To sometimes swear around the children?

[appletarts]

Ok, I think in theory swearing around children is bad but am I a terrible mother for occasionally swearing around my children? I have never ever sworn at them and never ever would. But I sometimes say shit, bollocks or fuck It's usually if I'm frustrated with something or dropped something or if we're really late and I'm getting stressed. It's by no means part of my regular conversation style, maybe once every few days. Children are 4 and 2. Am I a monster?

[Bumbez]

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[Bumbez]

When we first had children Dh used to swear something chronic. Dd aged 2 was trying to hammer a square peg through a round hole saying "I can't get the bloody thing to go in" We made a conscious effort to swear less.

They are older now 8 and 10 I would never swear at them but I'm less bothered if they here me swear .

A few weeks ago I returned home to find our drive blocked by a car.

I explete "look where that twats parked!"

Deadpan from dd8 in the back -" the twats moving" as the car pulled away.

[JaceyBee]

I have a terrible potty mouth, always have done. My dd sometimes half heartedly tells me off but mostly they don't bat an eyelid, used to it!

They know not to repeat it, especially not at school. I think there are far worse parenting crimes.

[Mim78]

I have got a lot worse as dd has got older.

[MissBetseyTrotwood]

Me too rofling at 'drive like a twat'!

'Fuck's sake' is the profanity du choix chez les Trotwood. Or 'shitballs' (my personal favourite). I'd never say it at them but I don't curb it either. They know it's bad. I've heard them say it maybe twice.

I've told this story on here before but when we were showing buyers (one particular utter sourpuss) round our house my DS2 with a speech impairment had been doing the 3 little pigs at school where they all shout 'You can't!' at the wolf. He had been watching something on TV when he ran out of the lounge and shouted 'You can't!' at the horrible buyer.

Except with his disability it came out as 'YOU CUNT'!

She left. Didn't buy the house.

[NoIHaventHadTheBabyYet]

Lol @ drive like a twat

[FadBook]

I've been in stitches at these.

My dd (2) was sat on the bed the other day playing with a toy which would randomly stop working on her. I was doing my make up, half talking to her when I hear "for 'uks sake' and throwing the toy down, 'mummy it doesnt work'... 'darling, what did you say then?'...'For fuck's sake, doesn't work'....'I see sweetheart, let's try and fix it...'

Only last week I'd pulled up at the corner shop to get milk and realised I'd left my purse at work so had to start the car again, whilst saying 'shit shit shit'... DD proceeds to go 'shiiiiiiiiiiit shiiiiiiiiiiiiit, shiiiiiiiiit' for 5 minutes journey home

Think I need to curb the swearing in our house based on these two incidents alone . I'm terrible for it, have always sworn and like a PP said, it is normal and part of who I am. I say bloody all of the time, and in the car I'm awful - especially if some wank badger cuts me up. I can just hear it now - 'mummy, is he a wank badger?'

[stillenacht]

Molding xxxx

[stillenacht]

Never swore in front of DS1 when he was little. DS2 has echolalically picked up "Fucking hell" and "Fucks sake" from somewhere ( he has autism). DS1 now 14 walks round saying shit, bollocks.

I give in. I no longer give a flying fuck!

[DorrisM]

I've only just started to now my youngest is 10 so they are still shocked when they hear me. DS nearly died when I explained what RTFM meant the other day.

[CloverkissSparklecheeks]

'fucking wotsit' The trouble is that sometimes DCs think that certain words are always preceded with a swear word, it is difficult to convince them otherwise at age 2 or 3!

[CloverkissSparklecheeks]

My DH is now looking at me very strangely and I keep trying to stifle laughter. I appreciate it is not actually funny hearing children swear, but very young children saying stuff they have no idea about is pretty amusing, the lazy cunt driver is hysterical.

Its weird though as DH never swears at home but I do, I would never expect anyone to be judgy about it as its no one elses business and I would also never judge anyone who doesn't find it funny

[coldwater1]

I swear, probably a little too much. I am now trying to stop after my two year old blurted out 'fucking wotsit' the other day when he dropped one.

[BuntyCollocks]

My dh and I are appalling swearers. We do moderate what we say in front of the dc, although poor, non sleeping dd has been known to get told to go the fuck to sleep.

Ds did go through a phase a couple of weeks ago of merrily shouting JESUS CHRIST!

Couldn't think where he got it from, until he ran full pelt into me and knocked me on my arse. Better than my usual retort, which would be FUCK SAKE. so, I have moderated. I apparently just blaspheme now.

[YouTheCat]

I manage not to swear at work (in a school) apart from the staffroom where the air is blue. The deputy head is a very articulate lady, in her 50s, who swears like a sailor.

[Geckos48]

One of my eldest nursery workers swore by mistake a few weeks ago. It really didnt bother me.

[gingysmummy]

on the plane on the way back from holiday i left the overhead locker open by mistake my ds(6) then said 'for fuck sake' that's what happen when i 6 year old speand his holiday with 6 adults

[appletarts]

Ps they don't sit and watch if for an hour, it is on for an hour, they potter, play, wind me up and of course listen to me curse, joke.

[appletarts]

I am so reassured that I'm not the worst swearing mum in the world, we're all crap, hooray for mn! Of course I know it is morally abhorrent but I just seem to lack the adult discipline to stop myself. Then again I don't swear at work so.....

Well while I'm confessing can I have your moral judgements please on tv watching? Kids watch probably 2 hours a day, not straight but in morning to enable me to shower and get everyone out of house and another hour at bedtime while I make dinner, oh and sometimes an hour at lunchtime so I can do a few bits in my own life. They have lots of friends and do lots of fun outdoorsy things and I do something creative with them everyday and we play as we do stuff and also do some sit down and play times. So am I normal here too? I had a horrible self doubting feeling that I'm a shit mum who says fuck and sticks kids in front of TV all day, I don't, I don't! Just a little bit of both, is that ok? For fucks sake is that ok? Ha ha laughed a lot at fuck says quack.

[HairyGrotter]

Wouldn't bother me if a nursery worker/teacher/childminder swore in front of DD, if they swore AT her I'd be livid as I never swear at my child

[Sallystyle]

I do often.

I don't mind when my teens say the odd swear word either.

Bad mother.

[Jengnr]

What does the fuck say?

Quack quack

:D

[killpeppa]

mwahaaahaaaa
my evil plan worked

[madmomma]

lol@quacking