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Should Mumsnet forum users be allowed to Swear!

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cakelover14 · 23/07/2016 18:54

No offence I enjoy reading the discussions on this board but why do mums really feel the need to swear in their posts! What kind of example are we setting as mums if we can't control the use of our tongues and use language that is obscene.

Mumsnet - why is it not your policy to remove swear words from posts? saying we are all adults doesn't excuse the use of foul language! I am sure I cannot be the only mumsnet user who doesn't want to read swear words every five seconds. It makes me close a thread and stop reading what otherwise could be an interesting read.

All I can say is no wonder every time I go the playground with my kids I hear young children using foul language when parents can't even control their tongues anymore! Unfortunately I agree the world is full of people who swear but as mums should we not take the lead in setting a good example for the next generation???

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Dontneedausername · 23/07/2016 18:59

Toddle off to Netmums then....

TheUnsullied · 23/07/2016 19:00

They don't star out swear words because we're all grown ups. A good swear is therapeutic. Get the fuck on board!

YvaineStormhold · 23/07/2016 19:00

meditrina

I type with my tongue. I can tie a knot in a cherry stalk with it too Wink

FatherReboolaConundrum · 23/07/2016 19:00

what text wouldn't be better for the inclusion of the odd 'cuntweasel

Or twatbadger.

LineyReborn · 23/07/2016 19:00

It's because Mumsnet is for adults; mummy-ness and gender-based stereotypes are dismal and constraining; MN is not compulsory; and swearing is sometimes very witty.

BlackeyedSusan · 23/07/2016 19:00

dilligaf?

Banana99 · 23/07/2016 19:01

I've only read this thread for the swearing...

ilovesooty · 23/07/2016 19:01

How original. Not.

PacificDogwod · 23/07/2016 19:01

Oh to clarify, YABFridiculous

HoneyDragon · 23/07/2016 19:02

Also on the mum thing. I'd like the point out my co parent and father of my children is a motherfucker, as is his father and his father before him. And my father and his father before him as well.

ShtoppenDerFloppen · 23/07/2016 19:02

* * fuck* *.

* goddamn ?

Twatwaffle.

Spadequeen · 23/07/2016 19:02

How exactly did you see this one playing out?!

OvO · 23/07/2016 19:03

Netmums is full of itches and itching. So that what you want? I'd rather a full cunt than a bit of bitch.

EdmundCleverClogs · 23/07/2016 19:03

People are fucking swearing around here? I hadn't bollocking noticed, but cunting hell, that's not shitting on. What wankpuffins Angry.

ohidoliketobe · 23/07/2016 19:03

YABV fucking U

UmbongoUnchained · 23/07/2016 19:03

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DameXanaduBramble · 23/07/2016 19:04

I only wish I fucking well knew when to swear on MN and when it's not OK in front of my kids. Because I REALLY AM THAT THICK.

Op, you wetwipe.

MrsMook · 23/07/2016 19:04

I like to keep swear words for special occasions. I don't tend to use them when posting, but it seems daft to star out swear words when it's usually obvious what they are anyway. I like the way we're free to use our own choice of language.

I moderate my language at work and in front of the DCs. Choosing to use or read swearing outside of those contexts is nothing to do with the fact that I have children. Are dads allowed to swear? Adults who don't have children?

WibblyWobblyJellyHead · 23/07/2016 19:06

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karmapolice97 · 23/07/2016 19:06

You are so fucking right. I totally can't distinguish between chatting to all you cunts on mumsnet and how I talk to my children and colleagues.

IHeartTyrion · 23/07/2016 19:06

Yvaine I have sent you a PM

PinkSnowAndStars · 23/07/2016 19:06

Fucking hell. Loads of bad language in here today...

Buunychops · 23/07/2016 19:08

Ohhhhh I love these threads I usually learn a new and interesting way to insult someone.

I got wankbagder from the last one

QuestionableMouse · 23/07/2016 19:08

I'm not a mum I love fucking swearing though.

PortiaCastis · 23/07/2016 19:09

Grin spunk trumpet. That made me laugh

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