created by Available_Song_6183 on 26/01/2025 at 17:38 UTC
4 upvotes, 33 top-level comments (showing 25)
I tried to lie to myself and think that I wouldn’t be like them not in anyway but I was shocked when I get into my 20s I slowly became them and did things they do all the time.. it’s weird sometimes that I look at myself and remind myself of one of my parents..
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Comment by Mr_Spidey_NYC at 27/01/2025 at 01:57 UTC
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Probably 20 years ago. My mother led an admirable life.
A poet friend of mine wrote "I put on my sweater and out of the sleeve came my mother's arm."
Comment by OldLadyMorgendorffer at 27/01/2025 at 01:56 UTC
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Probably the first time I told my cats I’m not made of money
Comment by reesesbigcup at 26/01/2025 at 20:15 UTC
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I have made great effort to not be like my parents. They were closed minded very conservative, rather racist.
However i have to say that I now understand Dad when he said in the 1970s, almost all the new music us kids liked was just horrible noise made by people with no talent.
Comment by 123fofisix at 27/01/2025 at 02:31 UTC
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When I took my kids and family back to my hometown a few years ago. I started telling them where stuff *used* to be.
" Hey! Look! They've built apartments over there! When I lived here there was nothing but woods there!
Hey! Look! The old cotton gin used to be there! It's gone now! It's just an empty lot!
You get the picture.
Comment by Sufficient-Union-456 at 26/01/2025 at 23:24 UTC
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12 when I tried my mom's brandy.
Since then, we have nothing in common.
Comment by mutant6399 at 27/01/2025 at 02:40 UTC
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I'm like my father was in personality, but significantly different in politics and being responsible with money.
I'm very different from my mother.
Comment by OneHourRetiring at 26/01/2025 at 18:33 UTC
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I haven’t and have made a conscious decision and efforts not to become my dad. I want my boys to have a great childhood and memories instead the one I had.
Comment by Rlyoldman at 27/01/2025 at 01:53 UTC
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I’ve actively tried to be my parents. They were good people who raised us well. Try as I might I will never achieve total success at it.
Comment by Nightgasm at 27/01/2025 at 01:58 UTC
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I'm nothing like my father as I actually raised my kids and have stayed in their lives. I would say I have some traits like my mother when it comes to money as I've been mostly responsible with money.
Comment by Ok-Potato-4774 at 27/01/2025 at 02:04 UTC
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I'm glad I have my dad's work ethic. Dude worked hard until he couldn't. I try to have my mom's sense of adventure, which sadly she lost as she got older, and now doesn't like to go anywhere. I hope I'm better than them at money management. Both of them didn't save for retirement.
Comment by Sample-quantity at 27/01/2025 at 02:05 UTC
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I have some mannerisms that are like my mom. Most are ok but one is annoying, so I am consciously trying not to do it. I didn't really recognize it until the last few years, probably when I was around 58, and my mom has been gone 20 years. Some things just aren't that noticeable at first.
Comment by Optimal-Ad-7074 at 27/01/2025 at 02:12 UTC
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since I came to see them as people? idk, I've always felt I had an affinity with my mom. it was clear all our lives that we were like her.
didn't come to see how much of me is my dad till much later.
Comment by Jarlaxle_Rose at 27/01/2025 at 02:19 UTC
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literally never
Comment by Over-Marionberry-686 at 27/01/2025 at 02:19 UTC
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lol. I’m not. I’m nothing like my sperm donor, but look like my grandpa
Comment by devilscabinet at 27/01/2025 at 02:21 UTC
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I am like my father in a lot of ways, and like my mother in others. That's a good thing, since they were both wonderful people.
Comment by QV79Y at 27/01/2025 at 02:35 UTC
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When I caught myself putting the bananas on top of the refrigerator. Mom always kept the bananas there, nothing else.
Comment by Chimom65 at 27/01/2025 at 03:07 UTC
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Once I hit 60 I realized I’m an awful lot like my mother. It’s quite odd as we were never close.
Comment by BeepBopARebop at 27/01/2025 at 03:15 UTC
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I wouldn't know if I was like my parents. They are dead.
Comment by Dewey_Rider at 27/01/2025 at 03:15 UTC
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If I did that I'd jump in front of a train.
Comment by Ok_Duck_9338 at 27/01/2025 at 03:21 UTC
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When I started doom scrolling and snacking at night.
Comment by Wetschera at 27/01/2025 at 03:28 UTC
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I’m not like my parents except for the genetic contributions they made.
I wouldn’t ever torture my child like they did me.
Comment by JMH-66 at 27/01/2025 at 03:34 UTC
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My mum died 3 years ago and I suddenly started saying the same clichés she always had. I think I might have become possessed.
Comment by Active_Two_6741 at 27/01/2025 at 03:35 UTC
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Haven't yet age 68
Comment by 520Madison at 27/01/2025 at 03:37 UTC
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Never. The only things that I have in common with my parents are the last name and dad’s baldness.