How are you like your mother?
 

Have you ever had the feeling you are turning into your mother or even your grandmother? I know that I get annoyed when teenagers play their music really loud (and bas pumping) when at a red light. It seems such a short time ago that I was doing that.

How are you turning into your mom???

I have always had her mannerisms. The way I walk (knobby kneed and all)and the way I stick my hands out like I'm miss fancypants when I do it. The way I speak patois when I'm mad or excited. Also sometimes the things I say-I'm constantly stopping in mid-sentence because I have mom "talking through me".

I have become a vegetarian, just like my mother and maternal grandmother. However, the range of foods we eat is not identical.

I open my mouth when I shouldn't. Although, I've been told I'm not as bad.

My house is looking a little scruffy, I promised myself I would scrub it from top to bottom today, and here I am procrastinating. :rolleyes: If someone in my family ever had the cleaning gene, I missed it.

I am about 99% my mother in every way. :) Mannerisms, personality and even down to the way I walk and my handwriting. A friend of mine who lives in Atlanta had never met my mom until my wedding. She said that she couldn't stop watching my mom during the wedding because it made her laugh at how exactly alike we were. She said that my mom started moving her hands a certain way when she was talking to someone and my friend said to her husband, "Omg...that is so ZTAngel...."

My sisters say I've acquired Mom's "worst traits". I'm bossy, opinionated and very much a control freak. Which is why Mom and I "butt heads" when we're together. sigh. Actually I'm more a perfectionist and can't stand it when people do a lazy job on something or people who are inefficient in thier tasks. And I don't suffer fools gladly. Seriously, where did all these stupid people come from?????

Oh yes, I am very much turning into my mother. But the real kicker is that my mother is turning into her mother! My grandmother's worst triats are becoming a predominant streak in my mother's personality - which are, ironically, some of the things I remember my mom complaining about my grandmother. Fortunately, none are too terrible but are very irritating. To get my mom to stop those things, we say, " Hey, you sure sounded like Mimi just now," which stops her in her tracks.

Besides looking like her, I make lots of the same facial expressions that she does. The other day, I even said something that was exactly her wording and tone. It sometimes scares me to think how much i'm turning into her - but I guess it could be worse.... somehow... :p

I used to hate it when my mom fussed at me about my grammar but, around 4th or 5th grade, I started doing it to everyone involuntarily. :mad: Now, I don't even bother to catch myself when I'm doing it. Also, my mother is like the epitome of learned helplessness and I learned that from her. It took me a long time to get out of that and now, when I catch her doing it, I tell her to just stand up for herself, it's a lot more effective!

OMG i almost started a thread after the many recent realizations that i am my mother.

it doesnt help that we look alike, and that she's young enough to be (a much older) sister. rather, she looks younger than her 42 and i look older than my 23.

we both wear glasses, so i tend to wear contacts more often. she has a short haircut, so im avoiding doing the same. we're the same dress size which means we move in similar ways (ie. i notice i am starting to walk like her, with slower strides and what not).

and i noticed yesterday, as i was eating a burger, that i even EAT my food the same way.

Yesterday my sister said something rude and my mom and I responded - at the same time, in the same tone, with the exact same sentence! We do this entirely too often, although as my mother keeps pointing out, we do spend a lot of time together. Also, she did teach me to speak.

My mom, sister, and I have a tons of inside jokes and we have weird expressions and made up words that we use.

Besides that, I think I'm emotional like she is. We're also both procrastinators. We're both on our laptops right now, but at least I'M READY TO GO!!! :p

I sneeze exactly like my mother. I smile with my mouth open (my sisters do this too). I'm sure there are other things, but those are the first ones that come to mind.

I'm impatient, hot tempered, and very snarky like mom.

On the good side, I'm told that I'm very knowledgeable of our family and geneaology, passionate for what I believe in, active and on the go just like her. I also walk and hold my purse the same way she does.

Now if only I could COOK just like her...

Amen to that. My mom is an incredible cook, and I burn water.

The really weird thing that I share with my mom is that our voices are almost identical. My own grandmother can't tell if it's me or my mom on the phone.

I am like my mom in more ways than I could ever list here:

Independent, crave information, politically aware and opinionated, caring, thoughtful, loving, involved with children, involved in the community, same sense of humor... I am so lucky to be so much like her. And dang, I miss her.

My mother and I are cookie cutter images of each other, including how we look. A sister of mine once saw her at her place of work (had no idea she was my mom, we have different last names so that couldn't be it) and called me saying, "Does your mom work here and is this her name??" because she said she looked EXACTLY like me.

About the only way we are different is that she is MUCH more patient than me...but I'm hoping that will come with time :)

I look more like her (but have Dad's nose, thank God. Cute little turned up noses look silly on someone 5'8".) I apparently sound a LOT like her when I talk, although of course it's hard for you to tell this on yourself, but it's enough to freak out my cousins and for people calling my dad to be taken aback when I pick up the phone. I do have some of her mannerisms/wordings, but I can see things I get from my dad as well, and I don't think people realize the ways I am like my dad.

Oh, and thank you Mom & Grandma for the wrinkle free (knock on wood) genes.

I'm nothing like my mother. We're the total opposite, but yet she and I are SO close.

That is a very good point!

I have definitely picked up my mother's hot temper and sarcasm. I was just talking to my husband about it last night! I sometimes feign disappointment or sadness instead of fighting, but in the next moment I'm fine again. My husband calls it passive aggressive. How can I be both aggressive and passive aggressive? LOL!

^^^It's possible! I'm the same way--it takes a truly special talent to be both!

I've been told my boiled vegetables taste like smoke. :( I begged my mom for years to teach me how to cook!

I have my mother's hands. IDK whether to excited that I finally have something on me that looks like my mom or if I should be upset that I'm only 22 y.o. but have 64 y.o. hands.

I'm actually much more like my father in personality and temperament. I'm much more laid back than my mom, but I think I got an equal share of strength and humor from her through her nurture as I got from my dad through nature.

One of my brothers is very much like my mom -- too much so for their own good, at times. I recall some periods of time during our teen years, living with those two was like witnessing the clash of the titans. They both somehow survived it, though, and he's still more like her than I am (he doesn't like when I tell him that, though -- nor does his wife ;)). Maybe that's a thing for some guys, I catch my husband turning into his mom sometimes. I call him on it quickly though, with a "sure, (his mom's name)", and that always snaps his brain to attention. I don't think he cares for it either. ;)

I think my hands are shaped similar to both my mom and her mom, so I guess that counts for something.

:rolleyes:Holy fricken crap, the house guest I just had is a vegetarian...maybe she eats identically to your mom.:rolleyes: How is that a real answer the question? A good portion of the Indian population is vegetarian as well, maybe they share her traits. I could choose to become vegetarian tomorrow...
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In answering the question for myself: I'm very opinionated and outspoken, sometimes too much so...the only major difference is that I actually know (most of the time) when to hold my tongue. I'm a great cook. I am pretty adventurous, and well, we look related.

I just saw my mother's high school graduation picture and I HAVE MY MOTHER'S EYES!!!! They don't look like that anymore because she's older, but I have her eyes when she was young!!! This is so awesome--I've always been super bummed that I didn't look the least bit like my mom, so this is uber exciting. :D:D:D:D