Swearing... ARGH!

My Baby said his first swear word the other day. And while it's not SUPPOSED to be cute, it frikkin' WAS! (no I didn't let HIM know this)
I started working on my language when I was pregnant. And while I may have toned it down A LOT, it still comes out of my mouth more than it should.
It used to be SO easy when I was younger and it came to not cussing in front of my parents, or older people... It was like I had a switch, an on and off SWEAR switch, lol. I was good at turning it off too! Now... Not so much. I guess it just got too easy!

Any suggestions? Seems swearing is proving harder for me to quit than smoking was!

put a nickle in a jar everytime you do it.
then one day, you should have lotsa nickles.

Well s***, even at a nickel, I may just go broke!

Rubber band on the wrist- snap it whenever you catch yourself swearing?

ok, s*** is a penny, f*** is a nickel

find substitute words.

Dude. You're cruel!
Kiddin'... But IDK, I'm kind of... funny when it comes to pain... I might start swearing MORE! Ya never know tho! And it's cheaper than a swear jar!

That's just something I always hear about people using as a way to break certain habits.

Yeah, I've heard it, too. Never tried it tho... Maybe if my mind knows it's for punishment, lol...
I really just don't want my kid growing up talking like that. My parents didn't cuss around us, but I still ended up with a BAD potty mouth. Maybe it was the rebel in me.
Mebbe I'll pretend he's old. I still don't cuss in front of old people. Unless I'v heard them cuss, lol.

Hmmm... Maybe I just need a different mentality, and not a punishment...

For me, I use other words. It may get you a few looks if you say "Sugar" instead of "s***", but it's worth not having the little ones pick up on the bad words.

f*** - Fudge
Damn - Dang
Jesus Christ - Cheese and Rice
Bastard - Bugger
Son of a b**** - Washing a dish (just came up with that one)

One I say a lot to substitute any swear word(s) is "Geezim Crow". I've been saying that one for years.

My little guy who's 4, says "Dang it!" if something happens that he gets upset about.

my father used to use son of a biscuit.

though isn't bugger an actual curse word too and not "acceptable in polite company"?
I mean in that context kinda went from calling someone "illegitimate" to buttf***er?


Oh yeah, and i have a hard time not swearing myself, though I'm not around kids so much, but it's getting harder at work.

OK, first of all... What the FLOCK is that in your avvy???

Yes, that's how I've toned it down this far. LOL. I've said pretty funny stuff instead of the actual words... The bit by Bill Cosby comes to mind, where he substitutes a bunch of glibbety-glob for the cussing. ( I couldn't find the damn clip)

I didn't know a bugger was a buttf***er.
I find 'sunny beaches' a good substitute for son of a b****...
s*** usually becomes 'shiiooooot.' lol
f*** usually does become 'fuuuudge.' When I switch it, as it IS my fave. Surprising that that one should be Baby's first one, huh! At least he used it right.

I guess buggery is buggery, and when you direct it at a person that would make them a person that engages in buggery.
I think I mostly know that because tfs censors that word so well maybe my sentence says "buggery is buggery" and this makes no sense.

anyway I'd equate it as a less well known way to call someone "f***er", only your average american won't get it, its one of those words like w**ker.