How often do you use swear words in real life?

For me it's been 6 months 😅. I was so angry at this certain individual that I had to cut him off. I don't like using swear words now and that person was awakening a chapter I'd long closed. They had to go🙄. So glad I took that step. Best decision of my life 🥰.

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ViciDraco · 41-45, M

More than I'd like. But because I feel they are wrong to use, but because using them more rarely gives them more power. We've got a problem in language where we overuse words that are meant to be extreme a lot and thus rob them of their value. Nothing is premium because everything is premium. Dropping the f-bomb doesn't mean anything because it's done all the time. Overuse robs us off the emotional range the words should be able to help us convey.

By using them rarely, you have allowed them to regain some of that power. When someone who knows you hears you swear, they know things just got real.