Foul language

bluegot said:

I go out to lunch monthly with a group of ladies. I am the oldest, the youngest two are 24 and 30. Neither one of them could say a sentence without the "f" word, and I mean that LITERALLY. I politely asked them to stop, which they did try, I give them credit, but it still would slip out. Then, one day, they were talking about the church they go to. I said "You go to church????" Both of them were stunned that I was surprised they went to church. They asked why, and I told them that people who are Christians should be reflecting Jesus to others, and using the "f" word should be offensive to Christians. Believe it or not, they cleaned up their act and I can't remember the last time I heard that word at lunch!

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JesusYeshuaisLord said:

Hi,

How would you deal with someone who uses foul or crude language in front of a teenager in a workout/gym class setting? Should I go and talk to her directly about trying to mind her language or go talk to the teenager and see what he thinks about it? or go to the trainer and talk to her about it?

Also, how would you word it?

I was quite shocked about the language used and obviously I don't want to make 'enemies' but I feel like it needs to be discussed. We are a bunch of young adult ladies (am the only Christian) in the class and he is the only teenager there (16 years old I think).
I don't think this women realized that she was saying something inappropriate as she was just talking across the room to another women. Maybe she thought it was okay to say it because there are more women and only one teenager but I think that if she is not told that it was inappropriate, she might find it normal to keep talking about things like that other times...

Also talked to my flatmate about it (who is an unbeliever as well) and she didn't think it much of a big deal...Minds seem to be so dull and am finding it a bit hard to deal with. Anyone experience that too?

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