How much are you like your parents?

janie1234

janie1234

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I don't exactly have the best relationship with my mom, dad, and sister. I guess you could call me a black sheep of the family. I did everything different from everyone else. It got me thinking about how different I am from my parents yet I know that I have somehow inherited some of their tendencies. My Dad worries about everything all the time and so do I. My Mom loves to grocery shop, . . and for some reason so do I. My Dad is a total insomniac and so am I. I think that it is interesting that we can inherit things from our parents other than genetics and not really think about it. So what things have you noticed that you do that your parents do too?
 
Personality-wise, I see myself with more and more similarities to my father. I've definitely inherited his attitude toward money, his short fuse with bull**** and those who spew it, his DIY skills, and his affinity for good beer. ;)

That said...our political views are an entirely different matter. :eek:
 
janie1234 said:
I think that it is interesting that we can inherit things from our parents other than genetics and not really think about it. So what things have you noticed that you do that your parents do too?
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But it IS genetics. Most of it, anyway, IMO. I inherited my mother's love of crossword puzzles and my father's love of cabbage. My mother's flat feet and my father's tendency to sleep late. My mother's love of books and my father's fondness for staying home. What's not due to genetics? A few things, sure. But not that many. It's all in the genes.
 
I'm very little like my mother, and completely like my father. Tempermental, impulsive (esp w/ spending), loud, and loves me some scotch and/or whisky. On upside, we're both fairly intelligent, too. My brothers are the same way. Apple doesn't fall far from the tree in my family. A bunch of us together - look out, world! My poor DH has married my father :p

Nan
 
I'm bookish, a history buff and good in a crisis (other's crises, anyway!) like my dad. I'm high-strung, affectionate and a foodie like my mom. I'm also cursed with her off-the-wall sense of humor. Back in the day we couldn't sit next to each other in church because something would set us off and we'd end up hysterical behind our hymnals. :D
 
I have a little bit of both parents in me but i guess i'm more like my dad. From my mom i tend to be negative (bad) and i can cry over everything but from my dad i look at things from a logical standpoint and i don't have a hard time saying no to people (no isn't in my moms vocabulary). Also like my dad, if you hurt me somehow, i remember it and write the person off completely.
 
The older I get, the more I realize my personality and temperment are very much like my mother's. Lifestyle and food tastes are very different from either parent. Like the poster said upthread, one can't deny their genes!!
Brenda in Indiana
 
Wow - this question is one that I've contemplated for many, many years. I dislike my mother, haven't spoken with her for many years, and hope to heaven I never do - and yet I am like her in many ways. Also, I didn't see my father for over 30 years and have, within the past few years, renewed our relationship. Amazingly, it is like we haven't ever been apart, except that there are details about each other's lives we don't know about. Also, we think so much alike it is almost scary! An interesting thing that we do alike - my dad likes to travel and brings home rocks from where ever he has visited in his suitcase. I like to travel, too, although not as much as I would like - but - I have ALWAYS brought home rocks in my suitcase from where ever I've been! This one was so spot on that my stepmother was surprised, too, and said to us both that even though we look nothing like each other (I look just like my mother), "she is definitely your daughter."

It has been a saying of mine for many years - you grow up to be your parents.
 
nancy324 said:
But it IS genetics. Most of it, anyway, IMO. I inherited my mother's love of crossword puzzles and my father's love of cabbage. My mother's flat feet and my father's tendency to sleep late. My mother's love of books and my father's fondness for staying home. What's not due to genetics? A few things, sure. But not that many. It's all in the genes.
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You see this is what is so interesting, . . .I've never heard of a crossword puzzle gene but I guess it is all how the mind works? My parents love okra and I seemed to have inherited that love too. Gosh I'm worried that I'll inherit my mom's thinning hair, and my dad's baldness. I for sure do not want to inherit their constant obsessive nature of caring about what others think of them.
 
my family says that I am alot like my father, when it comes to emotions and mentality. I severely hate my mother, but I realize I have some phyisical traits of her, ugh. but mostly...people can't believe how much I act like my father, how much we respond the say way to people, etc. although....he's a genius...I'm just a smart cookie....LOL!!!
 
Yep, I hope I got alot of the genes.

I lost my Dad at 5, but I have his nose, his sense of humor and his ambition. Or so I've heard.

My Mom was a single Mom in 1968. I remember her as supportive, so fabulously funny, and so, so strong. She sent 3 of us to college on her own but made sure there was no easy out when things were challenging. I lost her 17 years ago.

My sister and I lived 600 miles apart for alot of our life. We are now 1 mile away but have the same mannerisms, talk with our hands the same way, and say the same things given a similiar situation. We 3 kids all have an ambition for business, a strong sense of survival, a strong family sense, the same stupid jokes and we all just crack each other up. Tears from laughter. That's genes

Every now and then I see my mother in the mirror. Geesh, that hurts. Only because that means I'm closer to the crows feet and arthritic hands she had. But that pales if I have the rest.
 
All I can say is I have a plaque on my wall that reads: "Mirror mirror on the wall I am my mother after all!" and I have my late father's flair for being early for everything. The only 2 things Ican think of I DID not get from my mom is her beautiful singing voice and the ability to play the piano. My 2 DDs got these traits from her:)
 
I have my dad's build, teeth, sense of humour, analytical mind, insomnia, musical sense, tendency to alternate between workaholism and total laziness, and love of good food. I have my mom's kindness, her eyes, tendency to worry about everything, love of neatness, love of walking, and devotion to family. When I was young I looked in the mirror and saw my dad. As I age, I look in the mirror and, more and more, I see my mom. People who know my mom, who meet me, are starting to tell her, "Your daughter looks just like you!", which is very flattering, as I still consider my 78-year-old mom to be the most beautiful woman I know.

Interestingly, I see more and more of my granny in my mom as she gets older. She has even picked up some of my granny's old mannerisms, that I haven't seen since my granny died 21 years ago!

Stebby
 
I'm sure I'm more like my parents than I think I am. Everyone, my mom included, tells me I look and have mannerisms just like my dad's sister, and I have a cousin that looks like she could be my sister.

On the other hand, my husband gets more like his mother everyday. She is a wonderful mother-in-law, but I could never live with her.........it now seems as if I may have to ;-).
 
yup i see it

I'm into crafting, art, and food like my mom. I like it neat and tidy. But, my poor temper is from my Dad. I would like to be more reasonable.:eek:
 
This is really wierd...Not for me but my dh just met his deadbeat dad recently and they are very similar in alot of ways.
 
MAYNARDSMOM said:
GULP - more than I like to admit! :eek::eek::eek:
Nothing gets my goat more than when DH calls me by my Dad's name! :mad:
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I do that to DH! He'll do something just like his dad and I'll say "oookay, Danny." (His dad's name) Drives him nuts but I get a kick out of it, LOL. It's the little things that make marriage worthwhile. :D
 
I inherited my fathers psoriasis, dandruff, wild hair, horrible eye sight, social skills (bad ones :p), love of television, inability to talk about serious or emotional issues, and love of salt.

I've inherited my mother's anxiety, depression, acne, hormonal problems, insomnia, all-or-nothing attitude, and horrible digestive system.

I wonder on a daily basis how on earth they could have decided it was a GOOD idea to pass on their genes! :rolleyes:
 
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