Eh, I missed the first response so it's all good. I think the slash makes my mom a little nervous sometimes, but mostly she's cool with it. The word 'fag' flew out of my father's mouth the other day, though, which shocked me so much coming from him that I was, for once in my life, rendered appallingly speechless. I don't recall ever hearing him say something like that in such an ugly way. It was weird.