Do you swear when you’re alone?
By Fleur
@Fleura (34990)
United Kingdom
May 19, 2021 3:55pm CST
I don’t often swear, but I noticed a while ago that I only swear when other people are around. That seemed kind of odd in a way, you might think it would be the opposite.
I sometimes swear when I’m talking about something that makes me mad - obviously I don’t do that when I’m by myself because I normally need someone to talk to!
But as far as swearing when something happens - like dropping a hammer on a toe or losing a tiny screw in some inaccessible place - when I’m on my own I usually don’t say anything, I just get on with addressing the problem.
But when other people are around I might utter some exclamation (my favourite for relatively minor problems is ‘Bother!’) or swear for worse things - and I realised that this must be sub-conscious attention-seeking, so that someone will notice my problem and sympathise!
What about you?
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@Prabhatsingh (3537)
• India
20 May 21
Hi.
I swear a lot.
I don't mean to, but it just comes out.
Being with people or alone, just comes out.
Sometimes in-joke sometimes when I am mad, it comes out.
Sometimes it feels like I have no control over that now anymore. 
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@Prabhatsingh (3537)
• India
20 May 21
@Fleura
It definitely is.
It's like now being corporated in everyday sentences as well.
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@Deepizzaguy (122132)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
19 May 21
I have a self policy to avoid swearing since I have one teen at home. I only swear when I suffer an injury to my foot when I step on a sticker on the grass or smash my foot on the metal part of the bed mattress.
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@Deepizzaguy (122132)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
20 May 21
@Fleura I know how you feel.
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@allen0187 (59690)
• Philippines
21 May 21
I swear a lot with or without other people.
I'm fluent in swearing!
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@kaylachan (84760)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
19 May 21
I rarely talk out loud when I'm alone, unless I'm talking to the cats. I might catch myself spewing out the F-bomb occassionally when I'm having one of those days. as in what the Eff... So depending on my mood, I think I need to swear alone or not to release tension.
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@toniganzon (77137)
• Philippines
20 May 21
Swearing is something that I’m never ever comfortable with. When we were kids we would hear our cousins do that and as kids sometimes we would imitate them, but our mom was very strict about it that she would slap our mouths when she would hear us utter a single word. Don’t speak bad words, was what was instilled in our minds.
That doesn’t mean i never do it at all. When i am early angry at someone, i do swear but that is rarely happens too.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
20 May 21
Alone or with others, I probably swear too much. The army made me do it.
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@cabuyogty (4487)
• Philippines
20 May 21
I don't really swear alone , within other people and it depends on my thoughts
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