Woman Accidentally Uses A Swear Word In Front Of Her Religious Brother-In-Law, Whole Family Gets To Hear Of It

"Maybe if you weren't acting so holier than thou and got up and helped us in the kitchen I wouldn't have cursed"

Maryjane

• Published in Interesting
• March 6, 2023

In today's society, swearing is typically understood as the intensely emotional use of taboo words to carry out actions like abusing, offending, letting off steam, amplifying what is being said, or simply signaling dissatisfaction. The fact that swear words entail taboos and uncomfortable aspects of our society is why they are so popular.

These include the typical suspects that are normally used such as sex, bodily functions, anger, dishonesty, inebriation, madness, illness, mortality, dangerous animals, dread, and so forth. The ready-made material for swearwords comes from taboo terms, which vary from society to society and will also change over time despite remarkable cross-linguistic agreement. 

Still, there are people who can't stand swear words, and they make an effort to stay away from people who do. The OP's brother-in-law is one of those people, plus he's a pastor at a pretty popular church in their city.

Now, both the OP and her husband are not very religious people by any means. They both work in the medical field, so they've always had more scientific views on things.

The BIL and his family came over for dinner at the OP's house, and unfortunately, the OP used a curse word unknowingly. Her BIL didn't find it funny and went off on her.

The OP didn't hesitate to reply, and things hit the fan.

The headline...

Both the OP and her husband are not very religious people by any means

The OP pulls one of the dishes she made out of the oven and accidentally lost grip

He starts going off about how that's unacceptable and a person of his "rank" doesn't condone that

Here are some of the most upvoted comments from Redditors for you to read through

Being way closer in line to hell for their rank pride

Cursing actually helps people to deal with physical pain?

They are being selfish and self centered

I'm such an important person kind of rank

You have been very respectful of their views

This Redditor shares a short story with the Reddit community

You hurt yourself and a curse slipped out

He is more than welcome to leave

He should try and do some real good in the world

That wasn't very Christian like of your BIL

You should not be walking eggshells around this man

He can't impose his religious views on other people

What the appropriate reply should have been

He is trying to for e his believes on you

This is a bombshell

A big fat NO from this Redditor

They need to keep out of your business

That's how it being your house works

What an oppressive pain he must be

In the comments, it's clear to see that there was a back-and-forth discussion on religion. Redditors shared their stories, some defended the OP, while others just had a plain NTA.

In the end, the OP got the "not the AH" verdict, and you can drop your own opinions about this story in the comments below.

Maryjane