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. 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!
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"We have letters. You have dreams." ~Senusret I
*I'm very opinionated (even when my opinion needs to be kept to myself). My mom is the same way.
*My mom always went on and on manners/etiquette, even when I didn't want to hear it. Now I find myself gasping in horror when (for example) when people do rude/improper things like don't send thank you cards.
*My mom loves jewelry, and I hated that she made me wear it sometimes to events in middle and high school. Now I love to wear jewelry. She is a self-proclaimed "jewelry snob" and can spot a CZ from a mile away, and I have also inherited that skill. LOL.
*My mom is very detail oriented and a meticulous planner. I always used to get mad when she would critique a project or something of mine saying that it wasn't well planned. Now I am known for being "type A" and a planner.
*I was a messy kid and my mom always told me all the time that "the cleanliness of your space reflects on you." Now I keep my apt. pretty neat and clean.
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"Remember that apathy has no place in our Sorority." - Kelly Jo Karnes, Pi
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!
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