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3catwoman3

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12. When our sons were little, on one occasion they were using the toilet together before...

Reply to buzzycrumbhunger (Reply #10)

Tue Jun 9, 2026, 10:06 PM

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...taking a shower. As a nurse, I had tried to teach them proper terminology. Urinate was a bit over their linguistic abilities early on, and it got abbreviated to "nate." OK, close enough.

I overheard the younger one saying to the older one, "Let's have a nate fight." I was able to intervene in time.

A nate fight is something that would never even occur to those of us with female plumbing.

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