Should Mumsnet forum users be allowed to Swear!

[cakelover14]

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???

Apropos of nothing and nobody in particular, today DH shared a fabulous tweet pointing out that the tune to the Match of the Day music perfectly fits the following lyrics, appropriately repeated:

Oh just fuck OFF you motherfucker
Fuck off you fucking twat

Cannot unhear.

I was really angry when some lowlife nicked my garden lights and ornaments. I posted on MN that some thieving cunt had nicked them . On facebook they were thieving scum. I didn't want people in RL blocking and unfriending me because I was pissed off

If I can't fucking well swear here amongst adults, where can I? If you're too dainty for some robust Anglo Saxon vocabulary I suggest you try posting in Doily-crafters.net or something similar. HTH.

OP you don't work in my office do you?

It is fuckng exhausting working next to the swear police. I have to suppress a constant urge to shout Cuntweasle or Wankpuffin

You need netmums. They say Hun, xx, and talk in third person to their child: 'let mummy do it, sweetheart' Fucks sake.

I used to be a member of a forum that decided it would start to censor swearing. Causes more trouble than it's worth as people work harder and harder to evade the swear filter. Also catches innocent posters in the crossfire who only wanted to write about their experience of Shorpe Weighchers.

What a shame that none of you seem to be able to construct a reply without swearing and been offensive.

You didn't actually post that, did you??
That is fucking hilarious

Oh and strange choice of first post toffice tell others how to behave

Oh for fucks sake

Just an thought... Could OP be HQ from the Dark Side??

Bloody kids don't fucking read mn so no need for setting a good example for the next generation.

Cos swearing is education innit.

Im especially proug of the toddler being able to say bugger with perfect clarity when he has speech and language issues and a fair whack of his speech is unintelligible unless you know him well

Oh and being a mum isnt the be all and end all of my life. I have other 'identities' as well.

😍 Olivia

OP I can tell the difference between by children, my MIL, my DH, my friends and MN. I'd never fucking swear in front of my MIL.

I can't fucking work out how a bunch of people swearing on the internet is causing children to use 'bad language'. I'd advise you stop reading it outloud to your little darlings OP.

I remember, being young and pregnant, first seeing the word "cunt" on here. It's when I first became comfortable in the world .

'scuse me, I've set an excellent example to the next generation, all four of my children can use the word cunt with aplomb!

Aw, this thread has given me the warm fuzzies.

Love you atrocious cunts

Why the fuck not?

"We are all adults and it is offensive to moderate or censor the language of adults to blank out naughty words for the special snowflakes"

Arfarfanarf - I think I fucking love you!

I agree OP, it is discusting behavior.

I don't swear with my little 'un neither.

back to netmums we fuck

And I suggest song for a bit of desensitisation. Just dont listen to it in the vicinity of your kids

I also think it's cos not many people on here are well educated, like.

Wankbadger. That is all.

I'm not a Mum, does that mean I'm allowed to swear?? What about the Dads, or the Grans or the Grandads or the sons or the daughters?? Is it banned completely?? Is there a minimum/maximum age guide???

I'm so confused!

OP TELL US THE RUUUUULLLLLZZZZ!!!!