I don’t think my mom likes my blog. I can’t imagine why, can you?
I guess it’s a little too foul, a little too raw, a little too honest. I guess it shocked her a little bit; it’s not exactly the kind of information you want to hear from your full-grown, well-behaved, married son.
On the phone, she said, “I don’t know where you learned that kind of language. It certainly wasn’t from me!” And that was pretty much all she said on the blog subject. I wonder what she’ll say when she sees my other blog - www.mygraphicsexlife.com 
Mom’s comment got me thinking…Where the fuck DID I learn this kind of language? Pardon my language. She’s right – it definitely wasn’t from her.
In my defense, it’s not just me. I hang out with an over-educated, professional crowd of 20-30-and-40-somethings, many of whom have a little kid or two. I can’t think of one who doesn’t freely use creatively foul language in social situations. It’s so rampant, in fact, that when I meet new people in the same social circle, I don’t even feel like I need to feel them out to make sure that they are not offended by certain words or subject matter.
Are we less sophisticated than our parents? Are we more crass? Have I lost all sense of what is appropriate? Should I not have sent the link to my mom???
Please tell me, O Wise Persons.
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Sending to your mom is just fine. Casual swearing is fine in my book. Gratuitous swearing I can live without, but “to each their own” and I will never stop it unless it is around my newborn son…
Perhaps you learned swearing from your evil days at UF?
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