10 Things I Swore I’d Never Do Or Say That I Do and Say Now
Posted November 21st, 2011 at 4:00 am
Maybe it’s just me , but I had a firm belief I’d never be the parent my mother was.
In a lot of ways we are very different.
My liberal to her conservative.
My Elvis Costello to her Elvis Presley.
My Twizzlers to her Three Musketeers.
We are just never going to agree on some things.
Imagine my shock when, to my complete disbelief, I found the parenting traits I’d picked up from my mom.
I opened my mouth and my mom would come out!
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Danille commented on Nov 21 11 at 10:59 amHahaha! Same here!
Tracy P commented on Nov 21 11 at 3:03 pmIt shocked me, too, the first time I heard myself say something “mom-ish”. But whatever it was was a perfect fit to what was happening at the time! :-)
Samantha at ShesNotBroken commented on Nov 21 11 at 7:22 pmI’m a big fan of “Because I’m the adult, that’s why.”
Dawn Tucker commented on Nov 22 11 at 6:05 amDuring a summer visit to her Nan, my 20 yr old daughter told me she realised she could hear herself saying things her Nan said. So I was gonna say sometimes it even skips a generation – but then she turned to me and asked “who do you think I get that from?” Scary stuff !
Janice Miller commented on Nov 22 11 at 6:46 amI’m about to take off across the cow pasture screaming.
(Love you Mama)
dusty earth mother commented on Nov 22 11 at 10:16 amHilarious, Anissa. How about “Because I’m not the maid”?
Janmary, N Ireland commented on Nov 22 11 at 2:19 pmLove that “I opened my mouth and my mom would come out!”
One of my mum’s (and mine) phrases is “this is NOT a hotel!” and I still say it today……
Faiqa commented on Nov 23 11 at 12:50 amHeh. Yeah. That was pretty devastating.
I’ve even used the starving children in India thing. Kind of a low point for me, really.
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