FFFC
Mar 20, 2015 16:15:34 GMT -5
Post by kimberlyandthor2014 on Mar 20, 2015 16:15:34 GMT -5
carolyngrace, you totally just reminded me I forgot to take my prenats today! thnx!
billyhorrible, I enjoy going to co-ed showers so much more than traditional ones. I HATE SHOWER GAMES!!!!! They are so fucking boring and pointless. I do enjoy watching people open gifts, but I much prefer a free-flowing, relaxed setting than a structured cheesy event.
My FFFC is that I swear unabashedly in front of my daughter. She's 9, but I've done it from day one. I can't help it. I have to be real. I also explain to her that it is unacceptable for her to talk that way because society says so, and she will get in trouble at school and other places (as well as at home until she is an adult just so she understands that there are things she just has to do to get along in the world sometimes). But I have this disgust for political correctness and also I see absolutely no sense in the fact that of two words that mean the same thing, one is forbidden as a swear word. WHY? Why is poop acceptable, but shit is a swear? It just seems so foolish and silly to me. I don't want her talking about inappropriate things, but if she's going to say poop and talk about poop, in my mind I really don't care if she calls it shit. Words are words. It's the meaning that counts, in my mind. And yes, I guess it changes the connotation of the meaning, but again, why? Only because we have assigned certain words as unacceptable...
ETA I don't allow her to swear, but she does know my stance on the whole thing. I can't help but be honest with her about it. She also knows why it is important for her to be respectful in front of others, and that sometimes there are things we just go along with to make life easy and that there are times to make a firm stand. I'm trying to help teach her to make those judgments calls.
billyhorrible, I enjoy going to co-ed showers so much more than traditional ones. I HATE SHOWER GAMES!!!!! They are so fucking boring and pointless. I do enjoy watching people open gifts, but I much prefer a free-flowing, relaxed setting than a structured cheesy event.
My FFFC is that I swear unabashedly in front of my daughter. She's 9, but I've done it from day one. I can't help it. I have to be real. I also explain to her that it is unacceptable for her to talk that way because society says so, and she will get in trouble at school and other places (as well as at home until she is an adult just so she understands that there are things she just has to do to get along in the world sometimes). But I have this disgust for political correctness and also I see absolutely no sense in the fact that of two words that mean the same thing, one is forbidden as a swear word. WHY? Why is poop acceptable, but shit is a swear? It just seems so foolish and silly to me. I don't want her talking about inappropriate things, but if she's going to say poop and talk about poop, in my mind I really don't care if she calls it shit. Words are words. It's the meaning that counts, in my mind. And yes, I guess it changes the connotation of the meaning, but again, why? Only because we have assigned certain words as unacceptable...
ETA I don't allow her to swear, but she does know my stance on the whole thing. I can't help but be honest with her about it. She also knows why it is important for her to be respectful in front of others, and that sometimes there are things we just go along with to make life easy and that there are times to make a firm stand. I'm trying to help teach her to make those judgments calls.