Are you like your parents?

[gina2000]

Did you ever grow up swearing you would NEVER do what your parents did and then discover that YOU ACT EXACTLY THE SAME WAY?

How are you the same?

How are you different?

I'm very, very easygoing....just like my dad was. I never, ever expected to be that way. I thought I'd be more picky like my mom. I'm glad I'm not.

I also swore I'd never, ever been a clean fanatic like my mom is. And I'm not. Thank goodness.

I do find myself saying many of the things my mom said to me when I was growing up! I laugh when I think about it.

I also love to garden...she does too. But I hate to shop and she's a shopaholic.

I hate tv. Both of my parents watch(ed) tv.

So how are you the same? How are you different?

 

[DisneyFan06]

I have to say that I do see qualities at which my parents and I share. It is rather shocking to be quite honest!

One of the things that we have in common is our interest for Disney! We are all Disney lovers and I think that we all share that.

My mother is a very conservative - proud Republican. I definetly notice that I am taking after her. She budgets money to the tea, making sure it is spent wisely - even if she has it in excess (I wish I had it in excess). I tend to carry the same since I am a college student.

My dad; however, is a very laid-back person. I do see this in me, as well.

 

[HSMndLKfan92]

I have a fiery temper, just like my father. We're also both loud and pretty outgoing. I also have the feminine version of his hands.

I have the same views as my mother.

I look more like my dad.

 

[L107ANGEL]

Yes and no. I tend to have my mothers independent side. However my mom was never an outwardly affectionate person, I am the polar opposite!

 

[Pixie Tales]

My father and I are alot alike. Then again all 4 of us are pretty much just like my father. We are all laid back, aloof, ez going, fun to be with and ez to talk to. Now my Mom.. forget it!!! thank goodness for small favors

 

[Micca]

My parents did their best to raise me and take care of me and I am grateful for that. They really had no interest in anything like I do (Disney, for instance). It was as if their station in life was to provide for me. DW and I did that for our two children, yet managed to have outside interests and friends.

 

[JunieJay]

Sadly, my father has been dead for more years of my life than he was alive and my mom died shortly after him, so I don't have the same frame of reference as people would whose parents are still alive.

That said, I'd say I inherited my father's strong desire to stand up for what he believed in, and my mother's compassion for others. On the not so great side, I have my father's smart mouth and penchant for sarcasm, and my mother's perfectionism. All in all, though, they were wonderful people so if I can be half the people they were I'm doing good.

 

[tkd lisa]

Good questions!

My dad was out of my life from the time I was 6 other than very brief visits. I'd say that he was a fairly laid back person (probably way too passive), but I did get that ability to say "let it go" from him.

My mom has many characteristics that I said "I will NEVER be like that"! I would say that for the most part, I've stuck by those early statements!

Mom is VERY judgemental and never forgets a slight. I work hard to let things go (remember the Dad gene for that?)

Mom is a worrier. She can obsess over what might happen for weeks on end. I'm more of a planner. What could happen, what would I do, then let it go.

On the other hand, I catch myself making gestures and saying things that have definitely come from her! When I do, I think "when did I turn into my mother?"

 

[mickeyboat]

More and more every day.

 

[amybippy]

I am pretty conservative like my dad, and I look like him. I don't have patience for inconsiderate people, which is just like him.

I avoid confrontations like my mom, and I like to the peacemaker. And I can spot a bargain at twenty paces, just like her. I sound like her, and I have many of her mannerisms.

Unlike my parents, I am very affectionate and open with my emotions. They are both sort of reserved about that kind of stuff. I tell my family all the time how much they mean to me. I take life less seriously than my dad does. I am much more easy going than they are. I socialize and have friends, whereas my mom prefers to be home, alone with her books.

Amy

 

[Goofyluver]

Sometimes I open my mouth and my mother comes flying out...very sad indeed!

I think I'm a little like both of my parents....but I definitely have my own style.

 

[Stitchfans]

I'm more like my dad and hardly anything like my mom. Dad is easy going, out going, a really great guy. Mom was (passed away) often depressed, stayed to herself (except for my aunt, her sister) sharp tongued (which yes I can be sometimes) very outspoken (me again :Blush ok, I kinda lied, I am like my mom too somewhat.

 

[Crankyshank]

Sadly, yes I am. I'm like them both, but at least I'm more like my Dad than my Mom.

My mother is controlling, judgemental, snobbish, concerned about appearances. a neat freak, neurotic, outgoing, personable, and a total stress case.
I inherited her taste in jewelry, emotional eating, decorating, ideas that her way (or in my case my way) is always the best way, my worrying, and I'm a stress case myself. Ok I'm a bit snobby about things as well. I mostly inherited her mannerisms. I also finding myself often saying her mantra of "if you want something done right, you need to do it yourself". A lot of my negative personality traits came from my Mother. My brother is a lot more like her than I am. I think I would be more like her if we got along better.

Oh and I inherited "the look" from her. Well and also from my paternal Grandmother.

My Dad has a temper, loves to eat and drink good food, has a tremendous work ethic, has eclectic tastes in music, movies, tv, and books, has a dry sense of humor, loves to participate in discussions, is outgoing, personable, loves to have a good time, snarky, opinionated, can be judgemental in his own way, and very easily irritated.

I inherited the temper, the eating, the work ethic to an extent, the eclectic taste, the love to debate and discuss, the love of reading, the love of history, certainly the snarkiness, and the easily irritated. Oh and the judgemental too I guess.

Unlike my parents I am very reserved, a homebody, awkward socially, and not a clean freak.

 

[pjb_hockey_mom]

Sometimes I open my mouth and my mother comes flying out...very sad indeed!

exactly!

I'm pretty laid back, like my dad, and we also share the same political views. But, I will say I can have a temper like he did and I'm very strict when it comes to my son, just like he was with us.

My mother is very hung up on appearances and "status" - I am not. I never judge a book by its cover and I take great pride in that....

 

[mickeyfan2]

We are like night and day.

 

[mamacatnv]

My parents are quite the unusual pair.

My Mother is a paranoid Schizophrenic that went undiagnosed until about a year ago. Made growing up miserable. My mother was very strict and irrational with us, she was also very abusive.

My Father had a complete sex change about 12 years ago and spent my childhood working and hiding from my mother. He was very laid back and would not cross my mother. They divorced when I was 15.

My Mother is very conservative and my father very liberal. I fall smack dab in the middle.

My father comes from a long line of smart, outspoken, independent, well educated woman and he did instill that heritage into me.

My brother and I were not important to them and they did not take an active roll in our lives.

I am the total opposite. My kids are extremely important and we are involved in every aspect of their lives. Due to the chaos I grew up with I cannot stand conflict in the house. If someone has an issue it comes out in the open immediately, I hate stewing and wondering "what the problem is", I will not "walk on eggshells" in my own house. Our family is happy and very close. We spend a lot of time together.

 

[miss missy]

I didnt grow up with my Dad, he lived down the street and we saw him, but not much... as an adult, I am very close to him. Now I see how much like him I am and it makes my Mom nutts LOL

I am like my Mom too, in some ways, but mostly I am not.

What freaks me out is my DH is like my DAD and I didn't even know my Dad well when I picked DH.. now thats weird!

 

[LiLIrishChick63]

the only real quality i have from either of my parents is my mother's temper and her stubborness. other than that, i'm nothing like my parents. they are very uptight, very closed-minded, very anti-social to the point of not wanting to leave the house, everything that i'm not.

 

[freckles and boo]

My father and I are both

first-borns
confident
independent
analytical
somewhat adventurous

My mother and I are both

nurturing
compassionate
short, brown-eyed, and brunette
problem-solvers
huggers/touchy-feely
gardeners

We all three

are stubborn
love animals
have low blood pressure
can be sarcastic

I am unlike either of them in that I

am politically and socially liberal (they love their liberal daughter very much!)
am a saver and an investor
am over-educated
work in the arts
have a red living room

 

[Kath2003]

I'm like my Dad. I like logic, facts, and science. However I also like the social science - why people think the way they do, why people make certain lifestyle choices.

My parents never argued in front of me - so I find confrontation difficult. I never enter an argument unless I am very sure of my facts and know where my thoughts and opinions originate from.

My mother is very Christian - I am not. This disappoints her greatly.

I'm like both my parents in that we all have a "suck it up and get on with it" attitude. My mother took the approach of: unless you're throwing up or dying, you go to school. I haul myself into work even when I'm feeling God-awful.