Im turning into my Dad!

Voltex

I just started thinking there this evening, as i was putting my eldest son to bed, that I am almost a carbon copy of my Father. I do the same things...speak the same way...act the same way.

I always thought I was a very different sorta character..easier to get on with...not so difficult to approch...maybe the right word is softer...but my wife put me wide to that yesterday.

But what Im really asking is, is it almost inevitable to turn into your parents or carry on some distinct traits?

DazMarz

Everyone says I'm a clone of my father. I'm just taller and fatter version of him, that's all. With a bit more hair. Haha

AnonoBoy

Voltex wrote:

Im turning into my Dad!

I'm turned on by your Dad.


I think you got off lightly.

KTRIC

Do you have a stick in the garage thats sole purpose is to stir paint ??

If so then you have completed the transformation into your father.


Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

4zn76tysfajdxp

In before the "stick used for stirring paint" joke.

Edit: Or not.

My name is URL

No, it's bullshit

my parents are soft spoken, god fearing semi-retards

I think I'm the first in generations to use a swear word tbh

brummytom

I think it's inevitable. We never knew my grandad (he died when my dad was 4) so I don't know how much like him my dad is; but my mom takes after her parents an awful lot.

Even though I'm young, I've noticed I'm becoming more and more like my dad, or like he was when he was my age. He's told me stories of things he'd done in school, he sounded like the 'class clown' - stupid sort of things that I'd do.

I speak exactly like him - not just accent, but intonation, expression. Mom says I even pull the same faces as him (my favourite is our "WTF" face which we pull off so well :pac:).

My mom walked into the kitchen while I was cooking once and did a double-take.
"Jesus, Tom, your grandad used to do that" (I was leaning over the stove to smell the meal) She said I do things that my grandad used to, little things, movements, expressions, miserableness :P. I can't remember this grandad much, so I didn't pick it up.


Anyway, the point of my ramble is that I think it's genetic to turn into your parents. We can try and stop it, but it's gonna happen one day

mike65

KTRIC wrote: »

Do you have a stick in the garage thats sole purpose is to stir paint ??

If so then you have completed the transformation into your father.


Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

Sh1t

Whosbetter?

Dad again for the second time today!:)

Just back from the hospital.

One more & I draw level with my own Dad!

Busi_Girl08

You think that's bad?

I'm turning into James May. :eek:

brummytom

Whosbetter? wrote: »

Dad again for the second time today!:)

Just back from the hospital.

One more & I draw level with my own Dad!

Congratulations

Here's to another 4 years of sleepless nights .o/

Pighead

Whosbetter? wrote: »

Dad again for the second time today!:)

Just back from the hospital.

One more & I draw level with my own Dad!

If your Dad is anywhere near as competitive as Pighead's Dad then you should be bracing yourself for a little sister or brother in about nine months time. Or half sister/brother if your mother is past child bearing age.

mike65

Busi_Girl08 wrote: »

You think that's bad?

I'm turning into James May. :eek:

I am James May.

SarahMc

Voltex wrote: »

But what Im really asking is, is it almost inevitable to turn into your parents or carry on some distinct traits?

I think it is inevitable you parent the way your same sex parent did, unless you make a very concerted effort not to.

Congrats whosbetter!!!!

Whosbetter?

brummytom wrote: »

Congratulations

Here's to another 4 years of sleepless nights .o/

Thanks Tom!

Just had a thought.

I've now got twice as many daughters as my Dad has.:)

prinz

Whosbetter? wrote: »

Thanks Tom!
Just had a thought.
I've now got twice as many daughters as my Dad has.:)

In that case here's to 18 years of sleepless nights..

*waits for snyper*

My name is URL

Whosbetter? wrote: »

Dad again for the second time today!:)

Just back from the hospital.

One more & I draw level with my own Dad!

Congratulations

brummytom

Whosbetter? wrote: »

Thanks Tom!

Just had a thought.

I've now got twice as many daughters as my Dad has.:)

You win!

Take that, Whosbetter's dad!


(Two girls, bloody hell.. poor you )

Busi_Girl08

mike65 wrote: »

I am James May.

:eek: D-dad?!!!

Whosbetter?

brummytom wrote: »

You win!

Take that, Whosbetter's dad!


(Two girls, bloody hell.. poor you )

Could be worse.

Dad in law has 3 daughters!:D

Corkfeen

I'm nothing like either of my parents as of yet. Brummy sounds like he's in his nineties at sixteen.

The Big Red Button

I don't think I'm anything like my parents!

My mother is, basically, a totally selfless people-pleaser. My father is, basically, a quirky eccentric happy old man.

I am neither of those things!

Although, I suppose, the fundamentals are there. They are both generally happy and optimistic about life - so am I.

But the way in which we react to various situations and scenarios is totally different. And I can't see that ever changing!

sarahlulu

Congratulations whosbetter. Daughters are fantastic...so good I had three.

brummytom

Corkfeen wrote: »

I'm nothing like either of my parents as of yet. Brummy sounds like he's in his nineties at sixteen.

Yet I look so young...

Everyone says that, I'm barely into double figures!

The Big Red Button

Whosbetter? wrote: »

Could be worse.

Dad in law has 3 daughters!:D

My dad has four ... along with three sons ... he wins!!! :cool:

Whosbetter?

chatterpillar wrote: »

My dad has four ... along with three sons ... he wins!!! :cool:

No Telly in the house?:D

The Big Red Button

Whosbetter? wrote: »

No Telly in the house?:D

Only RTE1 and Network 2 until about eight years ago.

"Coincidentally" ... my youngest sister is eight years old.

:rolleyes:

RMD

I'm the first in a long line of achievers to achieve nothing at all with my life, so I can proudly say I turned out nothing like my dad.

candlegrease

you did it with your mom?

AckwelFoley

Whosbetter? wrote: »

Dad again for the second time today!:)

Just back from the hospital.

One more & I draw level with my own Dad!

Ah competative streak.

I hope you didnt say anything to your dad about "drawing level" as he is likely to have that competative streak too, do you want those images of your father going hell for leather at it with your mother just to go 2 up on you and extend his lead? :pac: