Cue the Bleep

As children, many of our thoughts and opinions are formed by what other people believe, the most evident of this being our parents. In short, we have an inability to form our own opinions as we often believe that what our parents believe is what’s right. It took me a while to figure out that sometimes, their opinions aren't what everyone agrees with, including me a lot of the time. One such subject that I was brought up believing was wrong because of what my parents told me is swearing. Growing up I was constantly made to believe that swearing was a punishable sin and that every time I had an accidental slip of the tongue, I had done something terrible (ironically it was my parents I learnt most of these words from, but that’s beside the point). Yes, for the first years of my life, I despised swearing but eventually I went through the natural transition of teenage-dom, which helped me realise, hey, maybe swearing isn't that bad.

Nowadays, I swear most days. It’s gotten to the point that I couldn't imagine going a day without relieving some of my stress with a good swear word. For me, swearing is something that stops me throwing things across the room in a momentary fit of anger (I cannot tell you how many Wii remotes have been saved because of this) or during a stressful piece of work that I believe will never end. The point I am trying to make here is that swearing has become part of who I am. Should I cut down, probably, but am I going to, probably not. Not because I don’t want to but because I would find it an impossible task.

I will now end this by letting everyone know; swearing is not as bad as you might think. The so called ‘swear words’ are just like any other word, they have just managed to gain negative connotations over the years. If someone had said the words ‘fuck’ or ‘bitch’ around you, without you knowing they were swear words, you wouldn't even bat an eye. Swear words are just words that have gained a bad reputation. Keep that in mind the next time you berate someone because they say one of these ‘naughty words’.