What do you wish you'd inherited from your mother?

Laragransnet I am exactly the same. Mum had a beautiful voice and when she was young won competitions and when she was older sang at the Royal Albert Hall with the WI. I used to love hearing her sing. Sadly, like you I didn't inherit her talent. Sometimes I try to imaging I have but it never works!

My Mum died ten years ago of bowel cancer. She displayed enormous courage, fortitude and good humour through it all. I hope I can live up to that when the time comes.

On a more practical note, she had wonderful teeth. Never a filling or extraction in her life. She was nearly 89 when she died.

We miss her dearly.

Her patience and to be a the lovely lady she was. Miss her so much.

Her money.....she left it all to one of my brothers

Her ability to make everything right when people in the family were arguing. Somehow she could calm the stormiest of waters and make everyone friends again. Also she told fortunes for fun with cards and tea leaves for family and friends and was often right. This was never ever for money just for fun.

Perfect teeth.
Fabulous legs - they have missed a generation, my daughter has them!
Ability to do a crossword in seconds.
Lightning dry rejoinders to any comments.
Ramrod posture.

Never normally post just read, but couldn’t resist a chance to talk about my mum now sadly passed. She never, ever lost her temper. I’m volatile. She had the most beautiful singing voice that turned heads. I can’t hold a note. And the most fantastic Glaswegian Billy Connolly-esk sense of humour. Not being brought up there I can’t do that as well as she did ?

Her legs!!! Mine are OK but hers were soooo long & slim. She was about 5'11'' & most of it was leg. She also had big boobs & was very attractive.
Strangely she always said she wished she had my lovely slim ankles & glossy hair- just goes to show we are never happy!
I took after Dad!

My mum was perfect with a lovely nature in her short life.
The only thing I wish I hadn’t inherited was her rheumatoid arthritis!!!!!!

There’s too much to mention, but if I could pick 2 attributes one would be her cooking skills, she could magic anything up from the cupboard and what a wonderful baker. Second would be her stamina, she was able to just keep going. ?

Her patience and forgiveness i really dont know why she didnt put me up for adoption when i look back haha

Her height, her strong sense of duty and her party going spirit. Wonderful.

Everything, my lovely Mum was loved by everyone. She was beautiful inside and it shone out of her face. She was kind, compassionate, fiercely loyal, generous, loving, irreverent, extremely funny and was literally adored by everyone who knew her. Her funeral was attended by hundreds (literally) of people, she has left a massive hole in our lives and we all miss her dreadfully ?

Her courage and endurance.

My Mum was a compulsive worrier, and excessively shy and very anti-social. She was also obsessive about housework, and everything had to be done to routine. She was a good mother. We were always well-fed and clothed, on a tight budget, but I don't remember her ever being affectionate to any of us.

I think that living through the war, being bombed-out with two very small children, and having a husband who came back from the war uninjured physically but not the happy person who had gone away, probably changed her. My Aunt told me that they were both very happy people before the war. It's sad that I never saw that side of them.

So, although there's nothing that I would want to inherit from her, I wish that she hadn't been changed by circumstances before I had the chance to get to know how she used to be.

Nothing at all from my mother. Loads tho from my lovely Father - he was kind, loving and very wise. Everyone adored him.

My mother had a very unfortunate life and, at 87, owns nothing and has dementia. She was not able to develop any talents and left her one room village school at the age of 14.

However, given her poor start in life, my mother has always been an avid reader and had a very high degree of written accuracy. I suspect that with a better start she might have done well in life.

I became an English teacher and I think I might have inherited the potential to do well in this from mum.

I wrote her life story with her but now wish I had even more information. I also wish I could sew, she made all our clothes and household items with ease. I suppose it's motivation rather than ability!

Nothing. My mother was a 'Jekyll and Hyde. In later life we would hear tales of this funny, happy lady that we didn't know.

My memories are of her constantly cleaning. You good never do anything right for her , constantly criticising. You got a smack if you fell over and hurt yourself. Never a cuddle.

She would never have the neighbours in the house, she prided herself on 'keeping herself to herself.'. I do have her to thank for the fact that I am able to cook, clean , keep house etc.

Fortunately, I have inherited lots of wonderful things from my dad.

Nothing.

Nothing but it is reassuring to see that I am not the only one who feels this way!

I wish I inherited her care free nature

Her ability to make friends. When she went shopping it would take about 2 hours. She stopped to chat with everyone she met. My dad was a loner and sadly I inherited this trait from him. I got a lot of good things from him too, especially his love of reading.

Her pastry making. She used to make pies and tarts where the pastry used to melt in your mouth. My son wishes I had the ability! But her victoria sponge always used to go flat!

Her grey eyes - I got my Dad's brown eye colour instead!