Yesterday the wife called me at work and gave me the old
"I've got a bone to pick with you". So what I thought, nothing new
with that - bring it on.
It turns out that she isn't happy that I have been swearing
on Twitter, mainly because my 15yo son is down as a follower and that I am not
setting a good example (he never goes into Twitter anyway). The main Tweet that she didn't like went
something like this - "fuck fuck fuck fuck shit shit shit Collingwood has
just lost in last few seconds of the game".
I have now deleted any of my swearing tweets on her request
(there wasn't that many, she even objected to WTF).
I never ever swear at home in front of my wife or kids, but
out in the wild (particularly camping with my mates) every second word is some
sort of profanity and my wife knows this. Never nasty swearing, just general
fucks shits bastards and the like.
The only reason I got my wife on to Twitter is because of
the bushfires in
and it was a great way of keeping up with the latest updates (CFA and others).
Now I think that it was a mistake - not that I hide anything from her, but now
I have to watch my P's and Q's on Twitter. I'm thinking of creating another
Twitter account, say matt88 with a space on the end or and underscore somewhere
and going into her laptop and changing the matt88 that she is following to that
one. Then I can put some contrived Tweets (lovey dovey stuff, but true of course)
out there just for her.
Anyone got any ideas on this, or had similar situations?
PS. Prior to posting this and rereading it, I have decided
that a ghost Twitter account is not the way to go. I don't want to be dishonest
with my wife but I will leave the thought up there for discussion purposes
anyway.
I didn't want to say it first. 
I think it's important to find a compromise in which you can dare to be yourself. Your spouse should ideally meet you halfway in these cases. The language that is polite around company can have you declared a pussy amongst mates.
Bah! A "marriage" is s'posed to be a "partnership"... not one person harping on another.
This is why I'm a bachelor.
That, and my extreme body odour.
I was told that swearing was a sign of lack of imagination and vocabulary. A man of education and erudition should have at his disposal a range of semantic tools equal to any occasion, which he can deploy with style and elan to express the full gamut of emotions compatible with his integrity and intellectual abilities.
Fuck that, I thought.
I was told that swearing was a sign of lack of imagination...
...Fuck that, I thought.
-beautyscientist
Nice one :)
I really want to add seriously to this conversation because I think that Matt raises some interesting points and from my perspective as a podcaster with kids - maybe more so... BUT I am really buggered and need to go to bed :P BUT I am going to revisit this 
If colourful language is the sign of a lack of imagination, then artists would only use pastel colours in their paintings.
I have an ongoing project with my senior developer to make up new and exciting expletives. Like "carp-licker" and "ars-chicklet". Now how is that not creative?
We've also made an effort to revive vintage expletives that sadly have fallen into disuse like: Prolurk and Philistine!
ah for fucks sake - theres a twitter ap just to follow swears words - and you just are not in the game - you have to watch - 'in bruges' - and swear like that - if it is a natural flow including 'you cunt' coming across as easy as pass the salt - then you are in the game - and twitter some more however if you are aussie or americian or have a stutter then give up and keep it clean you fucking inverted cunt
Dave, I hope that you put some sound proofing in when did your renovations. Particularly when recording 2Schooners.
Seano, swearing is a funny thing and I think that the inflection has a lot to do with it. I knew an Irishman who said that the swore a lot in Ireland but it was more matter of fact and clipped.
They would say fuck (sounding like fok) every fourth word, where in Aust we say faaaaaarrrrrrkkkkkkk stretching it out a lot.
I'm still banned from swearing on Twitter
it's all commerce. just sit down at the bargaining table and have a chat then add twitter.com to her /etc/hosts or lmhosts as 127.0.0.1
This is why I keep my Twitter account private. I like being able to swear without every word indexed on Google.
well just see in Bruges and Cait that is in Belguim the country that is a gang bang baby any way we have mented our ways and now the f word we use are feck - irish tv approved - and its all good a bit like battle star gallickica using frack - and its not google that indexes the swear words its a twitter client - which the buzz is that twiter allows these clients to built up with the end game to charge them in the future -
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