"You know you're turning into your mother when" -

When I look at my profile and there’s a little pad of fat under my chin where a nice well-defined one used to be!!!

Even when my mum was alive, I was using her sayings to my children. When we complained that our dinner was too hot, she said “You’d be hot if you’d just come out of the oven”. And, when we went on about wanting things, it was “We buy what we need not what we want”.

Oh No- I wear sensible shoes, something my mother found personally insulting. She was a high heels girl till a couple of weeks before she died aged 86. She was still going ballroom dancing in glitzy shoes and beautiful frocks. I know I'm my mother when I put my happy head on despite stress and particularly when I'm working in the garden.

When I'm covered in bits of sewing cotton and have my crochet wool wrapped around my ankle when I stand up!
Haven't found a knitted mushroom in my shoe yet.

I was sounding like my mum for years before she died (this year ?)
Now my daughter, who swore she would never be like me, is saying the same things ?
Its like Blackpool illuminations in here...
Were you born in a barn?
I want don't get....
The list is endless

Haven't you grown! - especially this year with covid & me getting older.

I am the exact opposite of my Mother, what scares me a bit is hearing myself coming from my DD.
Sort of gives me the shivers as we have similar voices.

My mother was so vain about her appearance she never wore sensible shoes. She was still tottering around in high heels just before she died aged 89. People who knew her found it amusing but it really was a nightmare for me and my sister. We had visions of her injuring herself because of her vanity.

Slightly off topic, I know, but getting older has some advantages.

DH and I nearly wet ourselves trying not to laugh when our adult son was trying to get his family out of the door in time to catch their train home!

He sounded exactly like DH talking to him many moons ago.

This was in the pre-Covid19 days, of course.

Not that my dear mother held her tongue!

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

When I bite my tongue to resist the temptation to say to DH, "We have a dirty clothes basket, you know" every time I find his used clothes on what my paternal grandmother called, "The highest peg in the house." In other words the floor

My dear departed MIL was a very difficult person to buy anything for, she was quite a large lady, (but never cuddly !). So buying presents for Birthday or Christmas was a nightmare, if we bought her flowers her response was "do you think I'm ill". If we tried perfume "do I smell".
I even tried a fancy brass carriage clock one year as she collected brass, no not even that was right, she told us straight out that she "hated it", which prompted FIL to tell her she was rude and unthankful. We took the clock back and we kept it, I can't really remember if we gave her something else it was over 30 years ago.

I have been very careful - or at least tried to be - ever since some years ago when a dd said, ‘Mum! You’re beginning to sound like Granny!’

One thing I won’t be echoing, though, was her comment of, ‘That hair!’ (hyper disapproving tone) - every time she saw anyone with that long, curly-messy hair on TV.
It turned into something of a family joke.

It's not so much what my mother said, but I do find my face going into certain expressions, in certain situations, not seen since she died. My siblings think it's hilarious, but I say it is my right because I am the oldest.

Yep, the mirror brings her into the room. No complaints from me. Lovely, in fact.

My mum's mantra when something bad happens and people say why me,her reply why not you.Found myself saying it to my son this morning

This thread made me chuckle. My sister and I both sound the same when we use the word’ bliddy’ my sons say ‘yous both say it the same way’. ?

Lucca

Anyway to return to the thread point. I’ve sworn never to say “in my day.....”! However tempted.

Followed swiftly by You don't know you're born these days!

MissAdventure

My daughter said to her boys "Excuse me! This is not a bouncy castle, it's my sofa!"

She said that's exactly what I used to say to her.

I recall my parents telling me about baby sitting my brother's children when they went to 14 year old daughter's parents' evening at school. When they came back they really had a go at their daughter, she wasn't working hard enough, homework often late/skimpy etc. My mother said she had to leave the room to stop laughing, they sounded exactly like mum and dad when he was at shool!

My handwriting is very similar to my Mum. Weird.

I find myself acting like and saying things like my mother did a lot these days. It's a bit scary and comforting at the same time . . .

When we walked in the door Mum would say 'Oh you're home then'. If we came in soaking wet she would say 'Is it raining'?
Many things weren't sayings but were funny without meaning to be. We went to stay for a holiday and Mum was cooking dinner, I peered from across the kitchen at something she had baked, I said 'what's that'? she replied 'apple pie', I went nearer and said 'That's a funny looking apple pie' , without looking up from stirring the gravy she said 'Oh I didn't have any apples so I put marmalade in it'.

My mother used to say' we'll see' when questioned if I could do something. Always meant ' No!' Have tried to make decisions, kids need to know where they stand.

One of my daughters actually posted on Fb, that she was turning into her Mum (me). Having asked, begged, pleaded with her teeenage, children to tidy up their rooms for several days - she went into the messiest one with a black rubbish sack, and just deposited into that everything left on the floor, etc.

I used to do that - difference was, she actually threw that in the rubbish bin, whilst I (much more frugal), kept it hidden!!!!