomps

I meant to reply yesterday - I might think this or even say this (not to the kiddo, obviously), but I don't think posting it on FB is OK.  What is out on the interwebz, stays out on the interwebz and I don't want my kid running across it one day.

batsteph

Everybody's family dynamic is a bit different, so I get that in some families, this could be considered a term of endearment.  In our family, though, we don't call each other "bad" names.  It's just too easy, IMO, for it to be taken the wrong way and tear someone down inside rather than building them up.