Have you ever heard either of your parents drop the "F-bomb"?

[terrya]

I never heard my dad use the word "fuck". And I'd die of shock if I ever heard my mom use it.

[mainegreen]

1. My mom? Swear?

Hell yeah!

[rubberducky]

2. My mom, occasionally. But it was never her fault.

She said us kids MADE her say it!

[Richardo]

3. Dad: Yes. Once.

We were fixing the steering on my first car (1968 Merc Cougar) and he let loose when he stripped a bolt or something. "FUCK!" That's been the only time. And of course I was maybe 18 or 19 at the time and somehow thought my generation invented the word, so I was shocked that HE knew such a word.

My Mom: Heard her say 'shit' once when she dropped a glass casserole taking it out of the oven. :blush:

[tjwmason]

4. No.

There's very little swearing in my family.

[TZ]

5. Both my parents yes...

But after we were well grown. My dad much more than my mother though....My stepdad swears up a storm though.

[DarkTirade]

6. I can't recall hearing my dad say it

but I know I've heard my mom say it.

[bicentennial_baby]

7. All the time, both of them...

We're a pretty laid back family...and we all talk like sailors. :D

[Sugar Smack]

48. .

:hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:

[dropkickpa]

8. That how us kids learned to swear!!

My mother swears up and down that she NEVER says fuck, but that's a big ass lie. My dad will drop the occasional f-bomb, usually when he's trying to do some sort of repair.

[Swede]

9. Mom used it once. I heard Dad say it a few times after I became an adult.

It was verboten while growing up.

[MonkeyFunk]

10. Just my Mom, and only a couple times

which is odd, cuz she swears all the time. Just rarely the fuckbomb.

[rug]

11. I thought that was my name until I was 5.

[Strawman]

12. I think I corrupted them

They say it now. I think my frequent use of it after reaching adulthood made it seem more acceptable/normal to them.

I had heard my dad say it a few times when I was a kid, but not my mom.

Now when she gets mad driving or something, she'll drop an F-bomb.

[Ariana Celeste]

13. oh yeah

mom cracks me up when she starts swearing

[Ellen Forradalom]

14. Hell yeah

My father told me this story:

Years ago, my school decided to skip me from fifth grade into sixth. There followed an interminable round of testing and conferences.

One such conference was with my parents, the school psychologist and my teacher.

The psychologist told my parents of her concern that I'd find myself with older kids.

Why are you concerned? asked my parents.

"Welll...she might hear things," said the psychologist.

"What sort of things?"

Words. Ideas. Things that older kids talk about.

My father looked at her and said, "What, someone might say 'fuck'?"

My teacher struggled mightily to maintain a poker face during this.

[Sugar Smack]

15. No, but my therapist did yesterday!

:bounce: Something about my being "fucked".

[TCJ70]

16. My mom and dad have never sworn around me ever.

I don't think they've sworn when I'm NOT around either...heh

[Orrex]

17. At full speed, my mother could make Charles Bukowski blush

Fuck you, Henry Chinaski. Fuck you.

[chromotone]

18. My stepfather started using the "F-Bomb" when I was older...

...late teens. Before then, I don't think so...

[QMPMom]

19. Dad yes. Mother, never heard her say it. Heard step-mom say shit last summer and am still in shock.

edit: spelling

[RadiationTherapy]

20. Every day...pretty much every day. nt

[One_Life_To_Give]

21. Never

I think the embarrassment of having said it would kill them if they ever did.

[sniffa]

22. Every other word out of my mom's mouth is fuck

But her favorite words are c*nt, douchebag, and arsehole.

My dad never swears.

[RubyDuby in GA]

23. My brother told his first grade teacher that his middle name was Damnit!

She asked all of the children in the class what their full names were and he proudly told everyone that his name was Nicholas Damnit.

Yes, she got called in for the parent teacher conference and wanted to crawl in a hole when she found out why. The teacher told her not to worry though because she and all the other teachers at the school got the biggest laugh out of it.

My mother never cussed in front of us until my brother and I were well beyond 18.

Also, I got my mouth washed out with soap for saying shit - which was entirely her (and my said bratty brother's) fault. I was simply trying to tell her that said brat brother had a shitty diaper and needed to be changed. Somehow she took umbridge with my statement. She tries to claim now that I was using the word all the time - I doubt it, I was only a wee babe of 6 years at the time.

On edit: I'm afraid my little one is going to have a potty mouth because his mommy sure does. But I come by it honestly - as you can obviously see my mother taught me everything I know about cussin' :)

[LeftyMom]

24. My Mom swears better than anybody I know.

:patriot:

[dolo amber]

25. Only after my mom had her hysterectomy

She wouldn't even say "damn" before, now she sounds like Ice T. :rofl:

[Gonzo Gardener]

26. Yes and often...

like drunken sailors with a bad cases of coprolalia.

[redqueen]

27. Oh yeah.

Lotta fightin... lotta cussin.

[qb]

28. No, but my son has...

Me (trying to fix the front door): F***!
Son: Daddy said the F-word!
Me: I didn't tell on you when you said it.
Son: Oh.

We have an understanding now :)

[SeattleGirl]

29. I've heard my mom say it a couple of times.

The first time I ever heard her say it, my reaction was :wow:

[Iggo]

30. I don't think so.

But my sibs claim otherwise.

[Taverner]

31. Of Course - both of my parents swear like sailors

[Reverend_Smitty]

32. yep, all the time, everyone in my family swears like a sailor

[Maestro]

33. Dad yes

Mom? Are you fucking crazy!? ;)

[Javaman]

34. The question should be...

has there ever been a time when I didn't hear my parents use the F-word.

I had a very lovely upbringing. :sarcasm:

[Burma Jones]

35. Absolutely

My Parents, and subsequent Step Parents too, drank like fish and smoked and swore like Sailors. Naturally, everyone has ceased drinking more than one or two, nobody smokes anymore and I'm the only one that utters the F bomb.......

My son asked when he could drop the F Bomb and I told him when he learned to drive......just like Daddy......

[WritingIsMyReligion]

36. Constantly. Where d'you think I learned it?

:D

[auburngrad82]

37. Mine only started dropping it after I loaned them my Sopranos DVDs

I'm saving my Father Ted and Trailer Park Boys for times when they need their vocabulary expanded...

[insanity]

38. Ha

I think my sister brought cussing into vogue when I was 12, ever since then I've had an ugly mouth which and over years of saturation my parents let their mouths slip every now and again.

Hearing my mom curse is the funniest thing.

[Call Me Wesley]

39. No.

And you know, this word translated into Swiss German would sound pretty stupid. I mean, really really stupid.

My dad did swear, though. Mostly 'goddammit.'

[MountainLaurel]

40. It was like "the" for my dad

My mom, who nonetheless had the language of a sailor, generally used friggin'.

Is it any wonder that my first word was bullshit?

:shrug:

[bigwillq]

41. Yes

My Dad uses it all the time, especially if a game is on.

My mom says it too once and awhile.

[Blue-Jay]

42. Dad: yes. Mom: no.

She still gives me The Look if I slip and say "shit" in front of her.

I could say the dirtiest curse word ever imagined in front of Dad, and he wouldn't blink.

[Critters2]

43. My mom did once. She and I were arguing about how to pack dishes

when I was getting ready to move. I said she should use newspapers, she said they'd make the dishes dirty and we should go get some newsprint. I said we didn't have time to get newsprint. She said "Well, then fuck it!!"

We both stood in a stunned silence for about 30 seconds and then went into uproarious laughter. And then poured some Irish cream to relax with.

[trof]

44. Never. But my grown daughter did.

I was...uneasy about it.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

45. My dad used it when my mom told him she voted for Jimmy Carter.

He was pretty rabidly republican.

[Cabcere]

46. My mom, definitely not ever...

...in fact, I'm pretty sure the only time I've ever heard my mother use swear words at all was when I was about five years old and I asked her what the "bad words" that people kept talking about were. She sat me down and calmly told me some of them, and then made it clear that I would be in BIG trouble if I ever used them around her.*

My dad has been known to swear on occasion, but I don't think he's ever dropped the f-bomb...not in my presence, anyway. :shrug: I'm pretty sure I would've remembered that.



*Not clear enough, apparently, because a few days later when she asked me to clean up my room, my genius five-year-old brain decided it would be fun to test this theory. I yelled at her that I was "not going to pick up the damn Barbies!" Needless to say, she was NOT pleased. I seem to remember getting both spanked and grounded...not a very damn fun experience. ;)

[NNadir]

47. I never heard my dad curse at all until my Mom died.

Shortly thereafter he reverted to the sailor he had been before he married.

It was very touching and poignant in a way.

[seemunkee]

49. Hell yes, and my kids

My dad, his brother and father used to get into some raging arguments and curse at each other. My mom would say it when talking about Republicans.
My kids have used it on occasions and then apologized.

[GigiMommy]

50. Never ever ever ever...

Now my husband's a DIFFERENT story.

[Fox Mulder]

51. All the fucking time.

[RevolutionaryActs]

52. Oh fuck(heh), yes. You've obviously never met my parents.

I come from a bunch of potty mouths. :rofl:

[SPKrazy]

53. no

neither of them have ever used it in my presence

I don't think I have in theirs either

:shrug:

[citizen snips]

54. yes

[harmonicon]

55. my dad, all the time (since I've been an adult), my mom, never

I think my dad probably said it a few times when I was a kid and he was really pissed (not at us - just in general.... maybe about driving), but I've never heard my mom say anything that could be considered a curse word.

[Withywindle]

56. Lawd yes.

My mom not so much, but occasionally. Dad's a pottymouth--and a viciously witty one.

[skater314159]

57. Are you kidding?

One time when I was like three or four, my dad and I were in a cab (in New York I think?) and the cabbie went driving REAL FAST past where we wanted to go, and my dad (who was already REALLY frustrated) yelled out "You're passing the fucking place!".

A week or so later we (my dad and I) went to my grandparents' house. At dinner, no one was paying attention to me, and I kept asking for the salt. I finally yelled out "Can you guys pass the fucking salt?!?!".

That was the first of many times I heard my dad drop the F-bomb. My mom passed before I got to even be old enough to talk... but from what my dad told me of her, I'm sure she used it on occasion!

:hippie:

[Hardrada]

58. Not my parents

But my dad's parents used Norwegian cuss words (my grandfather anyway) and I didn't find out what they meant till years later! If they got pissed at us kids (who they helped to raise)the dialogue was half Midwestern English and half Dano-Norwegian with a Sogninger accent.