Today, I was at my friend's house. We were talking, when I need to use the restroom. We were in the middle of a conversation and I said "Just a sec, I have to go potty."
She looked at me straight in the eye and said "You know Michelle, you can just say bathroom." It was a joke and it was funny, but it also made me realize how much my language has changed since before kids.
Before kids, the F word was one of my favorites. :) I could swear with the best of them. Before kids, I said all those wonderful fun words, and I have to say I could get pretty creative with them.
Now I say things like "Does your tummy hurt", or "Be good, or I'll swat your bottom", and myriad other little kidisms. We don't even say fart in my house, it's "toot". I used to watch R rated movies. I used to stay up all night and sleep all day. I used to be able to drink more than one beer.
I am not complaining. I love being a mommy. It is the one thing I have always known I was destined to be. But still, it is weird to think how much I have changed. How careful I have become! I used to get Playgirl magazine. Now I get mad if my daughters see an ad of a man in his underwear! I used to love gory sexy movies, now I get mad because they used the word "ass" in Shrek!I used to love listening to the radio. Now I cringe, because it's all about sex, and I don't want the kids to hear it. This is coming from the girl who used to sing "I touch myself" at the top of my lungs for my poor parents to hear.
How strange. Where did that girl go? Oh wait, she's going potty. :)
