A friend of mine shared this story…

“Whenever I talk with Sam, my husband, about something I don’t want Jason who is 6 years old to know about, I’ll spell a word. Inevitably, Jason asks what that spells, and I usually answer him, “If I wanted you to know, I wouldn’t have spelled it.”

The other day Sam offered me some fish crackers. I thought they tasted odd, so I declined. Not wanting to plant ideas in Jason’s head so he would still eat them, I told Sam they tasted like “c-a-r-d-b-o-a-r-d.”

Apparently, I spelled it a little too fast, because Sam asked, “What?” Immediately, Jason replied to him “If she wanted you to know, she wouldn’t have spelled it.”

It was perfect timing, and, of course, it made perfect sense to Jason, so he didn’t understand why Sam and I were laughing so hard. It was priceless!”