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kenny said:
It sounds like putting you under general wasn't a medical necessity.
The snowflakey Dr did that because of his selfishness, @ssholiness, and intolerance of diversity.
He also drove the bill up for you and/or your insurance company.
I'd at least inform your insurance company of this.

If you had had a bad outcome from the general he'd really be up sh!t creek.
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The NHS pay for our medical treatments because we pay for a stamp every week that covers our medical expenses
 
kenny said:
If it's okay for adults to swear, why not kids?
Please don't shoot me; I'm just asking.

If it's not okay for kids to swear, then why is it okay for adults to?
Isn't this hypocrisy or a double standard (which BTW I'm also guilty of)?

Generally, I support freedom to do what comes natural to us, and causes no harm to others.
Also, I eschew guilt and shame when there is no rational reason an action deserves guilt and shame.

My moral compass dictates my right to swing my arm ends at your nose.
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"Swing my arm ends at your nose" Hahahaha!!!:mrgreen2::mrgreen2:
 
From the bad parenting files:

I was a full-time parent when my first child was small, and we spent a fair bit of time in the car, just she and I. One weekend day my husband took her on an errand run and had another driver cut him off in traffic. My daughter pipes up from the back seat, "Daddy, was that an a--hole?".
 
kenny said:
Huh?
So members of the Nazi Youth were justified in going along with how they were raised because they were ... "raised that way"? :doh:

IMO none of us are finished "being raised" till the day we die.
It is possible after age 18, to keep thinking, learning and improving ourselves.

But then, people vary.
I'm sure some adults are convinced the only right way to be is to mindlessly conform to what their parents and their parents' religion allowed.
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I feel like this is harsh. I gave it 24 hrs to think about it before posting. Nazi youth and mindless religion? Did I mention either? What’s wrong with being raised not to swear? You made assumptions about me for some reason I think are not valid and I’m hurt.
 
yes, but not "at" anyone. but definitely to accentuate what I'm saying!
 
I’m in the extremely small percentage of people who don’t swear. I don’t know why. My entire family does (heck, my mom could put some sailors to shame). My husband swears often and enthusiastically. I just don’t. Sometimes I wish I did because dropping an F bomb mid sentence just sounds better. :lol:

I like to use different words in place of swear words.
-Sh*t becomes “shiitake mushrooms”.
-A** becomes “Tuchas” (and trust me when I tell you, that does NOT fit smoothly into converstations).
- Son of a b*tch becomes “Son of a biscuit.”
- F*cking becomes “freaking.”
You get the idea. It may be laughable but it makes me, me, if you know what I mean.
 
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Only when I am with my husband. Not at him mind you. I feel the most comfortable with him and sometimes a good swear word really enhances the flavor of the thought I would like to share.
 
Tremsi said:
Yes, when appropriate. I think swear words can be fun :P2 and one of life’s simple pleasures when used sparingly and to great effect without being gratuitous.

I hate the wasteful use of perfectly good swear words.
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You said what I was trying to say earlier. The lady I worked for was in a elementary and secondary school environment and I was so afraid one day she was going to slip with the F word in front of someone and then there would be hell to pay. When I say a lot I mean a LOT. Yep, I swear and am probably an old prune too, but if you heard this woman talk like she did where she did, you’d understand. Nothing wrong with swearing....but there can be too much of it too.
 
Years ago, in another lifetime, I told a joke that contained the F word.
My fiance got mad and chastised me! He said that it wasn't nice, and ladies don't swear. So I stifled myself for the many years we were married. It was the 80s and I did what my husband told me.

After the divorce, I happily embraced the F word. I use it all the time and it is liberating.
 
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stracci2000 said:
Years ago, in another lifetime, I told a joke that contained the F word.
My fiance got mad and chastised me! He said that it wasn't nice, and ladies don't swear. So I stifled myself for the many years we were married. It was the 80s and I did what my husband told me.

After the divorce, I happily embraced the F word. I use it all the time and it is liberating.
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"... ladies don't swear"

OH boy! :shock::eek-2::-o Talk about a RED flag!

But then, women vary.
Some very much want to be thought of as "ladies" (a term with a zillion interpretations) and agree with your ex.
 
kenny said:
If it's okay for adults to swear, why not kids?
Please don't shoot me; I'm just asking.

If it's not okay for kids to swear, then why is it okay for adults to?
Isn't this hypocrisy or a double standard (which BTW I'm also guilty of)?

Generally, I support freedom to do what comes natural to us, and causes no harm to others.
Also, I eschew guilt and shame when there is no rational reason an action deserves guilt and shame.

My moral compass dictates my right to swing my arm ends at your nose.
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I swear a lot. My husband not as much, but still a fair amount. My now 6 year old has known what every swear word means, and how people use it in different context since he was about 5. We don't hide or ban them because then they become the forbidden fruit and he'd want to use it more. He knows how to spell them, and giggles when his teacher says or writes "assessment" on zoom, because "it starts with a-s-s" I don't mind if he swears, as long as he uses it in the correct context, yet he doesn't because 6 year olds don't have to deal with daily life the way we do, I guess. I do ask that he not swear in front of other people because others are not as tolerant. The only time he's ever used it was completely appropriate. A cat plowed over his feet and knocked water all over his chromebook. His response was "are you f*in kidding me?" I laughed because he used it correctly.

To me, if you substitute a "bad word" with a word that sounds like it but is not "bad", the intent is still the same, therefore it's no different than using the actual swear word. Calling someone a fart nugget is literally the same as calling someone a piece of sh!t, and everyone knows you don't mean to say "son of a bee" or "fracken jerk" :lol:
 
Every f***** day...

I've never told my kids not to swear, and I've never avoided swearing in front of them. It's strange though that my kids completely disapprove of it. I call it successful aversion therapy. My husband never swears. Well, you could count on one hand the number of times he has sworn during our 20+ year marriage. But he never tells me not to. (He used to disapprove when we first started dating, but my relationship with cussing is even longer than my relationship with him.) Yeah, so whatever...
 
doberman said:
From the bad parenting files:

I was a full-time parent when my first child was small, and we spent a fair bit of time in the car, just she and I. One weekend day my husband took her on an errand run and had another driver cut him off in traffic. My daughter pipes up from the back seat, "Daddy, was that an a--hole?".
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OMG this! Except my daughter pointed at the TV and told my husband the person was "being an ackhole!" :lol-2: She also, quite appropriately, told me another driver was being "a morvon." God, she was a cute toddler!

I'm the only person who swears at home. I have fully embraced it now that my kids are in their 20s. I don't hold back. Ever.
 
MrsKMB said:
OMG this! Except my daughter pointed at the TV and told my husband the person was "being an ackhole!" :lol-2: She also, quite appropriately, told me another driver was being "a morvon." God, she was a cute toddler!
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doberman said:
I was a full-time parent when my first child was small, and we spent a fair bit of time in the car, just she and I. One weekend day my husband took her on an errand run and had another driver cut him off in traffic. My daughter pipes up from the back seat, "Daddy, was that an a--hole?".
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Both of these are hilarious. They're not wrong!!
 
Never heard my wife swear not even one time. We been together 45 yrs.
 
Dancing Fire said:
Never heard my wife swear not even one time. We been together 45 yrs.
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Yeah, don't hold your breath.
Everyone knows wives and husbands start swearing when the 46-year itch strikes.
 
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I’m one who doesn’t swear at all. I don’t have a problem with it and I wasn’t raised not to ever swear - I’ve just never said them and it doesn’t feel right or like me to say them at this point. I’ve never flipped anyone off either.

My family and coworkers all swear tons around me and it never bothers me - I’ve had multiple people in the fields I work in (construction and law) tell me that the exposure and the job will drive me to swear, but still no after 18 years!

I was having a discussion about swearing with my 12 year old daughter the other day because we were talking about censoring songs for radio and movies for tv.....I was demonstrating a funny example and she was shocked I played her the original song (which had a lot of f words). I’ve never censored anything for her much because of language once she was out of that parroting toddler phase though, and I’m sure 6th grade has plenty of kids swearing among themselves. I don’t care when adults do swear, and I really don’t care if if she does at this point - I know she understands appropriate time and place.
 
I don't really swear either, I can probably count on 1 hand the number of times I swear a year. If I do, it is usually at dh because I married a man exact opposite of me, and almost every sentence that comes out of his mouth is punctuated with an expletive, even in his sleep!
 
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