Opie has had a vulgar mouth the whole time I've known him. I've told him several times that he should probably clean it up before he goes back out to his son. Lately he has expressed a desire to tone down his language, so we came up with an idea: push-up per word.
Now every time Opie uses profanity around me, I make sure he does one push-up. Sometimes he goes off on a string of cuss words, which means a string of push-ups comes with it. I think it is helping a little bit, but really it's too early to tell.
My side of the deal is that if he catches me using any profanity, I have to do one hundred push-ups. I figure it gives him extra incentive to pay attention to words said and also punished me for being hypocritical. So far he has done at least fifty; me - none.
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