Your grandmother was right. I never heard my grandmother use even the mildest of epithets. She was a lady, a concept that is foreign to some these days.
I was married to my beloved wife for 12 years before she passed, way, way too young.
And in all those years, not once did she curse. Not one single time.
Now, just between you and me, I’m pretty sure a few times she was thinking it!, but it never came out.
A true lady.
Don’t see alot of ladies these days.
Apparently your Grandma wasn’t Italian or live in the Bronx...........
I try not to use profanity, but it is a hard habit to break.
My husband could make a sailor brush with his use of it.
Last night, I was leaving a message on my cell phone for an 82 year old lady from my church. I thought I had ended the call but realized I hadn’t. Of course, right then my husband tripped on something and went on a tirade, swearing up a blue streak, I mean really foul language.
I haven’t spoken to her yet, but am sure I will hear about it, lol. I have never heard her utter anything, much less anything like what my husband was saying.
I guess profuse apologies will be in order when I see her.
Same here, although I heard my granddad utter a harsh word or two under his breath a few times.
To this very day, I've never heard my father speak a curse word. It's just his personal choice. He was a soldier, and knows every salty word in the book, but he will not speak that way.
My generation, on the other hand, became infected with the gutter language of the streets, I'm sad to say. To this day, I have to exercise restraint around my own kids.
I'll say one thing, though. I still wouldn't dare speak a curse word around either of my parents, even though they're very elderly now. It's a built-in training pattern that I couldn't break, even if I tried.