Swearing

May. 17th, 2012 11:00 am
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I quit swearing this year. It was my New Year's resolution and when that didn't eradicate those words from my vocabulary, I gave it up for Lent. That seemed to have helped. I'm not perfect about it still, but I'm MUCH better than I was about swearing. I'm not dropping those words into casual conversations anymore at all. The only times I slip is if I'm really really mad or if I drop something on my foot or something along those lines.

Since I'm not saying and thinking those words all the time, when I see or hear them, they are like 100 times more offensive to me than they were. I think that's a good thing. If you hear/say/read those words all the time, they don't have any power anymore and I think they should have power to really MEAN that you've just HAD it. You know? Does that make sense outside my own head?

Date: 2012-05-17 04:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] seriouscookie.livejournal.com
I always tell my daughter that there are no such things as "bad" words. Rather, words are either appropriate or inappropriate and knowing which is which is important. Totally took the mystery out of swear words for her. We have fun making up our own swears/curses. My favorite of all time is "You're full of squirrels."

Date: 2012-05-17 04:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mirhanda.livejournal.com
You're full of squirrels

That's so cute! I'm still feeling my way in inventing things to say in place of swearing. I may steal that!

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