My dad is unable to dance with me at our wedding how do I still include him?

climbingsingle · September 2018

Serious question - has anyone ever heard someone in their 30s say "the s word"? Because I have not.

short+sassy · September 2018

climbingwife said:

Serious question - has anyone ever heard someone in their 30s say "the s word"? Because I have not.

Ya know, I am kind of a dork like that, lol. I don't phrase it like that, but even when I use mild swear words in my posts, I'll asterisk some of the letters. Like this, s**t. I think it stems back to childhood guilt if I used a swear word, lol.

I wish the OP well, but it does seem like she's lived a fragile and sheltered life. I don't know if she's lived with her parents her whole adult life. But, if so, that's going to be a major adjustment and I hope she is ready for it.

banana468 · September 2018

OK, I may have used it in context to avoid cursing in front of kids - but other than that? NOOOOOO.

ei34 · September 2018

banana468 said:

OK, I may have used it in context to avoid cursing in front of kids - but other than that? NOOOOOO.

I say “ef this” or “ef that” in front of my kids so often that now they use it too

proper context and everything lol

lovesclimbing · September 2018

do! I don't like cursing, and while I have occasionally let the occasional curse slip out of my mouth in moments of extreme frustration, I generally don't curse at all myself. My H does slightly more, but he also disagrees with cursing and is trying to be better about it as our daughter is learning to talk.

So if we're talking alone, daughter in bed or whatever, about our language use or whatever, I will definitely say things like "don't use that word," or "we can't say the s/f/d/whatever word in front of our kids" even though no one is around to hear it. Most of our families are also anti-cursing so we will also describe curse words as "f/d/c/s word" or "blankety-blank" or "asterisk, ampersand, plus sign, at sign" in place of actually saying the word when describing an interaction or telling a story.

ernursej · September 2018

I swear like a sailor …

charlotte989875 · September 2018

ernursej said:

I swear like a sailor …

Same. I’ve had to work on reigning it in at work.

banana468 · September 2018

Funny story: One reason I try to reign it in is about 2 years ago Chiquita walked up to MIL and said, "Nonni you know, sometimes.....my mom says Goddammit."

There's nothing like your kid tattling to your husband's mom.