People Share The Exact Moment They Realized They Were Turning Into Their Parents

As a kid, it was very evident that you and your parents were completely different species. If you wanted to stay up late and play video games, they made you go to bed at a decent hour and turn off the TV. If you wanted to stuff your face with candy, they made you sit at the dinner table and eat your broccoli. There was just no seeing eye-to-eye. To make matters worse, their corny sayings drove you up the wall and you swore that you’d never, ever be like them. But no matter how much we try to avoid it, there comes a time in all of our lives when we realize that, whether we like it or not, we're turning into our parents—just ask these people.

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#1 Keep it Clean!

My SO and I were packing and getting ready to go on a road trip to a relative's house for Thanksgiving. As I was cleaning up the house, my SO said something along the lines of, “Don’t worry about it, you can clean when we get home.” I replied with, “I do NOT want to come home to a dirty house.” At that point, I realized that I’m turning into my mother.

#2 Mom Sayings

Having children... The awful things that I've said have totally been what my mom used to say. As a middle-aged male, I am turning into my mother and it terrifies me. For example: "I swear to God if I have to go in your room to clean it, it's all going into a garbage bag and being donated to kids that will appreciate it!"

#3 Be Quiet

#4 Turning Into Dad

My dad used to come and stand behind the sofa wearing an apron whilst I was watching TV, and put his hands on his hips and watch a bit of whatever was on whilst he was waiting for something to cook. I now do exactly the same thing in my flat with my girlfriend when I'm cooking and she's watching TV.

#5 This is Sad

I've always joked that my dad isn't really my father and I'm just a clone of my mom. I look like her, laugh like her, I have the same mannerisms as her. Then, I got the exact same health issues that she has, at the exact same age as they began for her.

#6 Talking like Dad

I realized I talk exactly like my father. I use the same speech patterns and it doesn't annoy me!

#7 Story Teller

I repeat stories. Every time I go home to visit, I’ll hear things from my dad that he’s either already told me over phone or stories I’ve heard 100 times. I've found that I have also started telling people about stories from my past that I’ve already told them.

#8 Diaper Jokes

I figured out I was exactly like my parents when I started answering stupid questions with stupid answers. For example:

Family Member: What should I do with this dirty diaper you just changed?

Me: Put it in the fridge we will eat it later.

#9 Like Father like Son

My 10-year-old nephew let me win a video game because he felt bad for me, like I did to my dad 25 years ago on Super Nintendo.

#10 Walking Fast

My dad was a fairly tall guy. I used to hate walking with him when I was about five years old because he'd take giant steps and I had to basically jog everywhere while he dragged my hand. My son is now four and I caught myself doing that exact thing about two months ago. Now I walk slower.

#11 Unconcious Choices

#12 Wasting Electricity

#13 Mushroom Picking

I went mushroom picking with my friend a couple of months ago. We ended up bumping into my dad and grandad, who were also mushroom picking. I'm Polish for clarification, and mushroom picking is like a national sport here.

#14 This

#15 No News

#16 Wishing to be Dad

I can only hope that I turn into my father. That man is the most amazing, fantastic guy I've ever known. He worked his butt off to make my childhood as magical as it possibly could be. For my birthday every year, he told me that the fairies would help me celebrate. For Christmas, he would leave special hand-written notes from Santa Claus, and even paid our neighbor, who had a horse, to leave hoof prints in the snow outside.

On the days leading up to Saint Patrick's Day, we would construct a leprechaun trap. I'd wake up only to find tiny footprints everywhere, and a pile of gold dollars. They were always too sneaky for us to catch. On Easter, the bunny would always leave me presents, and lots of eggs. I really hope that one day I have that "I'm my father" moment.

#17 Just like Mom

Sometimes, I will say certain words and I’ll turn around because I thought my mom said something. It’s really scary how her and I share almost all of our seemingly random idiosyncrasies. We both talk to ourselves. Like full-on conversations. We both do this counting thing. We both shake our heads and point our fingers the EXACT same way when we’re yelling. Sometimes I’ll stop mid-fight because I can see my mom making the exact same motions and it freaks me out.

#18 Waking Early

I wake up, no alarm, every day at 4 a.m. to get ready for work. I just sit up like clockwork at 4 a.m. I never thought I would get to this point.

#19 Pulling Weeds

My dad is always pulling any weeds he sees in the grass or on his driveway. I caught myself doing this for about 20 minutes before it hit me.

#20 This is Spooky

#21 Dad Jokes

My dad was always digging himself into holes with his dad jokes. But he’s passed that shovel on to me. The realization was groundbreaking.

#22 Trying Not to End Up like Him

I was in the middle of yelling at my boyfriend about what was essentially nothing when I realised that how I was shouting sounded exactly like my father. I realized that I had inherited my father's anger, the way he bottled it in, and the way he lashed out at the ones he loved. So much rage and so much unhealthy expression of it. Nowadays, I'm trying to be more patient, I'm trying to walk away, count to ten, breathe, and I'm looking up kickboxing classes. I'm not ending up bitter, unlovable, and alone, and I will not hurt the people I love the way he did.

#23 Classic Mom Move

I say the names of the things I see while in the car. Like, “Oh, a Burger King,” and “Hmmm, a new Wawa. Interesting.” My mom does this and it used to drive me nuts when I was younger. My husband also actually types Google.com into the search bar, even though our default search engine is google. It’s a classic dad move.

#24 Identical

The moment I saw a high school picture of me. Turns out, it was my dad's high school picture. I'm identical to my father and it's annoying as can be.

#25 Harder Than it Looks

I was always annoyed that my parents could never remember the names of the toys and other things that I wanted. My mom especially would butcher the names, once calling GI Joe "Joe Joe dolls". I now realize it's hard to remember the names of all the things my kids want. I called an LOL doll a LOLI doll at the checkout line. Cringed so hard.

#26 Little Mother

I've always had a little sass in me and most of my life, my shyness covered that up. Now, I am a one-woman "sassacre". Thanks, mom. My brothers have been telling me for years that I am essentially our mom, to the point of calling me "little mother" (in an endearing way). I own it.

#27 Dad Noises

#28 Dad Mood

My boyfriend yelled, "Everyone in the car shut your mouth!" when he got frustrated in a busy parking lot. It was just the two of us in the car and I wasn't talking.

#29 Put Some Clothes On!

My girlfriend told me she was cold when we were at home. She was wearing shorts and a tank top. I said, “Well put some clothes on!” My parents used to say the same thing to me and my sister when we were kids so they wouldn’t have to turn the heat up.

#30 Rubber Band Hoarder

#31 Owning Multiple Pairs of Jorts

Where to begin? I find myself tucking in my tshirts for the warmth. I've collected a tremendous amount of Mickey Mouse decor without even realizing it was happening. I find myself saying, "My goodness gracious!" all the time. I've become more and more cynical about our local sports team's ownership. I bought a digital TV antenna just to watch repeats of Emergency! I now own multiple pairs of jorts. This is all fairly benign but altogether I am a very boring married 20-something.

#32 Finding Things

My mom used to find things for us in less than a minute after we had been looking for hours. My siblings and dad sometimes lose things and ask me to help because “I always find it magically”. I’m actually very excited about the mom touch to finding things.

#33 Home-Cooked Meals

I ate at an expensive restaurant and for a second, I considered how much better and cheaper it would have been if I made the meal at home.

#34 Might Need That

#35 Sleeping Anywhere

My dad will fall asleep just about anywhere, especially if he sits in his recliner. So after I got my first full-time job out of college, I got home and my roommate and I were going to watch a new episode of a TV show. I fell asleep in our recliner in less than 10 minutes. I woke up after the show ended and my roommate was like, "Yeah you were out and snored a little."

#36 Heat Costs Money

The first time I told my kids to "shut the door, we aren't heating the outside!" I finally get why they said it too. It costs money to heat and cool the house!

#37 Coupon Holder

#38 She Knew

This happened yesterday. For some background: my mom and her family are Jewish and from New York. I was on my couch, enjoying the first episode of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, about a 1950's New York Jewish woman who becomes a stand up comic. I immediately thought, "Oh wow, my mom would love this!" so I texted her to told her to watch. Her response? "Hahaha, already watching episode 1 right now!" UGH.

#39 Home Improvement

Finding myself excited to go to Lowe's. As a child, I hated being dragged to that store. As an adult and new homeowner, I totally get the appeal of buying power tools and gardening supplies to work on various home improvement projects.

#40 Just Enjoy Your Coffee

So I was at IHOP one day, already finished with breakfast and on my second cup of coffee, when the waiter came with the bill. As I pulled out my debit card to pay, I put my wallet away and thought to myself, “Just let me sit here and enjoy my coffee...” That's a phrase that my mother has used so many times at breakfast that she could patent it. I’ll admit it does feel nice to just relax and enjoy it instead of rushing out the door as soon as you’re done. Now it’s something I do routinely.

#41 Not My Best Angle

#42 Driving Like Mom

While driving in my car, I will put my arm out to protect the passenger if I suddenly stop, even though they are wearing a seat belt... just like my mom. As the passenger in the front seat, I will step on the brake even though there is no pedal. The old fake brake, just like my mom does!

#43 Couldn't You Have Just Washed That?

#44 Savory Tooth

I went from a sickeningly sweet and light coffee drinker to preferring just a splash of cream. And my mom would always say how she didn't like pop and actually preferred water. I always thought she was lying until I got to the age where I didn't care for pop (unless I'm sick, then it's Vernors all the way) and prefer water. Crazy.

#45 Just Like Mom's Beard