Oh dear, AIBU to have turned into my mum/dad?

[Cathycomehome]

I just yelled "Turn that bloody racket down, for the love of God, this is not a disco!"

im embarrassed to say that at 24 yrs old i have used most of these sayings more times than i can remember[hblush] i am a waddling walking mum cliche [hgrin]

"but these are all the rage"

I say that jamandposterpaint but it's ironic because it's a reference to an Elvis Costello song.

I often tell DS I need to take his coat off or he won't feel the benefit. He's only 6 months old .

I knew I was turning into Mum when I did that lick-finger-wipe-face thing to my kids, even though it's revolting and I swore I never would.

My lowest point however, was when I licked my finger and wiped some sauce from H's face as we sat in the car it was like an automatic response!His face was an absolute picture, combination of

I try to always carry baby wipes now and restrain the finger.

"Pack it in! It'll end in tears!

"Behave or I'll send you to live at the cats home!"

phish

"If you don't stop crying, I'll give you something to cry about." not uttered it yet, though I do remember it....

'are we heating the street?'
'I don't care who started it, I'm finishing it'
'you have no idea how lucky you are, when I was a kid we didn't have Internet, mobile phones etc'
'just because it's in the fridge doesn't mean has to be eaten all today'

Omg! I'm my parents, worst thing is my DP who I have been with a year says the exact same things to my kids and he has none of his own

I want doesn't get!

Shoot me now.

DD had a v disappointing result in an assessment last year - she was concerned, I was concerned, discussed at length.

Later, wondering whether to speak to her teacher, I asked if anyone else in the class had struggled. 'Oh yes, only 3 people passed' said DD. I asked why she hadn't mentioned this very relevant fact earlier. Her answer? 'Because you have always said you're not interested in what everyone else is doing, you want to know what I'm doing'.

She is, sadly, right

I said to a child in my class last week "Don't just stand there like a war memorial..." which my mum used to say to me. I didn't know what a warm-e-morial was for years! I also say "Come to a suitable stopping point" at the end of the lesson, which my (very old) junior school teacher used to say!

'Mirror mirror on the wall
I am my mother after all'

My best fridge magnet. Given to me by my best friend. Thanks.

You're not alone.

I told DD1 yesterday "you treat this place like a hotel".

And I talk about videoing things - we have Sky+ FFS.

DH listens to Radio 1 (shudder) whilst cooking dinner, I told him to turn it down the other day it "it's just NOISE and it's giving me a headache".

My DS is only a year old so i've not really started on him yet but i'm more like a mum to my 15 year old sister than the 'cool' older sibling I always had in my head. Maybe it's because I now have a home and child of my own I can empathise with my mum a lot more. We both regularly berate her for the state of her room . It IS a bloody war zone though I fully expect one day to see a dazed POW come stumbling out of there.

'It's like Blackpool-bloody-Illuminations round here!'
'You're not having those shoes, there's no sole on them! They won't last 5 minutes!'

It's worse, I've turned into my Dad!!! [hshock]

"Can you turn that down/ stop screaming, I can barely hear myself think
Miss Tapestry I say that too and now my 14 year old says it to my 4yr old!

As it turns out, it is my dad I have turned into. My partner is hoovering the living room, and I've just "helped" with the housework by raising my legs so he could hoover underneath them...

Far worse - I'm fearing turning in to my dreaded MiL. Last time friends visited for the weekend, I bristled when the husband visitor helped himself to the fridge and pulled out the cheeseboard he had brought, because I hadn't planned for us to be having cheese until later on. Classic ViviPru's MiL behaviour.

Urgh I shudder at the thought of myself

Another one I confess to - "You and I are going to fall out in a minute, sunshine".

Today I said 'this bedroom looks like a bombs gone off'

*Cathycomehome', you've turned into my maths teacher!! That was his favourite comment if we (gulp) hadn't done our homework!! Love it, will store and use :)

"You look like you've been dragged through a hedge backwards" Said to DS1 who, to be fair, is intrinsically scruffy as only a 17 yo 'grunger' can be.

"Put something sensible on. You'll catch your death outside" to DD1, who refuses to let the seasons dictate her fashion choices.

I also regard tea as a universal panacea, knit afghans rather then have the heating on and keep my wedding china locked away in the dresser 'for best'...I am my own grandmother :)

Also guilty of "Blackpool illuminations" and "Heating the street"

Have we had

"Were you raised by wolves?"
"What did your last slave die of?"
"Stand up straight and don't slouch. You make the place look untidy"