TIFU by giving my niece a new word.

This actually happened a little while ago. I have to give context. My sister got married to her ex husband who I dislike so much but its not my relationship not my problem. The marriage gave me 3 beautiful nephews and 1 niece. Once they got a divorce my sister moved into her own place and I love coming to visit and spending as much time as I can with the kids.

All the kids have their own nerd obsession that runs in the family and makes me so happy. They write books, draw up comics strips, or like learning about DC and marvel characters. What's crazy is that all but 1 is under 10 so they are so smart. Unfortunately also very impressionable.

This happened when my niece was 3 she is 5 now.

I came over on a visit to surprise the oldest with a birthday PS4. He was very excited and he asked me if we could watch Young Justice together. I said "Hell yeah". We turn on the TV and we start up where we were last.

Robin aka Nightwing at the time needed to get a team together. He went by all his friends houses. Everyone greeted him with a "Hey Dick!". This went on at least 4 times.

My niece who came into the living room heard the word "Dick" and now it became her favorite word. And wouldn't stop. I tried teaching her to say Richard instead and all she did was giggle and run. I freaked out, chasing her before she got to my sister. She wasn't in any trouble of course. But she ran laughing like a mad man and shouting "DICK!"

My sister came out of her room and asked "what the hell is going on?". My niece ran up and said "Dick!". My sister looked at me with daggers. But my niece said "Look mommy, Dick!". And pointed at the TV. My sister took a breather and said to my niece "You mean Richard Grayson?" My niece nodding and saying yes.

My sister pulled me aside and said that she's not mad since my niece knew the word as a name. I felt relief. Until she told me that her ex would probably take it outside of context. So for the rest of my visit, my sister and I tried teaching my niece to say Richard, but even at Richard she would giggle, run and scream "Dick!"

My sister's ex came to pick up the kids for his visitation weekend and I was nervous. He gets mad over every little thing but complains that he has to be a dad. He lives and hour away so after 3hrs of not hearing the phone ring with an angry man on the other end. I felt as if we were in the clear. So I went home. I live even farther away by 3hrs. After 6 hrs of nothing I thought I was free and clear. Until the next day I get a 3 way call with my sister and her ex and he went straight to assumptions and dogged my sister out to where she was crying. I stopped him in his tracks and told him what happened. He stopped took a breath and he said with that context its better but he still wasn't happy. I said to him that it was an accident and that me and the older kids won't watch Young Justice anymore to fix the situation. He said its too late and how my niece is screaming Dick everywhere they go. Instead of trying to teach her like my sister and I did he went to the extreme. He told me to stay away from the kids completely. I told him that's not happening because my sister has soul custody and decision making. He can't make that choice. The kids love me and doing that will make them sad. He stopped talking to me and addressed my sister saying he will take her to court. My sister laughed. Which made her ex even more angry. She told him that in the past few years he wasn't there and has proof of him skipping all his visitations and this was the first time he had seen the kids since the divorce. So taking this to court wouldn't be in his best interest. She reminded him that during the custody hearing she felt bad for him and had child support reduced. (I was there as a witness) so if he doesn't want to pay $2000 more per month he will get over it and teach his daughter the proper name and be a dad.

He hung up and I personally haven't heard from him since. But my niece hasn't said Dick since.

TL;DR my oldest nephew wanted to watch Young Justice, my niece learned Nightwing's name is Dick it became her favorite word. Sister's Ex husband found out flipped out and got put in his place and got told to be a dad.