The “I’m a passionate guy so I can’t communicate without cursing” part was entertaining.
I've found that I really have to detach from the situation to use less curse words, such as counting to 5 mentally before saying _anything_.
Any other tips for similarly terrible people such as myself?
It will probably make you feel silly, but you can meditate on it being literally no sillier than using actual curse words to pepper your ordinary speech.
Also consider swears like farts in a relationship. A well-chosen place and time, dropping one is hilarious. All the time though, you just stink.
It turns out he actually had Mad Cow disease (really).