Well, have you become your parents???

A big NO. Nothing like them and never wanted to be anything like them.

On reflection, perhaps this wants clarification.... My parents were born before WW1 and lived through the 'Spanish Flu', The 'Roaring 20's' , the depression and WW2 before I came along as a 'Baby boomer'. By this time, culture, morality, expectations etc had all changed, but my parents were still stuck in the past and we grew up in very different worlds - never understanding each others point of view.
 
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No. My parents were of the same generation as yours but worked very hard for a better life. So I grew up with plenty and don't handle doing without, being cold, ill or hungry as well as they did. My personality is different also. In many ways, these days, my mom who is still alive, is more like ME! I take that as a high form of compliment. šŸ˜Š
 
My parents lived in a totally different world from the one in which I grew up. Whether this affected their outlook, I can't say. Like many people, their ambitions were disrupted by the Second World War. They had no choice but to join the forces and I don't doubt that they were affected by their experiences.
No, I have not turned into either of my parents, but I am aware of the personality traits I have inherited.
 
Iā€™m much like my father, but my sister and I have a standing agreement to terminate the other should we ever transform into our motherā€¦ šŸ™€

Progressive Insurance has a wonderful commercial series where ā€œDr. Rickā€ counsels people on how not to become their parentsā€¦

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fuzzybuddy said:
My parents are a tough act to follow. They were Depression era kids, who strangled a penny until it cried. I more like my mom, and my brother is more like my dad. I wear a sweater rather than jack up the furnace with expensive fuel. As much as I hate to say it, I am my parents' kid. And as I get older the differences between us get smaller.
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Yep - My folks were born 1913-1915. My mother was so cheap, she picked up grasses and rewove her own broom! This is one trait that definitely affected me. They paid cash for houses and cars and never were in any debt. We weren't well off, but we were secure. Because of their "depression era reminiscences," I'm terribly frugal. But, the older I get, the less I go without. I'm running out of time and if my broom falls apart, I'll order one from Amazon!
 
Nope. As Lavinia said, my parents grew up and lived in a totally different world than mine. My father was born in 1898 and my mother in 1901. So we might as well have been from different planets.

But they were good, loving, family-oriented people, and in that respect I hope I am like them.
 
No. My dad was a drunk and my mom was a perfectionist. They only had time for themselves and everything had to be done their way. My brother is a little of both. I'm neither drowning my sorrows nor hyper and carping all the time. I don't much care what people do and barely listen to their complaints.

I'm getting a little soft with age though. Yesterday I drew my neighbor's attention to his sister's dying azalea. I should have minded my own business but I felt sorry for the bush and suggested to him what might be happening and how he might bring it back from the edge. I usually wouldn't bother but I didn't want them to blame me for killing it. That's what people do where I live, They blame each other for just about everything and create a lot of drama over it. God. Just own your responsibilities and your failures, we all have them. Never got to tell my parents that.
 
Fyrefox said:
Iā€™m much like my father, but my sister and I have a standing agreement to terminate the other should we ever transform into our motherā€¦ šŸ™€

Progressive Insurance has a wonderful commercial series where ā€œDr. Rickā€ counsels people on how not to become their parentsā€¦

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I hate that commercial with a passion! I want to throw rocks at whoever wrote that moronic garbage.

The only commercial that disgusts me more is the Zocdoc commercial:
 
I think it is inevitable that we end up with some of our parents ways. I see a lot of both my Mom and Dad in myself, and that's just fine with me. They were both good people, with normal human faults, and so am I. Hopefully every generation gets a little better, but I'm aware that isn't always the case.
 
In a lot of ways, I am more like my Dad was than my Mom. My Dad worried a lot and he never bought anything without buying it for his kids. When he bought a tv then he bought one for me, my sister and my brother. Now I do the same thing for my children and Grandkids. On the other hand when my Mom would get worried she would act angry.
 
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