| WHAT'S THAT IN YOUR MOUTH? |
| I don’t get out much. It isn’t that I can’t get out so much as I don’t get out. I’ve gotten used to just letting my whole world be connected to me via internet. Shopping, chatting, visiting with family, writing, and blogging. I recently started my new blog, about my journey back into my Little Black Dress(es). I am blogging about losing the weight I’ve put on and the trials, errors, tricks, and issues I deal with. Through that blog, I’ve met some very lovely people. Most are working on losing a significant amount of weight; some just a few pounds (5 to 20). I have discovered that we all have to lose the weight, one pound at a time. And we all have to face the same problems in losing that weight. But that’s not the ramble for today. Cursing is. In meeting a lot of people, I have discovered several have their own blogs. I love reading about people’s lives, so I go check them out along with the ones they recommend. I was planning to recommend the good ones to you guys, but man oh man. Let me tell you what. THE LANGUAGE IS UNREAL. I have learned enough initials to know what curse words they represent but some are just flat out cursing throughout the blog. My question is why everyone thinks they have to talk that way to be cool? I want to ask some of these people: “do you kiss your little babies with that mouth?” Oh my gosh. I can’t believe how many people use the F-word. If you don’t know what the F-word is, you are lucky. Trust me when I say, it used to be a word no one every used in polite company. And for sure, a lady would never use that word in any public situation. I am not saying women don’t say that word; I am saying that it used to never be as obvious or prevalent as it is now days. A lot of these younger women (late 20’s early 30’s) seem to think they are super cool by cursing in their blogs and calling one another “bi&*hes.” Frankly my dear, you call me a “bi&*ch” and you’re going to be picking yourself up off the floor. Then I’ll repent and ask your forgiveness for popping you in the mouth. My point is, tho, that it is so common, none of these women think twice about it. They don’t even think anything is wrong. I have to go with my mama: Mom use to say, “Takes no intelligence to curse. Anyone can curse. It’ s rarer to take time to think and say something smarter.” There also is a saying, “Tis better to be thought a fool that to open your mouth and remove all doubt.” Oh I miss, miss, miss the olden days. The shame is that olden days is only a few years ago when a man would never on-purpose curse in front of a woman. He would always ask her pardon if he slipped. And forget the F-word. NO way would he slip on that one. I miss the graciousness of ladies who would never curse. I miss gentlemen and ladies. I know there are some out there – Alpha Hubby is a gentleman. But kids are growing up via television and learning that it is OK to say anything they want, anyway they want, without regard to manners or politeness. UGH! So there is only one blog I can recommend to you. www.thepioneerwoman.com. This woman was a city slicker who married a real-live cowboy and moved out into the boonies. Her journey is hysterical and well documented. She picked up a camera and learned how to take beautiful pictures, also documenting ranch life. She started a cooking site for members who want to share recipes (www. tastykitchen.com) and will have a cookbook coming out in October of this year. She’s very, very funny. As for the rest of the blogs? Forget it. I can’t knowingly recommend blogs where I know they will curse or tell things NO ONE should talk about outside the bedroom. I mean, that is MAJOR TMI! This has been a Filmways presentation, dahling. Thank you for listening. Article Copyright © 2008 Nan C Loyd All rights reserved. Used by permission. |
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