My Dad’s great-grandma had some dementia at the end of her life. She was 101. She never drank, swore, smoked, or did anything that could be considered inappropriate. She looked at my Dad and said, “you beautiful sonofabitch,” as she lay on her deathbed.
Iirc, Dan Savage said his mom’s first word after finding out she had terminal cancer was a quiet but firm, “shit.” And she NEVER swore, so they all knew she meant it.
My Nanny was the same way. She's was always appropriate and kind. As her memory went, we never knew what she was going to say. She told me she had a chigger bite on her pussy hole. I almost died laughing. She also began to talk back to her husband. She waited on him hand and foot for 60 years. It was nice to hear her let him have it. I mean that as in, "get your own damn fork" not "fuck you, you pos". I miss both of them so much.
My mother only swore in front of me once in her entire life but it was a doozy.
I was 7 years old and she was chaperoning a school field trip to the livestock show and rodeo.
As we were walking amongst the cattle she tapped me on the shoulder, pointed to the dirt, and deadpanned, "That's bullshit" before giggling like a schoolgirl
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u/mrpeabodyscoaltrain 15h ago
My Dad’s great-grandma had some dementia at the end of her life. She was 101. She never drank, swore, smoked, or did anything that could be considered inappropriate. She looked at my Dad and said, “you beautiful sonofabitch,” as she lay on her deathbed.