Swearing on Mumsnet

[Kittyinthewood]

Just a simple and maybe even a silly question - but why do people swear on Mumsnet? It just often makes peoples comments come across as so aggressive.....the swearing could so easily be avoided...and the comments come across as more considerd. I am interested to read what others think.....Thanks loads folks....XXX

There are no rules against swearing.

I really dislike it when people put kisses at the end of their posts...

Because it's fucking funny. And I'm a sweary cunt in RL too.

Personally I think it's the same as swearing in every day life. Used in a considered way it can emphasise a particular point well. Used willy nilly it looses power.

I fucking love swearing

Because they want To? Because it's a forum for adults?

I am not sweary by nature but I am not going to get offended by the odd swear word either on here or in real life!

Try netmums maybe?

Swearing is fucking amazing. Thanks xxx

I don't get why (on netmums) starring out words is any better. Everyone knows exactly what it 'should' say.

ooh I love a good swear - it's great we are allowed to on MN

try ntmms hun. HTH xox

I know, it's bloody disgraceful. Adults swearing?! Bleh. Wash your mouth out, people!

I dont think people should swear just for the sake of it but i do like a well placed " oh do fuck off dear " when somebodys being goady net mums can be ludicrous in that it doesnt allow swearing at all but people can be really nasty and bitchy over there and often dont get called on it.

It's so we can have yet another one of these threads where everyone says cunt a lot

There's a Netmums? Fuck me! I don't need another website to spend all my time on! 😆

I spend most of my time singing nursery rhymes with a big smile on my face. If I want to swear on MN then I cunting bollocking will.

I'm more offended by the xxx than the swearing

I don't like it, personally. But mumsnetters seem to think that by swearing they have one over on net mums and are being all big and clever. I view it as I think most people do in the real world. Effective when used wisely, yet speaks volumes when someone can't string a sentence together without every other word being an expletive.
Of course there are also the upper class ones who think it's funny to do/say what they want.

Because it's fucking big and fucking clever.

It always surprises me that they happily use the c and t word. Surely any feminist would know that to use the female genitalia as a term of abuse just isn't on.....

I think it's OK if it's in context. Shit fuck bollocks.

I can't fucking stand spelling mistakes and people who put ... in the middle of every fucking sentence. It's just shit.