Curse words

[Michlow]

Well...big surprise, I am most likely going to be the only one who confesses to being an awful potty mouth!

A lot of it is probably my upbringing, my parents were quite vocal with the swear words. So even in my early years I "thought" the words, by my teenage years, I used them among my friends. And I think I was probably 14 before I was "brave" enough to use them to my Dad's face. (I chose the "worst" one for that occasion)

I was much better during my church years. I mean, on the outside anyway. I still thought the words all the time, but didn't say them outloud.

Once I no longer had anything to prove, they started slipping out more frequently, until eventually I was right back where I started. Though, I usually tend to be careful around those I think might be offended. (But I work in construction, so really...there's not too many of those around)

[A_PoMo]

Originally Posted by Michlow

Well...big surprise, I am most likely going to be the only one who confesses to being an awful potty mouth!

A lot of it is probably my upbringing, my parents were quite vocal with the swear words. So even in my early years I "thought" the words, by my teenage years, I used them among my friends. And I think I was probably 14 before I was "brave" enough to use them to my Dad's face. (I chose the "worst" one for that occasion)

I was much better during my church years. I mean, on the outside anyway. I still thought the words all the time, but didn't say them outloud.

Once I no longer had anything to prove, they started slipping out more frequently, until eventually I was right back where I started. Though, I usually tend to be careful around those I think might be offended. (But I work in construction, so really...there's not too many of those around)

You're not alone Michlow.

[Rico]

Originally Posted by MissBrattified

Jeffrey is learning to sound out words phonetically, and was trying to pronounce KFC. Unfortunately, he was also talking very loudly, and the girls were nearly in the FLOOR laughing at him (e.g., MAJOR encouragement). I didn't want to discourage him from his reading efforts, so Jeff and I just smiled calmly at one another, and let it go.

I don't like to eat at KFC anyway.

Ok.............................it only took me a day and half but..........................................I GET IT!!!!!

[Jermyn Davidson]

Originally Posted by pelathais

Welcome to humanity. Did you ever consider how that with a ball peen hammer a person could "change" the eternal destiny of another person's soul?

Pelathais,
I don't know what this means. What's a ball peen hammer? How can a person change the eternal destiny of another person's soul?

[Jermyn Davidson]

Originally Posted by HeavenlyOne

Saved and demented are two totally different issues, yet both can abide in the same person. When your brain isn't working, you aren't in control. Your brain runs the joint. It controls not only bodily functions but moods, emotions, feelings, and behaviors.

Even though we are saved, we continue to sin. Why, if we are saved? Because we still have a human brain that controls our moods, emotions, feelings, and behaviors. As you know, being saved doesn't make us less human.

So, that being the case, we are subject to the brain when it deteriorates. Chemicals that should be there aren't, and those that are there shouldn't be in such great quantities.

There are two male residents where I work right now. Both came in for rehab only. One came in an already deteriorated state. His wife couldn't stand coming to see him because he was mean to her and would talk to her harshly. I took the liberty quite often to tell him to behave himself and not talk to her that way. He'd listen to me, but she'd often leave in tears.

He's been in therapy for about a month now, and not only has he improved physically, but mentally as well. It's been nice watching it unfold day after day.

Today, his wife told me that she is now happy to come and see him. His brain is working better (he'd had a stroke) and he's a funny guy, always joking and also treating people with respect. She said he's like his old self again.

The other man was brought in after falling and being recently diagnosed with Parkinsons. He started failing and was going downhill fast. Even the docs didn't know what was wrong with him, as every test they did wasn't showing anything conclusive, but clearly, something wasn't right.

He would talk about things from the 1960's as if it were today. He was constantly falling because he forgot that he couldn't stand (he was walking when he came in, but deteriorated to that point). He was very moody and unpredictable, even yelling at me once. His wife wanted answers, and we had none to give. This wasn't the man she knew. He eventually was unable to swallow properly and was placed on pureed foods and thickened liquids. His speech wasn't appropriate (How are you feeling today? Answer: Sounds like it's making a run to shoes, doesn't it?).

For some reason (I was gone for a week while they ran further tests), he was placed on Prednisone, which is a steroid, and he has improved so much in two weeks that he's eating regular food, his memory is intact (even had to remind me about a new pill I'd forgotten to give him one morning), and he's walking with therapy.

Now, I shared all that for a reason. I see things like this all the time, so it's simple for me to understand how anyone, saved or not, can behave in a manner so unlike themselves and not be responsible for their actions. Some things are fixable, as I shared in the stories above, but things like Alzheimers are not fixable, and in most cases, the outcome is sad.

Hope this wasn't overwhelming.

Nurse Heavenly,
Your response was clear and easy to read. I understand this a bit better and am reminded that being saved doesn't make us robots.

[Jermyn Davidson]

Originally Posted by Michlow

Well...big surprise, I am most likely going to be the only one who confesses to being an awful potty mouth!

A lot of it is probably my upbringing, my parents were quite vocal with the swear words. So even in my early years I "thought" the words, by my teenage years, I used them among my friends. And I think I was probably 14 before I was "brave" enough to use them to my Dad's face. (I chose the "worst" one for that occasion)

I was much better during my church years. I mean, on the outside anyway. I still thought the words all the time, but didn't say them outloud.

Once I no longer had anything to prove, they started slipping out more frequently, until eventually I was right back where I started. Though, I usually tend to be careful around those I think might be offended. (But I work in construction, so really...there's not too many of those around)

When I am with my military folks, some of them don't curse and I try to be with them so I am don't hear so much and encourage my already corrupt mind.

One time, when my brothers came up to see my house in Baltimore, I took them out to eat. The meal was horrible the service lousy and we didn't have to pay for anything. I was still angry and on the way out, I walked into a clear glass wall. The "s" word came out. One of my brothers is my Dad's Assistant Pastor-- I was so embarrassed.

[ReformedDave]

Originally Posted by A_PoMo

You're not alone Michlow.

Here here.

[Jack Shephard]

BUMP...

This is for the new crowd

[SiblingRevelry]

Originally Posted by Timmy

One of our kids had a bit of a problem with certain phonetics. The "s" sound, in particular. Came out like "f". Needless to say, we tried to use the word "lollipop", rather than "sucker", around him!

I heard a story along those lines, where a young boy who loved the Shrek movies saw a Shrek and Donkey cardboard cutout in the mall and started shouting, "Shrek and Donkey! Shrek and Donkey!" Only it didn't come out like that. Replace that "S" with an "F," imagine a three-year-old speaking and you can see what it turned into.

This was the parents' fifth child, they'd seen and heard everything, and instead of skulking off in royal embarrassment, they burst out laughing as they were clamping a hand firmly over the boy's mouth.

[Jack Shephard]

Our daughter has a rough time saying F-I-N-G-E-R, is comes out "F'er".