Awww no. I've turned into my dad. Burst into DD's room at 7.30 this morning and announced it was 8am

[Thefuckingjoys]

I've been so good at not commenting on any of the outfits but this came as a shock.

I'm surprised when my mother comes out of my mouth I do the curtain fling like she did it never worked though I slept through my own windows being removed as a child I only woke up when the window fitter pinched my toe and said come on sunshine out of bed (he was our neighbour) he was literally stood in a hole in the wall where my window used to be

How old is she?

My parents did the thing of coming in and opening my curtains, but never telling me it was later than it was!

I turned into my dad last week when DS asked for more sweets and I said 'no, you've had quite sufficient'. It took me several hours to get over it.

When I go round to my mother and we then go on somewhere (not much of a 2020 thing I know) she always brushes her hair while looking at herself in a mirror near the front door. The usual ritual is she says 'I'm turning into my mother'. I then say 'I'm turning into you'.

One day I'll rope Sprogette into the ritual so we are like matryoshkas.

Oh @LizzyButton that is actually really sweet.

I often moan about lights being left on and how it resembles the bloody Blackpool lights. Definitely sounds like my mother that one!

Was it just my dad? I thought it was a dad thing. If we were going somewhere, he used to wake us up ridiculously early and insist it was at least half an hour after the actual time

In the last week I’ve heard my mother coming out of my mouth several times:

“Look with your eyes, not your hands”

“Eyes are precious”

And a rather strangled shrieked “we don’t play with DOOOOOORS”

Oh yes- see also: 'were you born in a barn?'

'It's like Blackpool illuminations in here!!!!'

My dad:

“It’s like bloody Piccadilly Circus in here” about anywhere busy. I said it in the kitchen the other day.

There’s an episode of Friends when Rachel and Joey are our in a boat. Rachel has an epiphany says something along the lines of “I was trying so hard not to turn into my mother I’ve turned into my father instead”

That’s me

If Sophie said jump off a cliff would you do that too???

Sophie was a reasonably unpleasant small friend of mine...

Greens aren’t quitters!

"If you're still hungry, have an apple."

Not quite the same, but when my mum died I suddenly found I was using her turn of phrase and expressions all over the place when I never had before and had never made any conscious decision to start doing it. It was like my brain had a eureka moment and seized upon a way to keep her close to me.

It's quite nice some of the stuff our brains keep hold of to deploy when we least expect it.

I actually asked my mother on the phone today "if the neighbours went over a cliff, would you"? 😂😨😂
Not only had I turned into my mother but I was using her own sayings against her 🤣🤣

“We’ll see”

And I know that the circle of life continues if one of my children replied with “we’ll see means no”

I can't remember exactly what it was but something this morning made me think 'Oh shit I've turned it to my mum'. I think it was something about my hair

And I know that the circle of life continues if one of my children replied with “we’ll see means no”

Ah, my DSC know that when DH says that he means yes

I saw myself in a group photo with friends and said 'I even stand like my mum'!

The other day I said something to DD and muttered 'jeez I'm turning into my mother'. DD (8) said 'why? Is it because the hairdresser hasn't been because of corona?'

Definitely need my roots doing.

“Muuummm, I’m still hungry!”
“Have some fruit then.”
“Nooooooo!!! I don’t want fruit!”
“Well you’re not hungry then are you!”

I’m 34 and I’ve already turned into my mother.

DD showed me a YouTube clip with some celeb or other in and I exclaimed"What the bloody hell's she got on?!"
and immediately had a flash back of me watching TOTP and my Dad saying exactly the same thing

'There's absolutely no need to use that tone and I'll thank you to adjust your attitude'.

It just came it, I didn't expect it but there you go.