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Re: QOTD
I think I'm a good mix of both my parents so in some regards I am kind of like both of them.
I do feel though sometimes I am turning into my Mom especially concerning food everything she loves and I hated as a kid I now love. Items like, onions, green peppers, I have an unhealthy eating obsession with tomatoes and I drink coffee.
Hell to the N-O!
My mom is the typical MIL from hell. She is very friendly to your face but behind your back, watch out. She has even said some really crappy things about me behind my back. I'm all about helping people and making people happy and she is more about thinking what's best for her all the time.
I think I'm turning into my dad more than anything. He's super funny, friendly, and sweet, + he's the typical Ukrainian (except for wearing his hat all funny) and so am I.
Oh hells yes.
Mostly with the forgetting most things. And the way I plan out everything, but then, I've been that way for a while!
We'll just not tell H about this little fact, m'kay?
Hmm. I hope not.
Lately I've realized that my mom is kind of passive aggressive and manipulative. She uses guilt to get things. She's always been so subtle about it that I didn't realize it until now. But I don't want to be that way.
That being said, she is an excellent mother and I hope to at least be the kind of mom that she is.
Baby #2: Surprise BFP 9.19.12, EDD 5.24.13, natural m/c 10.19.13 at 9w
Yes, I think.
I see my mom as a strong, independent woman. She went through a divorce and supported 3 kids as a single mom on a teacher's salary (plus the measly child support that my dad gave her, but it wasn't nearly enough). She also dealt with losing her 2nd husband after spending 6 months by his bedside while he tried to get healthy and she continues to be strong.
I like to think that I'm similar. I still believe that one of the best things that I ever did was live by myself to get a grasp of who I was, rather than living with roommates or a boyfriend. I'm also not afraid to go places without Kyle. I obviously like spending time with him, but if we have separate commitments on the same day, it doesn't bother me.
My mom also tends to gossip a lot about other family members (specifically aunts and cousins). I'm definitely doing more of this, which I know is not a good thing, but if they weren't so weird I would have no reason to talk about them.
In some ways, I think. H points it out sometimes, like how I'm terrible at saying goodbye on the phone (just like Mom!). Little things, habits. Down to how I lean on the counter while I'm washing dishes (this is something my grandmother did, too).
Other ways, I'm like my dad, though both our tempers have mellowed out over the years.
Like Amy, I really admire both my parents and wouldn't mind having the strength they have.
My birthmother=no way.
My stepmom who raised me YES! Also, my dad. I turn more and more like my dad everyday, which makes sense because we spent a good amount of years just him and I.
I would say yes and no. My mom is really kind and generous and totally selfless. I would say I am a kind and generous person, but not entirely selfless. I still want my own time and space and I'm not always willing to give up my own comforts to help someone else. That may change but it's not who I am now.
On the other hand, my mom is really unorganized, she's somewhat of a packrat, and is not the neatest person I know. I'm the complete opposite in all of those respects. I wonder though if that will change once I have kids and less time to be organized.
BFP 5/2/11, missed m/c, D&C 6/13/11
BFP 12/8/11--Little Girl E Born 8/22/12
this is me exactly, even down to the crazy family! hilarious - I'm glad I'm not the only one!
This is exactly what I was going to say - nearly word for word! Spooky...
Now jumping domestically.
Well that was a crazy couple of years.
I am probably the spitting image of my mom, as well as holding most of the same characteristics. The only difference is that I'm much more independent than she ever was, which was very apparent when she stayed married for many more years than she ever should have. I've never been afraid to do what I need to do to make myself happy. I've tried to be selfless and it generally bit me in the butt.
I do have my dad's temper, though. Wow. He and I could butt heads for days.