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[quote=Carolinesayshi][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here. Thanks to everyone who responded. Obviously I have no experience being a mother yet, so it's nice to get some feedback on some of my expectations.

I'm trying to examine my motivation for banning words, and asking myself if it's [b]rooted in class anxiety rather than a desire to be polite. [/b]I think my mom is insecure about her socioeconomic standing, and I might have some underlying insecurity there as well. I guess it's good to recognize it so I can try to deal with it. Shrug. Don't know.

Anyway, that's why I like this board. I don't live in DC and I don't aspire to, but while I've seen an astonishing amount of full of shitness and the most mind-blowing snobbery here, I've also seen more people calling out others on being full of shit than any other message board and I love it. This is like a board of cultural wars and it's so interesting.[/quote]
I think you are on to something. I remember my mother in law telling my son "we say pass gas" when he said something about farting. I reminded her that she says pass gas and we say fart. But I grew up "low class"[/quote]

Apparently all these people who think this is about class have never worked in management or finance. The cursing, sex talk, and political incorrectness is off the charts for a lot of wealthy people. Who are the prim and proper "upper class"? Trust fund babies?[/quote]

Op here. Ha, well I'm not upper class and I have no hope of being upperclass. I'm not in management or finance, but most people I know and associate with have filthy mouths (I'm finishing up at PhD program in the Humanities and most people I know are in this line of work. It seems like there's a competition going among some faculty and grad students to see who can be the most outrageous. It's pretty entertaining but a little obnoxious at times, I must admit.) I have a filthy mouth a lot of the time. But I'm an adult. I think, though, that in a lot of people's minds "middle class respectability" dictates that you teach your kids "polite" language. 
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