Resistance is futile

The image says it all really! It's not the fact that I look like my mum that bothers me - that's genetic and I can't do anything about it. What I don't like are those little phrases of hers that pop unbidden into my head, particularly when trying on clothes. "That makes you look all wool and a yard wide" is not encouraging....

Comments

[Julie]

Oh am I glad its not just me......... my mum pops up everywhere and she died nine years ago!!
Julie xxxxxxx

[Heather Cawte]

I know what you mean. If I hear myself say, "The lazy man's way is always the longest" One More Time.....

[Peri]

I not only hear mine in my head but in my ears - she still nags me!

[ruth]

Tell me about it! When I was young I vowed I would never say the things that my mother came out with and yet I find myself constantly saying them to my own children then automatically cursing myself for saying said "mother phrases". I know my eldest daughter will do exactly the same and when that time comes I shall smile wryly I think and think to myself "been there, done that, got the t shirt"!! :)

[Rosie]

That certainly strikes a chord! I was trying on a dress today, looked at myself in the mirror in the changing room and said alound "ooh,no: too Polly longfrock.". (Yes, talking to myself, too).

[Carol king]

When asked what time it was my mum always said,'Quarter past a daffodil' I say it all the time. My dads favourite expression was 'go to the top of the class, but don't take your books'

[Love To Crochet]

It's just something we can not escape. We've all got a mother, even son's have a mother...and I see my husband's mother in him too! Just a curse to some or a blessing to others. How many times I've heard my girl's say "You sound just like grandma!"