I'm turning into my mother

No I will make sure I don't turn into my mother but distressingly I do look a bit like her but hopefully without the scowl.

Oh, I forgot, I'd like to say I'm not turning into my mum but, oh god!
I'm a grammar nasty, but she did it to us and it's ingrained into us, I'm sorry if I correct anyone. (I spotted the mistakes in my previous comment, but can't edit it).
I just hope my children keep loving me, as I can't say my mum & I had a very loving relationship. I didn't absolutely hate her, but I definitely moved 400 miles to get away from her & her interfering ways!!

Paddyann54

Would you please, PLEASE give us your recipe, and instructions, for your broth?
It's been absolute years since I made any and I just love it, would love to make it for my children & grandchildren!

Last time I made it I was working in London, living 8n Sudbury Town, had been home for a few days and when I got back I'd raced off to get thd ingredients.
I'd started making it up, and one by one my flatmates came in (at least 3 of them Scottish) and asked what it was? When I told them, they made utterances of, "UGH, no, I'll pass, thank you" Great, I thought to myself, all for me...and when I get to the stodgy spuds at the bottom YUMMY!
Finally, it was ready. I got myself a bowl of it and went into my room. I was sitting on my bed when my Scottish roomy asked me what I was eating? I told her. She looked, and said, "God, that smells soooo good, could I get some, please?" But of course!

It didn't last long. Even a couple of girls in the other flats came to see what that lovely smell was? (Flats within one house).
But alas, I lost the recipe, and my mum died so I can't ask her for it!

OH PLEASE SHARE! xx

If I could be as good as my mum I’d be over the moon, she was a great mum

I shudder when I see myself in a mirror and see myself standing or walking like my mother did. Have always said I don't want to be like her.

I have no problem turning into my Mother, although she died at 68 from RA complications. She was beautiful - compared often to Heddy Lamar (?) when younger, and generous in deed and word to the end. I have a picture of a young her and one of DD2 at about 11 and the resemblance is uncanny.

I hate to say that I recognise some of my mother's traits in myself and they are ones I dislike in my mother ? I try very hard not to be too much like her, sadly. Overall I think I am more like my father, though.

I haven't seen my sister for 2 years but spent this Xmas with her.
It was like being with my Dad, not a good look .

Hetty58

paddyann54, to turn into my mother - would be my worst nightmare - having spent my entire life trying to be the complete opposite.

Mine too. If I ever thought I was turning into my mother, I'd end it all there and then.

Well, I smile in passing to the shades of my mother, my grandmothers and a beloved aunt or four when I

fill a small copper kettle and place it on the radiator - it warms water well enough for washing things in lukewarm water

burn tea lights in the kitchen and turn off the electric light when we are not in the kitchen (due to the warnings of rising electricity prices)

cut up worn out t-shirts and other clothes to use as floor cloths or polishing cloths

gather pine cones to light the fire

I could go on, but these examples should do.

Those of us who feel that turning into our mother would be a good thing, are very very lucky indeed. I feel for anyone who can't feel that way. hugs

I can see my daughter turning into my mother but find it harder to recognise in myself. On the whole I am happy to have inherited any of her traits, but I am very wary of becoming a hoarder as she was in her later years.

My mum was amazing, my childhood was filled with love. She never shouted or got angry. Always patient and kind.
If l can be anything like her in any way l will be very happy.
I told her every day l loved her and she told me the same.

Yes, another Kali follower here. My Mum had the most generous heart one could ever imagine and, happily, I look like her too. All good.

Bluesky . Snap.

Yes I often hear myself saying and doing things like my mum, I don't mind I feel they are often words of wisdom?. She was a hard worker who lived till her mid 90s and was still volunteering into her late 80s .

Blossoming

Same here, Kali2. I look just like her and I try to act like her.

I am very much like her in so many ways- but I wish I had her figure, poise and classic casual style. She was so stylish. I am more of the tea-pot school of looks.

I agree with Laura.

It pleases me when I catch myself doing or saying something my mother would have said or done. She died 44 years ago, so it’s comforting to think I still have some of her mannerisms and ways, though our lives are very different.

She was a wonderful mother. ?

Hetty58

paddyann54, to turn into my mother - would be my worst nightmare - having spent my entire life trying to be the complete opposite.

Same here Hetty but I would be proud to be turning into my father!

In the fish shop especially, mum would ask for a cod's head ----for the cat ! Once home, it was boiled and mum separated the large white flakes of the fish to one side then make the most delicious fish cakes for tea.
It was an embarrassment as I got older

Then there was the marrowbone from the butcher ! Imagine being knocked down and there's your shopping bag----a cod's head and a large bone splayed out on the road.

I’m very much hoping not to!

I do agree with that LauraNorderr I am very concious that there are a fair few character aspects of mymum I really dont want to be remembered for.
Her weight obsession for one and her bordering on OCD house proudness,my poor dad couldn't leave a newspaper on the hall table to hang up his coat without her having a rant or her whipping the saucer from under his cup to get it washed while he was still drinking his tea.

Those with a lovely mother are probably likely to be just like her but for those of us with a horrid mother we’re most likely to strive to be different.

My Mother was lovely and I don’t mind getting to be like her in some ways. But I do catch myself coming out with some of the expressions she used when I was young - and swore I’d never say them! Mind, I do hear my Son saying them to the GDs!

Grandmabatty

I really hope I don't turn into my mum. She's not the nicest of women!

Me neither Grandmabatty.