Lesley Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 You know when you subconsciously do something and suddenly realise........ I usually make biscuits rather than buy them but recently, when I was spending a lot of time hospital visiting, I bought a few packs of digestives..... I'd been nibbling a biscuit when my son called in, I took the pack to the kitchen.....chatting to him.....put the pack into a plastic bag, twisted the top and put a klippit on to seal it That moment of realisation......I looked at him.....he looked at me....... Why?? I have a perfectly good biscuit jar..... and a biscuit tin.....and plenty of Lock and Lock boxes....... I just know that I'll start being rude about Christmas and Birthday presents next Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 Step away from the tie tags! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moochoo Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 You have no control over it, genetics are a strange thing.....we'd better keep a close eye on you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Lesley Posted July 18, 2009 Author Share Posted July 18, 2009 Come on......I can't be the only one?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 Yep, looks like it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 Come on......I can't be the only one?? No it is frightening. We both turned up in black trousers, different versions of the same brand of black shoes and similar style top. I like it that it was the Klippit that pushed you over the edge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 Try living with yours. We frequently open our mouths to say the same thing. It's even scarier when my Aunt visits and three of us do it! We are not sure where any of this comes from - Granny is a daft old fruit bat and we don't get it from her! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 I'm thinking on knitting socks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 My mum is no longer with me, but despite being a real madam when I left home I now find myself being very hypocritical when lecturing teeenage son on the right and wrongs of life. Yup I'm definately mum to a T, and I cringe when people say "ooh your;e just like your mum" AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 I hadn't been in contact with my mother for several years before she died but when I went to Scotland to clear the house etc, I visited the nurses at the cottage hospital where she had been for a number of years. They had never seen me before; my mother was 80 when she died; I was then in my mid-40s and although overweight I like to think that I was considerably slimmer, fitter and better groomed than I ever remember mother being. Also, they weren't expecting to see me but as soon as I walked on to the ward I was greeting with shrieks of "Och my goodness, ye must be wan o' Mrs R's daughters. Come here Morag, who dae you think this is, disnae she look just like Mrs R" Ach weel, so long as I only take after her in looks, I can cope with that. My other sisters however .............. - but that's another couple of stories Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 You're not alone, Lesley. I save s"Ooops, word censored!"s of soap, darn socks, fold and store paper bags, hoard toilet rolls. I'm worse, you see, I'm turning into my Grandma ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lydia Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 I find myself doing things my mother IN LAW does - now that's really really scary! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 Yes, that IS scary . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 If ever I turn into my MIL - somebody please kill me! Like Pengy I say the same things as my mum at the same time. It is usually something quite remote and nothing to do with what we had been talking about - mostly word for word. That is quite scarey! I am more like my dad, but my wedding pics look like my mum when she was the same age. We even sound the same - which I never would have believed until someone taped us and I took the mickey only to find it was me! I started trying to make my voice considerably lower after that. My dad was a hoarder - so am I - in fact most things I do are very much like him. Don't know which is more frightening - being like my dad or the "telepathy" bit with mum - including trying to call her on the phone only to find it engaged because she is trying to ring me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 Lesley you do make me laugh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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theherd123 Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 That moment of realisation......I looked at him.....he looked at me....... This bit really made me giggle! I can just see the expression on your face! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 You are not the only one. I hear words coming out of my mouth and I think now I'm sure I've heard that somewhere before? OMG. My mum used to say that to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyhole kate Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 I am constantly being told by my children "your turning into Granny" My mother passed away in Jan 2008 but being scottish had a saying for everything I now find myself saying "as my mum used to say blah blah blah " Ahhhhhhhhhhh Help!!!!! Rona, Clootie you know exactly what I am talking about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 I always get mistaken for my mum on the phone. Loads of people always start talking to me assuming i'm her. No one does it to her though. I always get told i look like her too. I know i will end up like her even more as the years go by as i'm only 19. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 you'll be spitting on tissues to wipe childrens' faces next! Lesley, if I ever turn into my mother - please put that plastic bag that you had the bsicuits in over my head and tie it tightly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aunty e Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 I'm turning into my grandma - I already look like my mother (to the point where you can't tell baby photos of us apart and I have to be very careful not to have a bob or it confuses my dad. But I find myself doing all the same things grandma did (that drove me nuts). It's worse when I find myself acting like my mum at her most irrational - I feel bad because I'm acting like a total witch, and also because I obviously was never sympathetic enough to my mum or understanding enough of how hormones make you act like a cow sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 Thankfully, I am more like my Nonna was than like my mother. You can't tell pictures of Rosie and I as babies apart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ana's flock Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 My mum is thin, elegant, discreet and mild mannered, and not too keen on pets. My gran was on the round side, laughed loudly until she had tears in her eyes, was funny and irreverent... and kept chickens! (and rabbits, a goat, the odd dog, and there was always a cat and a few kittens in her house). So there's proof that it sometimes skip a generation . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
