Cursing. It’s a highly common thing now. I hear it all the time. Seriously, it isn’t cool. Cussing doesn’t bring up grades or gain new friends. It doesn’t accomplish anything besides making sentences longer and then they just sound bad. If a point needs to be made, then the solution should be made in a sophisticated way. People should settle arguments with calm words. People shouldn’t feel the need to express their feelings by using curse words.

Now I can’t say I’ve never said a curse word, but when I did, I got my mouth washed out with soap which doesn’t necessarily taste good. I’ve heard kids younger than me curse. They certainly didn’t get their mouths washed out. They weren’t even in high school. They were walking around Donna Shepard saying these words as if it was just fine. No teacher ever said anything though these kids walked right in front of them. We are a few years older than them, and we’d get in more trouble for cursing than these kids.

Maybe it makes people feel cool, popular and grown up. I don’t normally blame TV, games or music, but I’m going to have to for this particular subject. Games with vulgar language are the games most teens play now. There’s no real reason that makes sense.

I’ve asked some friends why they curse. They either said they felt like it or they wanted to express their true inner feelings. I don’t get how that helps, but one thing’s for sure: cursing is stupid, but so common there doesn’t seem like there’s any sort of end to it.

No one even tries. I tip my hat off to those who don’t curse and keep that good habit. It’s not an attractive thing to do. I highly doubt a girl looks at a guy and says to herself, “Oh he says a curse word a million times per sentence. That is really hot,” or vise versa. I guess if that thought pops into mind, it’s not my business, but I’m not sure why that thought would pop into mind.

I wonder if anyone thinks about what they just said or if anyone honestly stops and wonders why they just used those specific words or think maybe they shouldn’t say them. Maybe it’s really just me, but every time my parents curse, I have to ponder why on Earth they’d use that word in place of a better, less vulgar one.

I find ways to “curse” without cursing. People know what I mean, but I use a slightly more innocent word in place of the bad one. Not that there’s anything wrong with people who curse. Cursing doesn’t make anyone a bad person, but it might attract the wrong people or push away those who share my opinions.

I’m not going to say stop cursing because, if I made that happen, it means I’m queen of the World and everyone obeys my every command. I don’t want to be queen of the World. But I will say this: If you simply must curse, at least try to control it a little. Younger kids hear these words from older people and think it’s okay to repeat them and it becomes a bad habit. Too many people curse as it is, so for the sanity of all people, at least try to use different words.