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Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek
lol
But I wasn't posting that to be a meanie, I was just being honest with her. 
I dunno, I mean, it doesn't matter to me, it's just a word. It's not like it makes or breaks a relationship. To what degree it's taken, I think it just depends on the person. He just sounds a little insecure. I mean, everyone is insecure to some degree about something. Ya know what I mean? If he doesn't like you to use his first name only, just tell him it could be worse. One of my classmates has been in her relationship with this guy for about 2 years now. Some of the things she tells me about him makes me wonder why she's still with him. To make a long story short, his name is Nick, but whenever she and I are talking about our SOs to each other, she'll refer to her SO as "Dick" at first and, then she'll fake cough and say "cough cough, I mean Nick", as in, he's a dick. lol 
Words that I find to be very annoying: I don't like swear words, especially if they're used to put someone else down. I very rarely swear and I don't like being around people who do swear. I mean, I really, really have to be very angry and upset for something to slip out, but that's rare. Or if I tell a joke, or I'm quoting what someone else said, but otherwise I don't swear. I also think the F word is just tacky and degrading. I don't like the B word either. I hear vets use it all the time in some of the clinics I've worked in when they're referring to a female dog, and it still annoys me. I don't use it. I just say male or female dog, even though it is the proper terminology in vet medicine. |
Well if it was just one guy I'd dated I'd write it off to insecurity, but it's pretty much all of them.
PS-I think the "Dick" thing is funny. Maybe he deserves it? Or maybe they're just the couple that has "that relationship" where neither gets mad when they joke on each other.
I cuss (probably another term that gets made fun of) a lot in person, but rarely when writing since I can proofread before I post/send. It's part of my vocabulary and has been since I've been a teen. I do know it's a bad habit, but...
I AM careful to watch what I say around strangers, people I know are offended by cussing, and of course children. There really isn't an excuse to offend someone for no reason.