Stop me, please, before I become my parents. Ooops. Too late.

[carrie_leigh]

Someone recently asked the question, "So, have we become our parents?"

My first reaction? 'Oh, heck no. I'm still cool.'

Which is a dead giveaway for someone who is patently not cool to say

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[jandjsalmon]

My moment of epiphany was 'straighten out and fly right' to my then seven year old. Or the 'You're too smart to be this dumb' - totally my mom. Jay made me promise I wouldn't say 'Great for getting 98% - what happened to the other 2%?' I got that a lot at home as a kid.

[heyurs]

Straighten up and fly right, Buddy! WOOT! hehehehehe! xD

Yup, got that one a lot, too. And yes, I say it lots. *g*

The other one, too. He got an A- on something and I said, "What's up with the minus, dude?"

Goodness. x)

[stardust_20]

Yep, we become our parents. I know I certainly am, and a LOT of the things on your list are things I've said to my kids too. Including Jess's one below about not getting 100%. I bug my kids even when they DO get 100%. Actually I'im pretty proud of my 12 year old. He got exempt from all of his exams (cumulative 80% average needed to be exempt) so he's getting an extra week off school. Still, I'm giving him work to do because idle hands - you know?

[deedsk_tx]

I've sooo become my parents! I've been whipping out #4 (Life is NOT Fair) for so long now- Josh will beat me to the punch and say "I know...I know....Life isn't fair and Grandpa said that to you ALL the time!"

I'm also learning that I'm becoming my Mamma in so many other ways as I get older. Matt even calls me "Kathy" from time to time when I start doing something extremely neurotic or OCD! (he-he) I do think there are times I open my mouth and my Mamma just comes rumbling out!S-C-A-R-Y!!

We'll just have to keep each other sane as we ride this crazy rollercoaster call PARENTHOOD!!

Hugs!!

[carrie_leigh]

For Ethan, I've borrowed one of YOUR mother's adages: "God did NOT drop you off on a street corner by yourself! He gave you parents for a REASON!"