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Originally Posted by ProfJulie
Probably it is a cultural thing. My mother and father hardly every argued...they just had long, drawn out periods of not speaking at all (I refer to them now as cold wars). Sometimes these periods stretch out over several months and even spanned a year or more...can you imagine?
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Sometimes I wonder if it's a family thing. My husband is from the gentile South where you NEVER argue in public and his family hardly ever voice disagreements with each other. My family is very vocal and boisterous and we discuss EVERYTHING, usually at the top of our lungs!! When I'm angry, I want to talk about it right then and there! My husband always wants to wait until we're behind closed doors (it does give me time to cool of a bit
). It took a long time for me to get used to that, but at least he talks to me. His parents and siblings still don't talk about their feelings.
As for the swearing, as a parent of a young child, it is extremely frustrating when we are walking behind a group of young people (and not so young people) and the conversation is peppered with profanity. I always say, "to each his own," but I would hope that people would take into consideration the people around them when they are in public.
Kaz