Comments on: Our Resident Rocker Chick: Average Jane Holds Back

By: Average Jane

Average Jane — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:29:22 +0000

Don’t get me wrong – the hard part is not cursing around the kids in casual conversation. Especially when I’m talking to my sister around my niece and nephew, I have a tendency to get too comfortable and forget to rein in my language. In the rest of my life (which usually doesn’t involve the presence of children), I say “fuck” way, way too often.

By: byjane

byjane — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:24:28 +0000

The first time I tried to change my bad habits was in eighth grade when I set about substituting Heels Beels for Hells Bells. It didn’t work, and since then I’ve given up the effort. I try to keep my language “appropriate” but sometime “fuck” is the only word that will do.

By: Tara

Tara — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:35:33 +0000

No cursin’ around the kids…. Yeah. Good one if you have impulse control!! Being a recovering temper-tantrum kid (I’m 43 now) and having learned a lot of self control over the years (I became a psychologist in part just to get over my own childhood trials and tribulations, as most mental health practitioners do even if they don’t admit it), I happened to write a recent blog about this very thing. See “The S word” at http://www.princessandpeablog.com.

I have been thinking about taking singing lessons, Jane, as a way to breathe deeply and belt things out.

By: susan m

susan m — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:18:17 +0000

Good for you! I’m trying to rein in my cursing. I was reading an interview with Jamie Lee Curtis in “More” magazine, and I was surprised at how many obscenities she used. It made me think… just because we *can* doesn’t mean we *should.*