I was lucky...just finished boot camp and flew straight home for Thanksgiving!
Unknowingly said the”F” word at max volume while relating a boot camp story, and wondered for a second why 30 members of my family were just staring open mouthed at me!
Yes, the ‘F BOMB’ woke a lot of ‘family members’ when used freely....
Even though they all had (probably) heard it, having ‘dear, sweet ___’ use it and they knew they had ruined your life forever.
Fast forward 60 years and little kids use it more than please or thank you.....
that’s funny, i did the same thing at dinner time the day after i got back from Viet Nam. my parents were agast, my sister just smiled.