I've been doing that since I still lived at home.
The worst part is that I hear my dad in myself when I'm getting on to the kids. Not proud of that.
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I've become my father
- Thread starter Wag
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The worst part is that I hear my dad in myself when I'm getting on to the kids. Not proud of that.
I'm more like both of my parents than I like to admit, but now that I'm married and on the verge of starting my own family I think I understand them a lot more than I did previously. I hope I'll be able to avoid the mistakes they made in their lives, but I also now recognize it's not as easy as I thought when I was younger.
Honestly, i have no clue - i've read Little Boy's Blue and The Man on the Moon are children's stories, so the reference is that the father never read them to the child, but there's other interpretations (The man on the moon, being a song of 1971, is also referencing the passing of time)
My dad is 62 too - he had an ictus last week and i'm currently caring for him. Hardly ever been that scared as when i took him to the ER
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No, those are just references to english language nursery rhymes. Would you like me to type all of them out?
Good because it turns out I can't remember them lol. Little Boy Blue specifically fell asleep on the job and let the family's farm animals into the crop fields instead of scaring them away and now the whole family will starve this winter, or something.
I've always done that. I swear, if my wife lived alone every light in the house would be on 24/7.
I noticed that I've started, out of nowhere, using old military idioms and aphorisms that my dad used to use all the time in casual conversation.
I used to be like my parents a lot more in high school but as I grow older I end up less and less like them. sometimes i feel like i'm living in reverse
As far as I can tell I seem to be a mix of my dad's propensity for solitary tinkering, my mom's overall quiet demeanor, and my grandma's pragmatism.
Legit trying to think of how I'm like my father in any respect and am drawing a total blank.
As for my mother, I take after her only in the respect that I inherited the family mental illness and emotional fragility. Otherwise, we could not be more different.
Edit: just occurred to me, I'm a shameless scamp and so was my dad, so I almost certainly inherited that from him.
As for my mother, I take after her only in the respect that I inherited the family mental illness and emotional fragility. Otherwise, we could not be more different.
Edit: just occurred to me, I'm a shameless scamp and so was my dad, so I almost certainly inherited that from him.
Guilty as charged, I can remove it again if you feel it was not in keeping with the tone of the thread.
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I know I've started doing some things likes my parents as I've gotten older, but my dad (66) recently started reading his Facebook feed out loud to people. I hope I never do that.
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