I cussed from about the age of 5 or 6 regularly. I tried not to in front other JW’s. Once I told a kid who was a study to fu*K off. He told and I had a meeting in the back room with the elders. I was about 16 and had been baptized for a few years so I needed to be more “exemplary.”
My mom – uberJW – would call me a “little shit” when I would do something wrong and she was mad but trying to be funny in a way. She used that word a lot. I said Hell once in front of her and she flipped. I said "Hell is no where near as bad as shit." She said “Yes it is!” That’s about when I started to realize she was a bit of a hypocrite like every other JW.
I love to cuss. I won’t cuss in front of some people or at work in front of a home owner or client unless I hear them do it first. It’s a great stress reliever.