Did you get in trouble with your parents for swearing?

[madison2000]

Poll question: Did you get in trouble with your parents for swearing?

[Left Is Write]

1. I don't think I swore in front of my parents until I was in my 20s.

I don't think they would have been shocked, but I do think I would have been told to watch my language, depending on the swear (shit and hell probably wouldn't even trip the radar).

[alexisfree]

2. I was smack if I dare to

think about it!:spank:

[madison2000]

3. At 7 my mom didn't buy my defense that the f word was the same as shucks

and I got my mouth washed out with soap.

[mr_hat]

4. I still remember: When I was five, I marched up and down

our hall one day chanting, "who wants a fart-fart? I want a fart-fart."

I had no idead what fart meant, but I knew it was racy. Gottaswot on me' behind for the effort.

[ok_cpu]

5. I still can't force myself to swear in front of my mother

and can in front of my dad only when discussing politics.

[cags]

6. No, she never knew.

[mitchum]

7. I got my foul mouth from my mother

Thanksafuckinglot, Mom

[madison2000]

8. my mother gets upset over the word fart- she thinks thats the f word

[donheld]

9. Yes, other punishment

they call it a beating.

[madison2000]

10. oooooo nooooooo

:cry:

[DrGonzoLives]

11. Yep - soap and mouth

Never sweared again in front of the parents until my mid-20's.

[katinmn]

12. my family tolerated mild swearing

like oh shit and dammit.

But only in the home.

:)

I didn't start really cussing until I moved out.

[miss_kitty]

13. fuck yeah!

:evilgrin:

[madison2000]

14. kick!

[KamaAina]

15. I can top that. I got in trouble with my *babysitter* for swearing!

Mom? She could give a rip -- but this one sitter (probable fundie, in retrospect) laid down the law... very pretty, though, at least to a nine-year-old.

[Lavender Brown]

16. I would have if I had

My mom would even freak if I said "chill out." They were really strict.

[AllegroRondo]

17. My father worked in profanity the way an artist might work in oil or clay

it was his true medium.

[sniffa]

18. not reaLLy

i used to swear in front of teachers too. the use of 'fuck' as an adjective usuaLLy goes unnoticed. i remember one teacher finaLLy caLLing me on it - he was devastated; he Looked Like he wanted to come over the desk at me for using the gerand form of fuck as an adjective.

i guess it was the first time he noticed that i was dropping f-bombs, as it easiLy wasn't the first time i've dropped one in front of him.

[China_cat]

19. I never swore until

I went to an all-girls Catholic boarding school. That's where I learned the use of the word 'fuck'. My grandmother did NOT appreciate it.

[Patiod]

20. I'm 44 and I still do

one of my worst habits. Swear like a truckdriver at home ("yeah, well, fuck you AND the horse you rode in on" is one of my favorite and least-attractive sayings), but I don't swear at work except around a few friends. Should cut it out completely, cause it's too goddamned much work to keep straight.

My mother thinks "crap" is a HORRIBLE swearword.

She recently berated me for "Jesus Mary & Joseph" and asked me who I was hanging around to pick that up. "All the kids are saying it, Ma," I replied, laughing - A) because I'm 44 and B) because I got it from she and my father. It's the most virulent swearing that they will permit in the house.

[Nye Bevan]

21. My father hit me with a leather strap....

when I said "Shut your face" to my younger brother. Apparently that was "foul language".

But then my father would use the N word in casual conversation. Go figure....

[ronnykmarshall]

22. You bet your fucking ass!

One time my brother and my two cousins where in my bedroom my oldest cousin said "let's cuss!".

Kim: Asshole!

All: Tee! Hee! Hee! Hee!

Mike: Shit!

All: Tee! Hee! Hee! Hee!

Teri: God damn it!

All: Tee! Hee! Hee! Hee!

Ronny (as mom opens the door): Son of a bitch!

I should have known by look on the other three, that mom was standing behind me.

Mr. Arm and Hammer baking soda was my punishment.

When I got back to my room, the other three looked as white as ghosts.

Mother fuckers!

[Nikia]

23. I didn't swear when I was growing up

My mother taught us that swearing made people sound ignorant and trashy. When I met my husband, I told him that I'd appreciate it if he didn't swear. Then I met my best friend at work who swore all the time. Then I started swearing.

[skygazer]

24. Swearing was the least of my father's worries

I got in trouble for drinking and smoking pot and I got in trouble for that felony I committed when I was 17. Oh, and for having boys over while he was out late and for taking off and hitchhiking across the country. And of course, skipping school and shoplifting.

We never did get around to discussing the swearing.

[trof]

25. My daughter let the "F" word drop a while back.

She's in her thirties.
Although our conversation is laced with a few mild profanities now and then, that made me blanch.