Here’s what you do. Learn bywords such as freaken, gosh, darn, heck, crap, dang, etc.
Then just use them in place of the hardcore stuff. Like sparkling grape juice instead of champagne.
That’s some god damn bullshit becomes that’s some gosh darn bullcrap, for example. Sounds nicer but means the same thing.
I can let rip with the best of 'em, but if you’re a mature adult, it should be relatively easy to avoid cursing in front of kids. If you don’t believe me, curse once, or come close to cursing in front of them. Once the parents and your principal have given you their two cents, it becomes quite easy to do.
(I still maintain the word “jackass” is not a curse word. It’s in the Bible!)
I’m trying desparately to quit saying “shit” but I see so much of it (literal shit, feces, bowel movements) at work it is difficult.
I know it is possible to avoid swearing in front of certain audiences. I was in my 30’s the first time I heard my dad drop an F bomb. I commented to my mom and my brother that he must have been very upset since he said that. Both of them looked incredulously at me and said “But he says that all the time.”
Not infront of me he doesn’t. My mother who really doesnt swear has maybe said the f-word half a dozen times in my life. She doesnt like the fact that I have heard her curse more than dad.
I agree with using freak or frack or fuddleduddle instead of fuck. I’m trying to substitute shit for sugar and it works except for when talking about actual poop. ( I would say shit if my hands are full of it)