The F word revisited

In society today the F word is used with reckless abandon. I too am guilty of using this word without ever giving a thought to who is in my presence. There are times when I have actually regretted spewing out the once forbidden F word. To my amazement, I am one of the majority regardless of age or gender who speaks this letter in full word form with reckless abandon as well. As a woman this F word, when I was growing up, was not an acceptable word to use or even hear for that matter. Well welcome to my world. Even as a child this F word was in my vocabulary after hearing my dad blurt it out only once. That was intriguing enough for me. I guess I was something of a handful and a tad spoiled by my dad's side of the family.

Even when my Grandmother, Aunt or Uncle would sit me down and let me know in no certain terms did they ever want to hear that out of my little mouth again, I could see in their eyes they weren't serious. Time and time again I proved myself correct. By the way my family naturally greyed at a young age, it wasn't because of me. When I became a mother I used the F word with a little more discretion. I was truly concerned that my girls would grow up with a bad mouth. My oldest 2 daughters are grown women with families of their own now and I have heard the F word come out of each of their mouths at the most twice each. I am not delusional by all means...they were far from perfect in other ways but when it came to bad language they just didn't do it. Now as a middle aged woman, I am still using this F word with reckless abandon. Is it the vocabulary fashion or are we as a society really that unintelligent that we can't possibly come up with a better expression? I challenge anyone who is like me to try for one day, I mean REALLY try to replace it or cut it out entirely. What the F...you have nothing to loose. This will be a challenge for me but I am in the game. It might be the quietest day in my life!