im 43 and it blows my mind that i can use swears when speaking to my aunts. recently i was telling my aunt about a meltdown from a coach i saw at a little league game and to explain the whole story involved swearing.

it felt wild to say those words to her.
me to my aunt: "and then the guy is yelling 'fuck you! fuck you!'"

me, internally:
its prob some weird socially repressed/inherited from the british thing but in our home life, there's practically no swearing and def not from "the kids." and no matter how old i get to my aunts (and my mom before she passed) i will forever be "one of the kids."
me: im a grown man! my hairline is receding

my aunts: i changed your diaper. have a seat.

me:

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