Curse-Word Turrets
November 28, 2008 by Tracee Sioux
Filed under Parenting
I would probably use far more expletives around my children if my husband didn’t crap his pants every freaking time and correct me as if I am the “naughty” child and he the parent.
Susie-Do lets her kid say “oh shit,” my husband would flip his wig. Somehow her kid knows not to say it in public. Some people are very touchy about cussing or potty mouth.
Sometimes an expletive is just plain called for.
I’ve discovered that my self-censorship in my everyday life has resulted in my behaving as though I have curse-word turrets syndrome at my book club.
Because I can.
It’s like I hold it in all month and every curse word I’ve held back comes gushing forward during that singular evening with my adult girlfriends. They just laugh hysterically (and probably wonder what I’m like at home).
It’s an indescribable pleasure to let the F-Word fly freely.
Ha ha! I’m sure your group loves you for it. There is something so liberating about the F word.
My brother is the same way. He’s forced to maintain a professional demeanor at work and watches his potty mouth in front of the kids, so when he’s free from both, boy does he let it rip. And it’s always funny, especially for people who don’t know him that way.
Thanks so much for the link. But, err, it doesn’t quite work. This one goes directly to the page Susie-Do
I fucking love it.
That’s some funny shit! I have a big potty mouth too and I really have to watch myself around people that have kids.
I don’t have any kids, so I say fuck, shit, mother fucker, etc, freely throughout my day.
I’m in BIG trouble when I finally do have them, I can only assume the schools will have my number on speed dial and none of the other parents will let their kids spend time at my house.