My grandmother swore like a trouper and thought it was funny to teach her tiny grandchildren shocking words. She also let us sip her beer and take a puff of her pastel colored cigarettes. We thought she was terrific!! Of course, this was back in prehistoric times when no one knew smoking could give you cancer.
My son, however, frowns if I say "crap" in front of my grandchildren. My "go to" bad word starts with S and means the same thing. Crap seems very mild to me but I really, really try to be good. Actually, I think children, especially teenagers, cause swearing and once they are out of the house swearing slows down considerably. MC and celiac cause a lot of swearing because adhering to the diet is such a pain in the A$%#. However, the way teenagers and others throw around the F word and other related obscenities is really offensive to me. I suppose there is tolerable swearing and intolerable swearing in my world.
I am enjoying having the time to just sit at the computer and scroll through the messages. I haven't been able to do that for a while. You all are such an interesting group of people.
Sheila W
To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did.
A person who never made a mistake never tried something new. Einstein