Are You Turning Into Your "Mom" Yet??
 

I can't tell you how many times this past week I have thought "I'm turning into my Mother". I have caught myself thinking, acting, saying stuff that she would have done if she were here. Even my kids have noticed it! My youngest son (he's 20) said "Mom, you sound like Granny when you say that" when I told him to drive carefully because it had just rained a little and the roads would be slick.

Now, this isn't all bad because my Mom was an awesome lady and I loved her dearly. She was the classic "southern belle" and would not consider leaving the house without full makeup and nice outfit on - this includes walking to the mailbox!!

Does anyone else see their parents in themselves the older you get?

Good morning, down there in Peachland.

Am I turning into my mother? Sweetie, that ship has sailed! :D

My mother has been gone for thirty years in April. The first of April, of all days. But that is another story.
However, I still look in the mirror and can see my mother, even though I am now older that what she was when she died.
I learned from both of my parents how to behave. I think I learned more from my mom 'cause my dad was always working or busy. Like most mothers she was the primary care giver.
So, when you ask, "Are you turning into your Mom yet? " You betcha, a long, long time ago. Probably around the time I got married and started having kids. I hear her in my voice and I see her in my actions.
I can only hope I am growing old in the way she would have approved.:)

Just to clarify - I'm saying this in a "good way". I admired my Mom for so many different reasons - and can only hope to be as good of a human being as she was.

It's just the older I get the more of her I see in myself. From the way I talk to the way I think to the way I react to different things.

I assumed that's what you meant! Sometimes it literally startles me when I look in the mirror and see Mom looking back! I often wonder...if she were alive, would she see it or not? We often don't see our resemblances to others.

When my kids say "You sound like Grammy", I also take it as a compliment. I miss her every day.

Yep, seems like the older I get the more I do. As I said in another post, I'm the female version of my father but when it comes to looks, if you put a picture of mom in her teens next to mine, we look like twins. Nice thing is, when mom was in her early 40's (I'm heading there at breakneck speed) and met dad, she was a real knockout. :D

As far as personality, I've definitely inherited her fighting spirit and survival instinct. I only hope I can be as tough as she was as I age very gracefully. :D

I am a lot like my mom. I came to that very conclusion last October when sitting on the couch I looked over and we were sitting in the exact position! I was thrown off by that and yet, felt good. lol The major difference with me and my mom is that I am optimistic and she is pessimistic. I must get that from my grandma or dad's side. :-)

i am a lot like my mom good humored, caring out going, its my dad i am becoming, why cause i said so omg i hated that so much and now i say it lol oh someone please stop me b4 i say something really intellegent :eek:

Oy.:confused::(:o:eek::):rolleyes:

Sox

Am I turning into my Mom?

DearGodpleaseno!!!!

And I hate you for asking.:rolleyes::D:)

Yes, in a lot of ways! I got my optimism from her. She couldn't stand swearing, and I've got that now too. :eek: She also loved people like I do.

It was when I became a Mother that I HEARD myself saying things as if they had been said by my Mother...been going on for years. You know Kelly, Nothing ever changes, we just keep repeating ourselves throughout history!

After losing my sweet Mother last June, I remember saying I wish I could be a fraction of the person my Mother was. She had the patience of a Saint, never complained, and was always there w/a smile and hug when I needed one.
I look like my Mother, but take after my Father. He was the nervous, anxious type.. You get the picture, but I adored him.

I wish I was more like my Mother.... She was an amazing woman..:)

I've always heard from my dad how like my mom I am, LOL. I'm stubborn, like she was. Both a blessing and a curse, I tell you. :D

I've always looked like my dad, but since I've gotten my hair chopped - I see my mom in me too. Creeps me out sometimes, LOL.

NEVAH!!!! :eek: Grandmother, Yes..:D

:mfr_wha: Moose hates me???:confused:

:sorry: You can be whoever you want, Moose. Honest. .

:Poke: Friends again?? Huh?? I don't need a Moose mad at me!! :D

Not only have I turned into my Mom....my daughter has turned into me! It drives her poor husband crazy. We're so much a like that he can't tell the difference on the phone. He's fun!!!! LOL

Unfortunately I have some of her rotten qualities!

Fortunately, for me, not my kids, I have some of her quirky qualities.

And fortunately, for me, I was aware of a lot of things I was doing like her that I changed....

I never had the opportunity to be friends with her, she died before we had that relationship. And that saddens me.

Because of her, I know how to embarrass my kids really well!!!!

Mad at you? To quote SallyC; NEVAH!!!:)

Take me out and shoot me if I EVER start to turn into my mother. PLEASE!!!!!! (and don't think I'm kidding about this)

It's funny when you were younger you would say things like "I will never be like her!"

Well I have become my Mother LOL. I catch myself saying things to my boys that mom always said.

I walk past a mirror and Whoa.......I never used to look like Mom. It was always Dad!

Yep I've become my Mom and that is a good thing. My mom is a beautiful person inside and out:p

I HAVE turned into my Mom!
 

Yep, despite my best efforts not to......I have become my Mother!!
My kids have noticed and will snap me back to reality by saying " Wow that was a Shirl moment!" or "Thanks Shirley!" Makes me stop and hopefully get "ME" back together!!
My younger sister and I sometimes do entire phone conversations as if we were "Shirl".
I miss my Mom daily and how much she aggravated me at times , I wish I could have had more time with her and my Dad.
My DD just told me this weekend, when we went shopping for her 'perfect' blouse that even with my Shirl moments I was and still am a "Cool Mom". :D