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In turning into my mother!

29 replies

Sunnysky2016 · 12/01/2017 22:04

We had the weather report for snow. So what did I do?.... Went straight to the shop for bread and milk. I am turning into my mother!
Would like to know if anyone else has ever done something and thought the same I.e realised you were doing the same as your parent (s) and felt like you were turning into them?

OP posts:
paxillin · 12/01/2017 22:07

When somebody says "Mummy, where is my...?" I don't say "I don't know" anymore. I say "Where you left it!" because I have turned into my mother.

Rosae · 12/01/2017 22:10

The other day I said ' once it's gone,it's gone'! Cringed as i heard it come out my mouth.

RosaRosaRose · 12/01/2017 22:14

Ever time I look in the mirror. Other than that, although I read The Fail (just for administrative purposes, clearly Grin ) I don't believe everything it says. There ends the similarity.

RosaRosaRose · 12/01/2017 22:16

y

SometimesMyMumComesOutMyMouth · 12/01/2017 22:17

Think the name says it all.... Confused

happystory · 12/01/2017 22:22

When I said 'That child needs a vest!'

AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 12/01/2017 22:28

When i realised that pretty much everything I say to DS is word for word what my mum said to me. Gems include "don't say what, say pardon", "take your coat off (indoors) or you won't feel the benefit when you go out" and "don't sit so close to the telly or you'll get square eyes". I am officially my mother.

Biffsboys · 12/01/2017 22:37

When I said to my teenage ds -" do you think your talking to one of your pals in the street " ?? Blush

IMissGrannyW · 12/01/2017 23:37

Feel horrible about this, but it's when I said to DD "YOU'RE crying... I'm the one who should be crying" and I remember DM saying this to me when I was under 4 and being horrified by the thought that my mother could cry (who knew!). And I perpetrated it. Bad me!

engineersthumb · 12/01/2017 23:50

Not unreasonable....as long as your name isn't Brian!

Araminta99 · 13/01/2017 00:14

I'm very similar my Mum in practically every way and I'm extremely proud of that, although she was a lot more disciplined and patient than I am! She was the most adored person I've ever known.

SnowmaggedonAgain · 13/01/2017 00:16

It could be worse op : I am my dad in a dress.

BillyButtfuck · 13/01/2017 00:37

For OP

In turning into my mother!
badabing36 · 13/01/2017 06:08

It could be worse op : I am my dad in a dress.

Yes me too, when I start ranting at the news reporter as though they're talking directly to me, then I realise I'm turning into my dad Blush.

badabing36 · 13/01/2017 06:09

And I realise that we are both nuts.

SniffyFlukkins · 13/01/2017 06:37

' It's may I not can I, yes you can but...' . ( I know both are apparently grammatically correct but I'm my mother).

GruochMacAlpin · 13/01/2017 06:44

I've always been my mother. And she's pretty fantastic so I'm ok with that. There's enough of my Dad in me to make me different enough to make things interesting.

My DD is already me although her Daddy's genes have made her tall and beautiful.

Nellyphants · 13/01/2017 06:46

Every woman turns into her mother, that is her tragedy. No man does, that is his. Oscar Wilde

As I like to say. You'll never be half the man your mother is

AllTheLight · 13/01/2017 06:49

My mum always leaves half drunk cups of tea around, it used to annoy me but now I do it too!

In general I don't think we are very similar though.

MissVictoria · 13/01/2017 06:53

What's the obsession with bread and milk though? I can go weeks without using either. Everyone else i've ever met their household seems to go through it daily.
And i'm actually morphing into one being with my dad, we're so alike it hurts :P

MissVictoria · 13/01/2017 06:53

Most specifically, i picked up his road rage, and i'm always just the passenger!

Sunnysky2016 · 13/01/2017 09:02

Yes that was running to be shop! Lol although I did stand in the que and realise what I was doing and mentioned it to the other customers who all laughed (I'm in wales so it's the norm to strike up random conversations with strangers Wink).

Reading through these reminded me I also say 'it's not nothink, it's nothing' an awful lot. I'm sure there is a lot more lol

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SnowmaggedonAgain · 13/01/2017 09:03

Garaging we're not ranting..We have just always had interactive TV!!

SnowmaggedonAgain · 13/01/2017 09:04

Garaging was autocorrect, I meant badabing!

SnowmaggedonAgain · 13/01/2017 09:08

For me (and my mum) the forecast of a cold snap means SALT!

For putting on the steps and paths (and in her case down the kitchen sink outflow pipe as no central heating!)

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