Are you anything like your mother? (or father if you are a guy)

[Ceres]

Are you like your mother? Do you find phrases she used sneaking out of your mouth when you least expect it? Did you try to be different only to have your kids act like you did and so it made no difference?

[tarotgirljess]

thanks! now I'm developing a nasty twitch at just the thought *shudder*
I sincerely hope not.
my mom was cold, hypicritical, judgemental and if you don't do as she says you must not love her. I don't want to be like her and try very hard not to be.

[kal]

i have my moms emotions and my dads hair trigger temper:boing:

[BeigeAllen]

I am very much my mother's daughter: strong-willed, opinionated, and devoted to playing on people's misconceptions. Of course, that also described father.


Hmmmmmm.

[Astara Seague]

I have a little of both, but I really fight not to be like my Mother..

[DreamSpell333]

My mother is big into phrases and superstitions,and i sometimes find myself repeating them. Like if you spill salt, you throw it over your left shoulder,etc.. She also always told me when i was young not to sit on the table,or id be married before im able lol . She and i are pretty close,we tend to think of each other at the same time,and i'll call her and she was just about to call me :D We moved in august and im starting to miss her and my father and her coleslaw :D lol I guess im gonna have to make it someday

[Shanti]

My mother...gods I so hope not!! Evil B*$@#$.

I am a little like my dad, free thinker.

I am most like my Busha (grandmother) :)

[Nacken]

I hear phrases and expressions from my dad come out all the time. When I look in the mirror in the morning, I see his face at my age. Tempermentally I'm partially like him, partially like my mom and partially unique. I've made my peace with them. As they have said, the older I get, the smarter they become.

[Annest]

I really hope that I am nothing like my mother, she spend most of my childhood manipulating, and forcing me to belive whatever she wanted. Telling me from early on about how my father is such a terrible person and how he thinks that I am not god enough,how everybody´s treating her ill, etc..etc...
She actually had me really brainwashed until a couple of years ago, when I started to think for myself.( Ohh, I found my brain!!:idea: :lol: )

The funny thing is that even though my mother spent years telling me ´bout what a terrible person my father i, they are still married!:wtf:
Hell,maybe that´s why I don´t belive in marriage!:eyebrow:

[Ceres]

Wow, I didnt expect so many replies from people who had difficult relationships with their parents. I dont agree with everything my mother did, but I dont really think anything she did caused lasting harm either. I planned to do things differently, but I find myself doing some things the same because I didnt realize how nutso your kids can drive you :lol:

[Marcasite]

my mom is a little stifling at times but has the best intentions. I've noticed that whenever my fiance gets sick I turn into my mom gushing "my poor baby" and go into gingerale-cold washcloth-backrubbing overdrive
I hate to see what this'll turn into when I have kids *shudder*

[Kalika]

... Hmm.

I take after my mother most by my incredible skills of procrastination... and then my ability to get everything done in a whirlwind. :p

As for phrases... no, I can't think of any off the top of my head.

[wintermagick]

No offense to my mother... we are very close, but she is very clinically depressed and posibly bi-polar. She does not "believe" either of these disorders are real and refuses to seek help for them.

There are/have been times in my life that if I am not on depression medication when I need to be then I see parallels between my mother and myself.

[CrystalShadow]

Erm.... I actually take after my Dad more than my Mom. ^^() I guess that's wierd. Dad and I have been known to say the same thing at the same time.

[Felidae]

Other than my eyes (which are very dark) I took more after my very Irish father physically (coloring, hair, build :goodgrief ).

However, the older I get the more I am like her in every other way.

Aghhh!!! :lol:

[Serendipity]

Yeah, in some ways I'm exactly like her. I like to think that I took all of the good things and left as much of the bad as I could. I certainly have mom issues and there are some things that she did to me that I will NEVER do to my kids. And there will be things that I do to my kids that they will NEVER do to theirs. lol

No ones perfect, but I'd like to think I can learn from my parents mistakes.

[Catiana]

I share more personality traits with my father than I did with my mother.

[Meadhbh]

Lets us pray I'm not like either of mine. Actually I hear I neither look nor act at all like my mother, which of course make me happy.

[Raven Reed]

I didn't abandon my children the way my mother left me at 3. So, no. I refuse to be anything like her. (not at all bitter, no not me :eyez: )

[WitchJezebel]

I'm definitely more like my father who's level headed, curious about everything, has good communication skills and very personable. My mother is none of those things, but the one thing I got from her besides her facial features is her acid tongue - I'm nastier than a cornered cat when I'm pissed off (which thankfully doesn't happen often, since I'm reasonable like Dad) - but I'll only ever tell you the truth, I won't ever say things I don't mean nor will I say things that are mean just to hurt you. If I say it out of anger, you know I meant it.

[Happy Shrew]

My mom and I feed each other's verbal tics. One will start to use a phrase, and before you know it, the other's saying it without thinking it. We also share a lack of girly-girlness, a taste for well-tailored yet practical clothing and the strange ability to become a complete stranger's best friend in minutes. My charisma definitely comes from my mother.

My dad seemed to give me the good-at-math genes. And the smart assitude. :D

[Ravyn Sylverwyng]

I don't think that I'm anything like my mother, except for some of the things that she used to say coming out of my mouth. I often wonder how she managed to raise eight children when I have a hard time with three. But, I know that my children aren't afraid of me as she was and that is more important to me.

[Tzhebee]

Unfortunately. :wah2:

I picked up all the habits and attitudes that I hated as a child...and don't particularly care for now either! But when I catch myself and realize "who" I am behaving (not how...) I can correct myself.

[Jenne]

Are you like your mother? Do you find phrases she used sneaking out of your mouth when you least expect it? Did you try to be different only to have your kids act like you did and so it made no difference?

Oh hell yes, lol. I always sound like my mom. I've stopped trying to fight it when it comes to dealing with my kids, lol. Luckily, it's not THAT bad of an example to emulate. Have to say I'm WAY more physically affectionate with my kiddos, tho. My mom stopped hugging, holding, caressing, kissing and hugging me by the time I was about 8 or 9.

[HetHert]

Oh lord I am just like my mom in some of my mannerisms. I have stopped the car and parked in a parking lot because I had said something and rather than sounding like my voice...I sounded exactly like my mother..inflections and all. It was at that moment that I realized I had failed at that "I'm never gonna be like my mom thing". Which is alright because as crazy as my mom can be, she's a very strong and noble woman. I'm definitely glad she's on my side.

I find that there are things that I do that are just like my dad. As he always says...its in the genes. Facial expressions are mostly what I've received from him. The one eyed eyebrow arch. And I inherited a particular fetish for

[Ceres]

I was going to do it all different when I first became a mother. I was very heavily into the attachment parenting, including extended breastfeeding. I thought this would make me a completely different mother from my own mother when the children got older too, and it has, to a degree. What surprises me is how well I understand my mother as she dealt with us kids as a group. When my kids are irritating me with their bickering and general nonsense, I hear my mother's voice coming out of my mouth all the time. I deal differently with them one on one though. I make sure each kid get lots of my time individually and I dont dismiss their thoughts and ideas the way my own mother did to my siblings and I.

[RunningRiot]

I am like my mother in a few ways, it's actually kinda scary.

We managed to have the same hair style; totally unplanned. Then I let my bangs grow out and BAM! found out she's decided the same exact thing, and neither of us knew it. I also look shockingly like her when she was in her teens (although I am fatter) and I have her nose.

[pinsher6]

i do love my mommy...
but i act more like my daddy...
someone said that a daughter tends to have similar temper as her father,while a son tends to as his mother?_wedgie_

[MGD]

Are you like your mother? Do you find phrases she used sneaking out of your mouth when you least expect it? Did you try to be different only to have your kids act like you did and so it made no difference?

My father is a fat affluent VP of a major company and a staunch republican.

I'm pretty much his antithesis.

Although we do get along reasonably well as long as we're not debating something.

[IvyWitch]

I'm a little clone of my mother. I even look like her. We laugh in stereo, it's creepy.

[Happy Shrew]

And I inherited a particular fetish for

...cliffhangers? :D

someone said that a daughter tends to have similar temper as her father,while a son tends to as his mother?_wedgie_

No, I definitely have my mother's temper. Fine for the most part, but say just the wrong thing and I go savage.

[Nacken]

Tempramentally I'm like my dad. He always says he doesn't get stress, he gives it. :-)

[DixieWitch]

Nope, I'm nothing like my mother. Thank the Goddess. I love my mother, but she can be a cruel, heartless bitch. I'm more like my dad...I suffer from horrible anger and depression, among other things. But most everything that I am I got from my father.

[Prinsazz]

I'm very much like my mummy in looks- there are pictures of us at the same age and many have mistaken us. I managed to inherit a couple of her traits including her competative streak. But I dont mind because I like to think she is very pretty. Other than that I get most of my traits from my grandmother, who is a wonderful woman and I am honoured to be like her. And from my dad...the celtic hair and green eyes.

[Amythest]

In appearance I am everything like my mom... We could be, and have been mistaken for twins (how embarracing). Temperment wise, I am alot like my father we are both short tempered, unforgiving (at times), relentless in our convictions, but when the chips are down very dependable people for help.

[Tanya]

I see more of my mother in me now that I'm teaching my daughter about magic. Last night she was tired and grouchy in the car and we started listing all the beautiful things in the world to think about while she closed her eyes.... after I ran out of thoughts she went on and on "kangaroos, mountains with rain, flowers, the moon on our hill, and the wind on trees, cat fur...." and i had a huge lump in my throat... she sounded like my mother, and i must have put that in there.
But for all my mother's good things, my mother has a terrible self image. Once I came upon her doing yoga and asked her why she was doing it and she said "Because I'm fat and ugly." I work out everyday, and when my daughter descides to visit and ask me why i'm doing it.. I always am very consious to tell her"Because it reminds me that I'm gorgeus and strong." and then we do bear roars or wolf howls. She has a little mat top join me doing yoga... and when she catches me in a pose on the floor we have good cuddles.

[QUEEN OF THE DAMNED]

Are you like your mother? Do you find phrases she used sneaking out of your mouth when you least expect it? Did you try to be different only to have your kids act like you did and so it made no difference?

I dont have kids, but I see more and more of my mother in myself with each passing day, even though I try to curb it. Kids usually imitate and learn behaviour from the parent of the same sex anyway, no matter how the parent tries to present it, the true colours shine through....I dont mean that as a bad thing either :)