Things that stick with you.....

@winky73 (1404)
United States
April 16, 2007 7:55am CST
Have you ever noticed that certain things that your parents or grandparents did when you were growing up.....really seem to stick with you....without you even noticing. My grandpa always used to get on to us kids and anybody els that would leave the lights on after leaving a room. Here lately I have noticed more and more....that I'm starting to do the exact same thing.My bf and his son both are very bad about leaving the bathroom light on after they are done in there and I find myself turning it off several times a day and always saying...."please turn off the light when you are done....electricity is not free you know". It's almost like I was being brainwashed as a child...lol.I never realized how much that stuck until just now. So are you turning in to your parents and what are the things you noticed that you do the exact same way as they did or are you even aware that you do the things they did? I just thought this was funny.....because it really snuck up on me.
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kelly60
@kelly60 (4547)
• United States
16 Apr 07
I think we all become our parents as we grow older. There are so many similar that I have done, including what you have just mentioned.
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winky73
@winky73 (1404)
• United States
16 Apr 07
The funny thing about it....I always swore that I would never be like that.....little did I know.
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kelly60
@kelly60 (4547)
• United States
17 Apr 07
I know what you mean, I did the same thing. Actually, I think most of us do, and then we end up becomeing our parents.
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funky123
@funky123 (92)
• India
16 Apr 07
yeah i have acquired from my parents ... they way my mom does the work at home...i hve followed many of her housekeeping things...not only that, the way my dad does his work, the way my da shows his facial reactions..many things i hve acquired from them...its pretty natural that they influence us...
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winky73
@winky73 (1404)
• United States
16 Apr 07
I know that parents have a great influence on the way their children will be like when they grow up.....but that we end up doing the exact same things that used to drive us crazy.....that is a little odd.
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rosie_123
@rosie_123 (6113)
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16 Apr 07
LOL! Yes - I hear where you are coming from, - and I thin I do the same! I was always very like my Mother anyway - and now I am older, I see and hear her in my every day.
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Bizziebod
@Bizziebod (3497)
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25 Apr 07
I had to laugh when I read this, as I was only thinking the other day why I do things and say things my mother used to say! I was warming my hands in front of the fire and was rubbing my hands together just like my mom did - strange what you pick up even unconciously!
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WeenitsMom
@WeenitsMom (492)
• United States
17 Apr 07
Well, not so much behaviors, but my grandmother use to sear that turpentime was a cure all for any type of muscle ache, and my great grandfather use to sewar that black salve was the best thing for an infection or a cut. The funny thing is, turpentine really does help sore muscles and black salve has tar in it which does draw out infection or anything else in a sore that doesn't belong there!
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DIOSAMER
@DIOSAMER (23)
• India
19 Apr 07
Yes...i do..parents grandparents brothers sisters will never let u down.. no matter what...u tend to take advantage of them when u are young, but they will still love u forever..
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