That’s awesome! My mom always tells us (her daughters) that there are so many words in the dictionary… we don’t need to use curse words to express ourselves, plus I also think cursing is very un-ladylike! It makes girls look trashy when they swear a lot (no offence!).

I’m glad the no cursing is working out for you! I’ve never been a big curser — having a dad who was a pastor definitely helped me learn quickly how to not curse out loud!

I used to LOVE cursing!

As someone who thought her opinion wasnt worth much . . . cursing was a way to make sure that people listened or that I really was serious.

Now as I get more comfortable with being me, I find that cursing is just something that happens when Im feeling insecure.

It helps for me to look at it that way 🙂

HAHA, I try to be aware of what words I use- but sometimes it JUST slips. LOL. Also, just a fun FYI, I read somewhere that cursing is actually good for pain relief. haha Yeah….read here: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=why-do-we-swear

That’s funny! I know I can curse in English, but I feel more confortable doing it in Spanish…

Glad it’s going well. I really don’t curse (or, as I call it, swear) unless I’m in traffic or behind a really slow driver. It’s at those times that I have the mouth of a trucker.

Great job! I try to pretend there are kids around sometimes too, although the last time I hung out with my nephew I was driving and totally muttered that another driver was an a-hole. He never said anything, so hopefully he was too busy talking about Bumblebee to notice… whoops!

Super job Caitlin! I’ve always been afraid to say bad words, since I was a little girl until now as a twenty-five year old! I just find creative (a.k.a.: childish) ways to express my feelings…such as “Oh, Pooey!”

I was working at a music festival a number of years ago and was in charge of artist liaison meaning that I met all the artists as they arrived and ensured that they had everything they needed. One day it was very quiet in the lobby of the hotel and there was no one around (or so I thought) my phone started ringing across the lobby and I ran to get it. I slipped on the wet floor with my foot going out behind me and literally face planted into the ground whacking my head and face on the marble floor. As you do when you are in that situation I dropped the f bomb rather loudly. And when I looked up there were 2 members of a band that I adored since I was young and they heard everything. I then realised that dropping the f is not cool at all and to this day my language more than the falling in front of these musicians is what embarrasses me about the incident. Going red at the thought.
I think that the fact that the word is so acceptable in movies/songs etc means that there is not as much shock value with it any more and that is not a good thing.

I drop the F bomb a lot. It’s apparently my favorite curse word. I really need to stop because it offends more people than ya think. But it’s f-ing hard! haha

I don’t curse much, unless I’m really stressed out/extremely provoked (someone almost hits me in traffic, it’s hard not to mumble “what the f***!). Or if Cee-Lo Green’s “F*** You” comes on the radio…

I got out of the habit of swearing when I was a camp counsellor for a summer. Now I say “flipping” instead of the F word. My friends always make fun of me for it. 😛

Good for you on improving the cursing. I never did curse much, but having children certainly takes away any urge I might have. I must say, though, we were watching this crime show pretty regularly for a while (after the kids were in bed), that had a lot of cursing, and I’d find the f-bomb popping up in my thoughts. Thankfully not out loud. I would hate to have my kids pick up that kind of language. Apparently I do better when I’m not exposed to it.

Lol. I really should curb back my cursing as well, especially since new children are popping up in my husbands circle of friends. I curse like a sailor, especially when running and cycling. Sometimes, cussing just gives me more energy and makes me feel stronger. I think Mythbusters did an episode about the correlation of cursing and the pain threshold.

And writing + alcohol leads to some interesting off shoots of the storyline for me. 🙂

I definitely don’t curse as much as I used to, but I do drop a profane word here and there.

Lately, my BF and I have been re-watching old episodes of Dexter. That definitely has helped me cut back on cursing. The mouth on Deb (Dexter’s sister) just makes me cringe!

question on the toasted quinoa recipes- do you cook it first, or just rinse it and put it in the oven?