Adventure Man’s Blog
“If I had a blog, I’d blog about this!” Adventure Man gasped as I held my hand over my mouth in shock.
That is, between whoops of laughter.
Adventure Man asked me if we were going to be on the flight out of Kuwait on which we had been booked. I had just talked with the KLM office in Dubai, seeking a little wasta, and I had been graciously but firmly turned down.
“We’re forked” I said, using a very vulgar word instead of ‘fork.’
“I thought you gave up saying any of those words for Lent?” he hooted.
“No, my goal was no swearing on the roads!” I countered.
And he just gave me that long look that said it all. It said “hypocrite.” It said “I think you’re missing an important point.” It said “bad words are bad words no matter where you use them.”
Adventure Man can get a lot of meaning into one long look. We’ve been married for a long time. He gets the same look from me now and then, the long look.
He had me; he was right, I was wrong.
I started snickering. He started hooting. I laughed out loud. He laughed louder. Soon I was writhing on the floor and he was gasping for breath. It’s good to laugh like that every now and then.
And he’s right. It’s not just on the road. Bad language is bad language and I want to clean up the entire act. I am really really glad Adventure Man doesn’t have his own blog.
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I got so used to using bad language that I almost swore at my students back in Jordan, it was terrifying. Imagine what an 8th grader would’ve done if she heard her teacher use bad language! yikes. But I can’t just quit, it’s healthy for me to let it out 🙂
Elijah – It is healthy to get those FEELINGS out! Yes! But bad language hurts us, it hurts our listeners and it never seems to solve any problems. I’m not critical of what others say, but I know I need to clean up my act. And my husband can put me to shame, but he knows I am trying to reform, and so he gets to dig at me a little. We usually end up laughing . . .
I can’t imagine my life without the spunk of my foul language in it 😉
You got to at least admit that no words can express how you feel like ugly, bad, filthy splurts of bad words 😛
But you’re right, it doesn’t solve anything.
LOOOL @ “We’re forked” I said, using a very vulgar word instead of ‘fork.’
I totally can’t imagine you using really bad language. And that husband of yours really does think he’s a rajool muhim. (LOOL it still cracks me up.) He’s been in the Middle East too long, I tell ya. Now he’s telling you give up bad langauge, what’s next? Stand up for yourself Intelxpatr! Stand up for yourseld before it’s too late! You go right up to him and tell him you just listen now if I wanna say “fork” I have every right to say “fork” and ain’t no rajool muhim gonna stop me! (and then snap your fingers three times in the air and quickly turn around and walk away)
Kinan – You and Elijah are both right – those words are what pop out in the worst circumstance. But the problem is that they become a habit, and then you risk having them pop out under inappropriate circumstances, and embarrassing yourself. So I am choosing to give them up, but it is harder than you’d think!
1001 – Nevah! No, sweetie, this was MY decision, I don’t want to use bad language. He just pointed out the inconsistency of not swearing on the road, but swearing in the house, and he was RIGHT! That’s why I was laughing!