Do you ever say the word "God!!" in frustration in front of the kids?
I love to swear but have been trying to cut back since having kids. I once said "God dammit" in front of my son when he was two or so, and he parroted it back to me shortly after - I didn't even realize I had said it! Since then, I haven't used the word God in frustration in front of my kids. My son uses it sometimes, but he picked it up from elsewhere.
squash / 13208 posts
I say God dammit and Jesus Christ all the time in frustration - ugh!- But I have gotten better!!
My DD picked it up and was saying both - so I told her she had to use a different word - crabby patty, macaroni, etc - she came up with "Mackerel" so now when she is doing something and it goes wrong she says "Mackerel!" Its kinda funny!
When I slip and say "Jesus Christ" I tell the kids I was praying 
pineapple / 12802 posts
No. My frustrated words are "aw shit" and "what the fuck!" So... I'm honestly not sure what's worse.
L does say "oh MY goooooosh, mommy what happened?" When something breaks or falls or doesn't go as planned. haha Which I think is super cute.
cantaloupe / 6634 posts
While I might cuss once in a while, I never use the Lord's name in vain. It's more of a reflection of my spiritual beliefs.
nectarine / 2641 posts
I've never really used God or Jesus in a frustrated way, so it's easy to avoid. Curse words are another story....
honeydew / 7504 posts
I try really hard not to. My step-sister uses it a lot, and her kids were all saying "Oh my God" and such by age 3. For some reason, it just sounds wrong coming out of a little mouth, even though I don't really find it offensive from a religious stand-point.
wonderful clementine / 24134 posts
I don't use God's name in vain and so I assume at preschool she learned it (around age 3). We very quickly nipped that and letting her know she can say "Gosh" or "Oh my goodness".
coconut / 8279 posts
I really make a point not to. DH says, "oh my god" a lot and I had to curb that because J was picking up on it.
nectarine / 2878 posts
I don't use God's name in vain...although I find myself saying "gooooood lord" all the time, I think I got that from my mom?
wonderful pea / 17279 posts
It's weird but GD said by my dad always sounded like Got Dammit- with a T. GD hurts my ears so I don't say it.
My kid may pick up on "dude!" and "motherfucker" and the phrase "fuck me in the ass". Hopefully, I'll curb my mouth and treat my kid's ears like people I work with.
cantaloupe / 6669 posts
@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: hahaha you escalated from "dude!" really fast!
I say "oh my gosh" but it sounds too grown up coming out of LO's mouth IMO so I successfully made the switch to "oh my goodness" which sounds adorable when LO says it 
pomegranate / 3401 posts
I saw "oh my gosh!" And now DD says it too, but she says it with a southern accent for some reason (weird since we are in CA and not southern). It sounds like, "oh mah gaaaaaaaash!" Lol!
cantaloupe / 6059 posts
No. And even if I didn't personally believe in God I still wouldn't use those words in a derogatory way because it's offensive to those who do.
persimmon / 1447 posts
@coopsmama: I love this perspective!
I am terrible about saying Jesus Christ. My 9 y/o gets really upset when I do though, so I definitely try NOT to use it.
wonderful pea / 17279 posts
@daniellemybelle: lol, I have to something for mixed company/ work
nectarine / 2148 posts
I definitely curse a lot. Sometimes it gets rolled into me saying 'jesus fucking christ'. But in general I don't really use god or jesus christ. But, I don't really curse out of frustration when I'm at home. I tend to be more sarcastic. I use fuck as if it was just a normal part of speech.
cantaloupe / 6017 posts
I apparently do, because my daughter went through an "oh jesus" phase a couple weeks ago.....I try not to, and when she started doing it I tried to ignore it and offer her some other words ("oh gosh!")
I and am not religious myself. But I recognize that it can be disrespectful to others, and so I basically consider it a curse word (for my family).
grapefruit / 4355 posts
@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: hahaha!
I say "oh my god" plenty (along with all of my cursing). I really need to get better about censoring myself in front of DD.
GOLD / wonderful olive / 19030 posts
No, as I've gotten older I try my best to not say the Lord's name in vain, we are a big "Oh my gosh" family and I have used "cheese and rice" instead of JC because this is something my best friend's mom says, we've always used it to kind of make fun of her but it works now that I have kids!
GOLD / wonderful olive / 19030 posts
@lilyann: I say this too, not when I'm frustrated but when something is ridiculous to me I say "oh good lord" I got it from my grandma 
grapefruit / 4418 posts
Yes all the time. My children are bound to have potty mouths as hard as we try to contain it, we fail often lol. I think my 19 month old already has her first semester college tuition in our swear jar!
cantaloupe / 6630 posts
Yes, sadly I do. I have to stop though for when we move in with my Catholic in law's in December. Just one of my behaviours I have to change before then!
papaya / 10343 posts
I swear like a sailor but I don't hardly ever do the GDs or JCs. To me they feel worse than normal swearing. But also I'm moderately religious. I think there is only one time I dropped a JC since LO was born, and it was in front of her and when I was really angry/scared. I had hot pans in both hands and the oven was hot/open and DH set LO down without paying attention and she was running towards the oven.
honeydew / 7586 posts
I think I say, "for the love of Christ" sometimes when I'm frustrated. I'm not religious in the least though so god/Christ aren't usually in my vernacular.
honeydew / 7667 posts
@Eko: Me too. Fucking is my favorite adjective. I'm fine with being sweary.
watermelon / 14467 posts
I said JC once in vain and felt horrible. But saying good Lord doesn't bother me. I never say GD though.
honeydew / 7463 posts
I have a funny story.
My family has always been careful about using the Lord's name in vain. We were just taught not to and my parents never ever did it themselves.
So anyway, my sister got home from the grocery store a few weeks ago and was unloading groceries. My 5 year old nephew started helping and she heard "Jeesus!" She stopped unloading and so did her husband and they looked at each other and then looked at him and said you really shouldn't say that it's not nice. She said he looked down at the ground and felt really bad but also looked kind of confused. He muttered under his breath "I was just excited for the Cheez-its". He walked away and she saw a grocery bag with a box of cheezits sticking out.
He had said "cheeze-it's!"
Ha ha
grapefruit / 4085 posts
I've only ever said "oh my gosh" and I don't curse. My good Catholic mother instilled this in me ;). My husband on the other hand...
eggplant / 11287 posts
No, never. My 3 year old knows "oh my God" is bad in our house, and once, when the song "Shake it Off" came on the radio she said "mom, I need to say oh my god to sing this song. Taylor Swift says it! She doesn't say oh my gosh. So can I please say it?"
nectarine / 2765 posts
I rarely take the Lord's name in vain and I make efforts not to. However, I quite often let other curse words fly.
cantaloupe / 6206 posts
I'm actually sort of fascinated so many people consider saying "oh my god" cursing. I had no idea!
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