After school today, Aubrey and I were baking cookies. She was playing with toys and pretending her play-doh globs were puppies. I heard her say something to her “dogs” about Lady & The Tramp, when all of a sudden that little head popped up and she asked, “Momma, WHAT is a tramp?”
Gulp.
Me: Um, ahhhh. Well, let me see. It’s a, well. Um. (Cursing in my head! Deep cleansing breath.) It’s a person who sleeps in a lot of different places…
Lucky for me the subject was dropped. But that was uncomfortable! (Not as uncomfortable as I’m going to be when she uses her new word for the first time, but still.) I’d like to know how YOU would have answered that question! Leave your thoughts in the comments section.
Here are a few options
1. "I'm not sure, let's call Shuggie on speakerphone."
2. "Your Aunt B". I KID I KID B!!!
3. "An abbreviation for a trampoline and dogs like to jump"
I really don't know how to answer that!
I'm going to remember that about calling Shuggie on speakerphone…I'm afraid my mom is the first one she'll call a tramp b/c she sleeps here, then goes home and to the condo…Shuggie has been warned!
I'd go with:
a person who spends some quality time with another person and then never calls or sees them again.
Good luck with that one!!
the dicitonary actually defines a tramp as someone whom travels around on foot. so, i personally would use that….. or Susan's #1 to put Shuggie on speaker phone could also provide some entertainment so……
A "dirty dog"?? That pretty much covers it all…and at least then she'll thinks it's true because of the movie!