Dad and mom look similar......

How strange.I and my wife used to discuss this matter so many times after meeting a lot of couple who think, act and speak the same.My wife just used to wonder how nicely they are made for each other.I always tell her that it is the proximity to a person,tastes and styles that makes you lose your own identity slowly and makes you ape involuntarily.If the attitudes are of good quality the people who live together tend to adopt to it very fast.It is like life imprisoned jail mates thinking and talking the same subject the same way.

Hi Mimpi! Please do not laugh if I tell you that I have noticed the same thing in many couples and I even pointed out to older couples (two of them were my former colleagues and they look similar and look like sibling or to be more blunt like brothers and sisters. I could not find any specific reason for the same, but may be some scientific research can throw some light on this issue, whether after staying together for more than 25-30 years, couples start looking alike, like siblings. Perhaps, some couples gelled with each other after spending so many years together and apparently they adopt each other's gestures and mannerisms and start behaving in the similar fashion. Right now, me and my better half look dissimilar in our behavior, however, I find that my mother-in-law and father-in-law look alike and behave in a similar fashion, as they have spent more than 40 years together.

Why you compare between your dad and mom.. Take for example Saivenkat802003 and mimpi1911. They both left mylot in bereft and in deluge.. And Oh! God..they have returned in a same time. Moral: Not necessarily the said similarities occur in the families, but also amongst the good friends. Am i correct Mou. Take care.

Hiya! Yep, I do know of the sort of thing. I mean I think there has many studies about that. When two people have lived together for so many years, the way that their physical appearance changes when they 'grow'(old or not.lol) would be to sort of mimic what the other person looks like. In siblings and blood related people, that is understandable because they come from the same set of genes. But those who are linked only through marriage or relationship that would let them see each other everyday for years on end, they would look like what the other would look like. I also can see that in my Mom and Dad, Aunts and Uncles, but I have yet to meet other couples not related to me that already look alike.

Hiya mimpz! My Auntie and her Husband look almost the same, but I'm not sure if they do act the same though, lol. As for my family, we all look different, except that my Mom and I kinda look similar. My siblings and I act similar, but I think we fight different, lol.

wow it is so true. at times you wonder if their whole generation was related. hehee that is true. I think may be because we look at them in that way it might seem to us that they look alike. it is more of a perception than actual appearance

HI, I think you see them everyday or most of the time. especially when you see the same faces over and over again that's why you seem them are similar. Of course, I used to feel like that before but actually they are different. My parents look similar but my uncles and aunts are different from them, even talking, acting too... lolx

I think your family members and relatives sharing the same genetic group, very fortunate. Because me and my family members/siblings are far different from one to another; either on physical looking or behavior. I think, it got relation between our ancestors genetic group and the crossed marriage happening in the middle of it. Maybe your family are in the same group and type of chromosome during crossed marriage OR were your parents and ancestors practiced marriage among relatives only?

I don't think it just happens with partners. I remember once being told how like my Dad I was! He was my step-father who I loved so I took it as a great compliment. I'm also told I look like my half siblings and my step siblings and the older we all get the more alike we seem to become!

My mom and dad looked similar. They have been married for 50 yrs before my mom passed away and we have noticed their similarity in appearance and even in gestures. Yeah, maybe it is true that long association of couples with each other has been the reason for their similarities.Nice to see you again, my friend.

Welcome back mimpi! I have noticed that there are couples out there that do look a bit alike just like brother and sister. I don’t believe that my husband and I look alike but I have noticed that we pick up each other’s mannerism and expressions sometimes. I guess that is the consequence of spending so much time with another person. It can be amusing actually!

Heyya mimpi! I have seen a lot of married couples that I thought looked alike. I so think that to a certain point people are attracted to others that are similar...sometimes alot similar. I also noticed that pets often look some like their owners..LOL..Where you been anyway?

my mom and father are looking different ,character different and every thing is different. but they both love alot, each other. Some peoples may be compared but not more...

Same here! I've noticed how similar people look to each other, especially after years of marriage or close association. Maybe it is "us" we see in our parents. Looking at the features and how they come together in us . . . I don't know. Just yakking . . . But, have you ever noticed how some people look like their dogs the same way? I'm jus' sayin' :)

lol..sounds like my dad's family..most of the siblings look similar (there are 9 of them) and most of their qualities are the same...of course, they have their differences and basically very different persons...but the way they look at life and other small things that they do are very similar. It's the same with my mother's family and it's the same with my sister and I...though again, we are very different individuals.

Heya mimpi! Yes, you've been noticeably absent, that's for sure, so welcome back and happy spanking! Maybe people start to look alike when they get older and after spending so much time together because their minds start to fade and it saves confusion? Given that my Wife is Asian and I'm Caucasion, if we end up looking alike, I think we might become somewhat of a sensation!

Yes, I remember reading an article once that was saying how married couples begin to look like each other after years of being together. Apparently, in day to day interaction, the first of all being to unconsciously begin to mimic each others facial expressions that over time begins to mould the face to the same looks as each other. How true this is, I don't know, but I have noticed older married couples beginning to look alike. - Derek.

Hello mimpi. I often hear people say that when a couple have lived together for quite a few years, they will look alike and it seems that it is true. I have two colleagues who are a couple and they look alike. The first time I saw them, I thought they were siblings and the truth was reveled that they are couples. A couple will share the same habits after some time. It is the same with my wife and me in some fields.

Hi Mim, So you took a break too. I just returned from my break as well. I missed everyone here also. There is no place like Mylot!! As far as relatives looking alike, I can't say I've seen that in my family. Of course me and my siblings resemble our parents but nothing beyond that. Good to see you Mim. Hugsssss leenie

My Mom and Dad come from two totally different backgrounds and look nothing alike. But I have seen many couples who I thought looked as if they could have been brother and sister.