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.