by JO ABI
I have a mouth like a trucker, and this is fitting because for the past three years my husband has been a trucker. I f-bomb more than I care to remember. And I used to think ‘shit’ was bad.
Picture this…a sweet, innocent, naive young girl decides she wants to be a radio announcer. She’s Italian so she’s still living at home. She manages to nab her dream job and lands a gig as a breakfast radio co-host and is suddenly thrust into a mega-cool swear-friendly environment. At first she tries to tone down the language but soon gets sick of being the one nagging everyone to watch their language. It is a rock station after all. Soon she’s contributing just as much to the swear jar as everyone else. And she’s happy about it. She finally belongs.
But f&$# is it hard to stop swearing.
I have three children and I usually limit myself to the occasional ‘shit’ here and there but stubbing my toe results in a completely involuntary f&$# and my children have been known to drop a swear-bomb from time to time, usually resulting in me laughing and saying, “How cute, he said ‘ship’ or how cute, he said ‘truck’.”
It’s not good.
There are certain friends who bring out my colourful language more than others. One friend in particular is a mum like me and what we hold back around our children we more than make up for every weekend at work. F that’s great. F that sucks. F I need a coffee. Is it really necessary?
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I have slowly gotten worse in my swearing especially since my partner is an AJ!
But somehow I never ever swear in front of my parents - without even thinking about it! It's ingrained into me to not swear in front of them or I'll be getting hot sauce down my throat!
My grandmother used to throw coffee cups at my uncle (only ten years older than me) if he said "damn" in the house. Consequently, I did not ever swear. As I grew older I refused to swear just because all my friends did. I was contrary like that. I also never tried smoking. And never will. I now am married to a potty mouth, STILL don't swear and am in fear of my 3yo copying daddy. At least we will know exactly where it will come from. Hmmm.... PS I don't care if others swear....