Am I a bad mother?

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Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 2:49 pm

When my 5-month old son woke up this morning, out of the blue I said to him "wetin dey!" He seemed to like it so I've been speaking ladspeak to him all morning. "Abeg don cry broda" and so on. Have I warped my baby for life?

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 2:59 pm

As long as he doesn't start sending out formats, I think you're OK.

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Greetings in Barney's name. Please forgive the unusual manner I have contacted you in. I have two trunk boxes full of baby formula being held by a security company in Benin...

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 3:04 pm

^^you owe me one monitor Laughing

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 3:15 pm

You only need to worry when he starts of about goats, guymen and oga's. That's when you know you've taken it too far .. Laughing

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 3:29 pm

... or when he starts asking you to WU his allowance. Very Happy

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 3:33 pm

bohigal wrote:

Am I a bad mother?

For trying to bring your child up bi-lingual? Of course not. (just off to inform social services about you)

But does that make you a GOOD mother?

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 3:58 pm

Bo, you must feel proud that your 5 mth old son is already smarter than Fam-Aww and others. Laughing

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 4:02 pm

luckey wrote:

I have two trunk boxes full of baby formula being held by a security company in Benin...

You're luckey I wasn't feeding Bo Jr. when I saw that or he would have popped off!

Actually I do have all the free formula samples they sent me and I don't need it. If you'd like to get some before I donate to the food shelf, just email your Name, Address, Age, Shoe Size, and Marital Status...

Baiting Guru Joined: 19 Apr 2007 Posts: 3123

That is an excellent approach to parenting - I suggest we all take it up.

Raising armies of young baiters is exactly what we need - I only wish my wife would teach our kids ladspeak...

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 4:47 pm

For the long road trips, instead of "are we there yet" I will teach him to say "how far my Mummy, how far?"

Poor Mr. Bohigal doesn't stand a chance. Wink

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 4:49 pm

I'll bet he has already spoken his first pidgin.

"OOOOOOOOOOO"

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 4:51 pm

I'm sure there's been a "mugu" and "maga" in there somewhere too.

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 6:04 pm

so then, I assume you will refer to any family vacations as safaris?

and btw, I do not think they will qualify you for a pith.

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 6:05 pm

Quote:

Am I a bad mother?

for real?
every mother who is asking this of herself, is a good mother Wink

maybe with humour

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 6:19 pm

If he G0mer chops you verbally you're in deep trouble.

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 6:22 pm

^^^As he has no teeth yet, "Mr Gummer" might work better Wink

Won't his daddy be surprised when he gets back!

Baiting Guru Joined: 03 Mar 2006 Posts: 7103 Location: Yes

You can raise him on wonderful stories of his grandfather, Chairman Charles Soludo and all the money he raised for international business benefiting his countrymen to no end.

Flash forward 8 years to your son on the playground:

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Pardon the interruption my dearest but i must report to you on a grave and suddern emergence that has required my utmost attention these many months. Could you please forward to me your monies designatted for your lunch meal so that i may release my poor cousin Jenni from the refugee camp in the ivory corst? I can assure you that upon her return she will provide you with riches that her great-uncle Ret. Gen. Sanni Abacha has left to her in an account that only requires some additional steps to acquire...

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 10:13 pm

Think of it as an early education.By the time he gets to school he will know the names of major cities in West Africa,what airports serve them,where major ports are located,and just how to find the nearest Simba Safari camp.

Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:11 am

YOU GO GIRL! Laughing

Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:14 am

I always say, "Don't follow me. I'm going to be hit by a bus on the way to Western Union"

Which also happens to be a 419 eater bumper sticker. Very Happy

The kids ever ask where we're going, I also tell them, "Western Union."

Personally, anything that makes your kids laugh, or helps them sleep, do it. Except giving them Brandy with their formula. They can smell it, and you need to mask it with something else...

Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:21 am

Hahahaha, you Bad Mother!

Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:15 am

My kid has already asked me to stop saying "Message received, content well noted." I might have to start with "Wetin dey?"

Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:32 am

when your childs first words are "mugu" all the doubt will melt away.
-your a great mother !

Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:41 pm

Eaters have propegated... ??? Shocked

I think that is fantastic Bo. S/he will be a well rounded baiter... er ... I mean citizen. Fluent in multi languages and not a victim in waiting. Very Happy

Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:23 pm

OMFG My mother does not even know english... But I bet pidgin and ladspeak would be so much easier for her... Very Happy

Let me know once your son sets up a yahoo mail.... Cool