You and me both. (And I'm a woman.) There were times I could've made a sailor blush with the language I used. Not often. Only when I was trying to scare someone off. I learned it at school (certainly not at home) as a survival tactic. Now, as a parent myself, I look back and cringe at some of the things I said. If you ever met me now, you would never guess... I try to be very careful as a parent, though I've slipped a few times.
I don't think I've ever typed profanity on an internet forum. I'm on your ping list, and I don't remember noticing you posting profanity. It probably wasn't very bad. But, it's good for us to keep ourselves in check, anyway.
I’m a she too - I had to “hide” myself (got a new screen name in 2003) for personal reasons; all gone now.
I had such a bad mouth - no excuses... I’ve let it go a bit too far lately and I’m glad this subject has come up because I should watch myself. It’s not that I think no one should ever say a “bad” word but if used at all it should be in circumstances that are warranted, and some words are so digusting they should certainly not ever be used in mixed company, which an open forum is!
And when ***s are used, it’s pretty much the same as writing the word (if you can figure out what it is!)
Cussing is the easy way out.
Remember that really long comment (it got embroidered) that people would post? Like a really long insult? No cuss words, just *very* descriptive insults! Now that’s a good example of how to insult or put down using nice clean English words!