The penultimate 'fuck' post
OK, so just recently it was suggested to me (by my mother) that I might curse too much.
Erm ...
Number one, by the woman who, when I was a child, could cuss a drunken sailor under the table. (back me up here, Dad!)
Also ...
What the Blue Fuck is wrong with the word "fuck"?
Wait, this is two-fold. 1) What's wrong with the word, and 2) what's the evil juxtaposition with kids?
OK ... I need to explain, don't I?
Me mum said to me, upon leaving my house after an afternoon of keeping my Brood:
"I wish you wouldn't curse in front of those children."
This has bugged me - obviously, it got me to blog - since.
Seriously.
Yes, I'm a 43 year old mum of five who does curse in front of her kids. I never curse AT my kids. But I do tend to *ahem* express myself on occasion in the presence of my children. Nothing excessive. I don't spend all day sounding like a dockworker.
Is this wrong?
The way I look at it is that there are things that grown-ups do (like drink alcohol, have sex, pay taxes, and curse) that kids don't do. My wee ones are pretty smart cookies. They comprehend that they can't taste Daddy's beer because it's a 'grown-up drink'. They also fathom that saying 'shit' or 'fuck' is verboten.
Some things are just for grown ups. This is NOT beyond the comprehension of (at least MY) offspring.
The word has an indistinct history. There are indications that it stems from the German 'ficken' (to copulate), Middle Dutch 'fokken' (to thrust, copulate, or to breed), or dialectical Norwegian 'fukka' (to copulate).
Honestly, as a descendant of these races (via the Saxon invasion of Britain), I must say:
DUH!
We love the word. It's a good word. It's an expletive ("FUCK!") when you stub your toe, a handy and unmistakable expression of dismay ("well, fuck me"), a to-the-point gesture of contempt or disbelief or disapproval ("fuck this!"), a convenient add-on for emphasis ("I can't fucking stand that" and "un-fucking-believable!"), a satisfyingly expressive epithet ("Fuck you!"), as well as a good old descriptive verb ("Ewan McGregor? I'd fuck him.")
How can that be wrong?
Of course this isn't about language so much as parenting, is it? No one likes to have her mothering skillz brought into question (least of all from her own *&%#ing mother).
Thoughts, gentle readers? Do you curse in front of your children?
Erm ...
Number one, by the woman who, when I was a child, could cuss a drunken sailor under the table. (back me up here, Dad!)
Also ...
What the Blue Fuck is wrong with the word "fuck"?
Wait, this is two-fold. 1) What's wrong with the word, and 2) what's the evil juxtaposition with kids?
OK ... I need to explain, don't I?
Me mum said to me, upon leaving my house after an afternoon of keeping my Brood:
"I wish you wouldn't curse in front of those children."
This has bugged me - obviously, it got me to blog - since.
Seriously.
Yes, I'm a 43 year old mum of five who does curse in front of her kids. I never curse AT my kids. But I do tend to *ahem* express myself on occasion in the presence of my children. Nothing excessive. I don't spend all day sounding like a dockworker.
Is this wrong?
The way I look at it is that there are things that grown-ups do (like drink alcohol, have sex, pay taxes, and curse) that kids don't do. My wee ones are pretty smart cookies. They comprehend that they can't taste Daddy's beer because it's a 'grown-up drink'. They also fathom that saying 'shit' or 'fuck' is verboten.
Some things are just for grown ups. This is NOT beyond the comprehension of (at least MY) offspring.
The word has an indistinct history. There are indications that it stems from the German 'ficken' (to copulate), Middle Dutch 'fokken' (to thrust, copulate, or to breed), or dialectical Norwegian 'fukka' (to copulate).
Honestly, as a descendant of these races (via the Saxon invasion of Britain), I must say:
DUH!
We love the word. It's a good word. It's an expletive ("FUCK!") when you stub your toe, a handy and unmistakable expression of dismay ("well, fuck me"), a to-the-point gesture of contempt or disbelief or disapproval ("fuck this!"), a convenient add-on for emphasis ("I can't fucking stand that" and "un-fucking-believable!"), a satisfyingly expressive epithet ("Fuck you!"), as well as a good old descriptive verb ("Ewan McGregor? I'd fuck him.")
How can that be wrong?
Of course this isn't about language so much as parenting, is it? No one likes to have her mothering skillz brought into question (least of all from her own *&%#ing mother).
Thoughts, gentle readers? Do you curse in front of your children?
posted by MrsEvilGenius at 9:57 PM
6 Comments:
Okay. THIS?! CREEPY! What did I JUST post on my blog? We even used some of the same words in the same order. Literally - go see....
I do, my husband does, though I try not to. When it does happen, I say the same thing that you do. Words like that are for adults and they aren't allowed to say them. End of story.
Yes. I verify that what Blue says is true. I (along with the aforementioned mother) must accept responsibility for the way she speaks.
I do not swear at work when children are around. Sometimes people are shocked to hear me talk when the kids are gone because fuck is my favorite word.
I try not to swear in front of my kids but it's just because they repeat everything. I do feel that it is something that adults can do that kids can't do and my kids are smart enought to know that, at least the five year old is. The two, two year olds are working on it.
Blue,
God Fuckin Bless ya! I could have written this BLOG, but I just have the fuckin' time to BLOG anymore. I lurk on a few, per your suggestion, and I find that your Blogs are the only ones worth my time. I am so glad you are back to posting on Blue's Blog. YEEEE HAAA!
I missed raunchy talk, bawdy humor, and the use of the word FUCK. This world has become so fuckin' politically correct that we are tossing out more of the Bill of Rights everyday. GOD (Sorry Blue, no I'm not fuckin sorry I believe in God damnit!) BLESS AMERICA - where it was envisioned by a bunch of REBELS the RADICAL idea that we could live with a set of ideals, beliefs and RIGHTS and OMG RESPONSIBLITIES to just be good to each other. But there I fuckin go again...
You are doin' a great job - I suggest to anyone who would like to stand in judgement just TRY to live our lives for one fuckin day in a world that doesn't believe in large families and living by a code of honesty that we try live by! YOU FUCKIN' ROCK BLUE!!!!!!
Blue, I want to order some fuckin t-shirts! I will be going to your store. end just had her triplets baptized and they are #8,9, and 10. I think it would be a VERY appropriate gift.
I was the one that just posted BTW I can't get my Goole ID to work.
Katya
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