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Old 10-13-2020, 03:15 PM   #1704
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Originally Posted by DanaC View Post
I would never have sworn in front of my Gran but then she was in her 80s when I was in my teens.

Probably closer to your generation would be my mum (70s) and she doesn't give a toss about swearing as long as it is in an appropriate setting and done with style

Example: interview for a job? No swearing / with my mates at the pub? fill your boots

In the house of someone who swears? Absolutely / In the house of someone who finds it offensive? absolutely not

I have very much the same attitude.

They are just words. They have whatever power or force we imbue them with.

There is nothing inherently offensive about the word 'fuck'.

This was a big thing I taught my kids from the beginning: there are no bad words only inappropriate audiences. Seems to have worked out OK but the mm swears like a sailor and she's only 13. I guess she comes by it honestly.
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