...to wonder if all teenage siblings are like this?

[liz70]

Me, shouting upstairs to DDs 1 and 2: "Come down, your tea's on the table."

(After only DD1, 16, has appeared) Me, again, to DD2, 15: "Tea's ready!"

DD2, coming downstairs: "Yeah, I fucking heard you!"

Me: "Don't you dare talk to me like that!"

DD2:"Sorry; I thought you were DD1."

Because that would have made it okay, then...

(They love each other, really. Sort of. )

[Merguez]

Yep. My 2 teenage ds's swear all the time.

Drives me fucking nuts.

[TinklyLittleLaugh]

No, I have never heard any of mine swear (eldest is 22 now). We are just not a sweary family.

[Donge13]

Swearing and calling each other random things is normal here, even thought they really do get on

[insan1tyscartching]

Mine don't swear in my hearing but I don't doubt they swear when with mates out of the house.

[PirateSmile]

Sorry but that made me laugh

[skippy67]

My two 18 and 15 never swear at each other. In fact I've never heard them swear. I'm sure they do, just not at home. They do wind each other up though!

[Twowrongsdontmakearight]

Mine (16 and 12) don't swear. But they're not above thumping each other occasionally

[liz70]

"Sorry but that made me laugh"

DD1 was wetting herself!

[flashheartscanoe]

He recognised his mistake and apologised. What a well brought up lad!

[Marilynsbigsister]

I am very lucky in that my three have never ever, not once had a cross word or hit each other - ever... ( I am v smug about this as dh kids are living nightmare, bash each other constantly and drive everyone nuts with constant bickering...) but... Mine do swear at each other in 'affectionate' way. Eg. 'Grubs up knob-head'. 'Gis a lift fuckwomble - there's a love'. Etc etc.... It's sweet really, although they keep the swearing between each other and never at me.

[Sallystyle]

Yeah.

That would probably happen here.

They swear quite a bit. As long as it isn't at me I don't care too much. I pull them up when it gets too much.

I still have never swore around my mum because she was strict about it. I blame her for being sweary

[liz70]

"He recognised his mistake and apologised. What a well brought up lad!"

Well, I guess if DD2 has changed sex then swearing at her sister is the least of my worries! #nooffencemeanttotransgenderpeople

[ThroughThickAndThin01]

I don't hear my 3 swearing much tbh. It doesn't worry me. I hardly ever swear myself, but I don't mind it in others. Dh swears a lot so I couldn't really blame my teens if they do.

[cosytoaster]

Yep, mine are, even when they're getting on well - sort of cheery swearing!

[YellowBellyBear]

DS swears to his friends when he is gaming online, but I've not heard him swear at his brothers. If I hear him, I tell him off. The rule in this house is that he can swear, but not when his brothers or I can hear it.

[PurpleHairAndPearls]

Sorry, it made me too. I don't mind swearing in a general sense, but I don't like swearing directed at people, if that makes sense.

For example:

"oh fuck that hurt!" in response to stubbed toe = OK

"Fuck off" to a sibling = not OK

Although my DD once rang me, I didn't pick up so my voicemail kicked in but she didn't realise and I was treated to a delightful recording of her conversation with her mates that began "Fuck sake, my phone's fucking shit"

Needless to say, when she had earned her phone back, she appreciated it a lot more

[SanityClause]

Get a dinner bell, or dinner gong.

Ring it, and they either come and eat, or they don't.

DD1 was recently at a friend's house for dinner. The family apologised for their dinner bell as they thought it was a little eccentric. The friend then came to ours for dinner, and discovered that we also have a dinner bell...

[springscoming]

Nope. They all get on well and just have never talked to each other like that. Considering I couldn't be in the same room with my own DSis without WW3 breaking out, I am very grateful indeed.

Do I win the smug fucker prize?

[GingerIvy]

Ha. Still remember as teenagers when my sister walked into the living room and said "So where the fuck is mum?" and began a very foul mouthed rant about my mum... until she happened to see our mum sitting in a chair in the corner, looking over the book she'd been reading, one eyebrow raised and listening intently.

Ah, very entertaining afternoon it was.

[BlueCalicoBlue]

It would be polite for my house. Mine swear all the time. Ex Dh swears a lot, so mine swore from being small. I used to tell them that is was ok to swear in the house but not at school or in other peoples. Now they are teenagers it does not matter.

[Hihohoho1]

Very funny op. Yes would be fine in my house. Funny swearing is fine but would not allow violent swearing at each other if you see what I mean.