When I was little my mom really cracked down on swearing. She was very religious and said that when you swear, you're saying a mean thing to god and it hurts his feelings. So if I slipped up and said a bad word because I was really upset, I'd go and apologize to God. I also thought that if I didn't, I'd have really bad luck afterwards and in general didn't understand how that whole relationship with God works. When bad things happened, I though God was upset with me personally!
A childhood belief about swearing
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that swearing was just saying, “I swear!”Anon
- I thought a major general is more powerful than just a general (which still kind of makes sense to me)— Demond
- I used to belive that if you didn't keep a promise you would have bad luck for the rest of your life— Rebbecca
- When the Queen Mother died when I was quite upset because I thought royalty did not die.— Carrie
- I thought "f*** you" meant "thank you" in an ironic way, like if you messed your work up and someone is upset.— H.
- I thought that my parents chose my cousins, and was upset when my mother wouldn't let me add one.Anon