I am turning into my father

[Morningside]

Just wrote the date on the battery that I replaced in the smoke alarm and thought 'Oh hell, my dad done that'

Anyone else slowly turning into their parents habits unwittingly?

[Astacus]

Not only his habits, I am begining to look more like him too. At least I still have all my hair.

For the moment

Edited by Astacus on Friday 6th August 12:10

[anonymous-user]

You have no idea I am so turning into my dad that i have got virtually the same tools,toolbox and ladder as him, i find myself driving like him every now and then, my hair is receding like his and i am less tolerant of stupidity than i used to be. If it carries on, then i can look forward to being a serious racist who talks gobblededook and has no sense of humour. Just bloody brilliant

Edited by snowy slopes on Friday 6th August 12:13

[adycav]

As long as you don't try and poke your mum you'll be fine.

[Jasandjules]

So far so good i.e. Nope.

[james_tigerwoods]

I've threatened my daughter with the "I'll stop the car and put you out" threat recently before realising that my Dad did exactly the same to me.

I do, however, still use the Black and Decker hedge trimmer that he used. I remember him using it when I would have been about 13 - it has out lived him and I do nothing to it other than spray some WD40 on to the "blades" about 4-5 times a year. In true 'omage to him, I've nearly cut my fingers off with it, swung it in to my legs, leaned (dangerously) over the edge of the hedge/stepladder to reach something (when I should have just move the ladder) and cut through the cable on many occasions.

[Silver940]

I've started to think some Mercedez Benz's look good.

[davido140]

Thankfully I look nothing like my old man, but I'm slowly turning into him as far as my behavior goes.. quiet scary really!

I actually know a chap who never met his father till he was about 23, they acted almost identically... was very strange, makes you wonder how much is nature and how much nurture...

[AlexC1981]

james_tigerwoods said:

I do, however, still use the Black and Decker hedge trimmer that he used. I remember him using it when I would have been about 13

I still use my dad's Black and Decker hedge trimmer too. They must have been pretty well made because he died 23 years ago and it still works fine now. It only gets used maybe 3 times a year though.

[BliarOut]

WHen I tell my kids off I use the exact bloody phrases he used without even thinking about it

[Cara van Man]

If you mean getting bald, overweight, obnoxious and make a grunting noise when tying my laces, then yes, I'm turning into my father.

[cal72]

Cara van Man said:

If you mean getting bald, overweight, obnoxious and make a grunting noise when tying my laces, then yes, I'm turning into my father.

That's me also.

[Mazda Baiter]

cal72 said:

Cara van Man said:

If you mean getting bald, overweight, obnoxious and make a grunting noise when tying my laces, then yes, I'm turning into my father.

That's me also.

I think that's a bit of genetic code carried by men (real men, obviously, not Cliff Richard).

[Cara van Man]

Worryingly, I have also noticed other traits;

1)I always think know I am right.

2)No power tool is too complicated to master without reading the instructions.

3)DIY? That's easy. Why pay someone to do something when I can fk it up for free?

4)The staff at B&Q have started calling me by my first name.

5)Stay pressed trousers are 'much more comfy'.

Thankfully I haven't bought myself a matching set of 'Simpsons' socks/bow tie/tie/hanky/cufflinks/tie pin....................yet.

[Original Poster]

I totally agree, even the mrs says she has noticed it...

[Steamer]

Saving pots and jars because 'that will come in handy in the garage one day'

Saving thin offcuts of wood because 'I can stir some paint with that one day'

Edited by Steamer on Friday 6th August 14:24

[Morningside]

My father also labeled absolutely everything with those sticky dyno print things.
Including (and I never understood this) the switches on the car. Headlights, fog etc ..Why?

Frighteningly I am now collecting as much electronic 'junk' as him.

[soad]

Not yet, apart from some boozing but that's always been there pretty much.

[Famous Graham]

cal72 said:

Cara van Man said:

If you mean getting bald, overweight, obnoxious and make a grunting noise when tying my laces, then yes, I'm turning into my father.

That's me also.

And me Funny little noises when you get up from a chair, bend over etc.

Gah.

[s3fella]

ahhhh, that grunt that just sounds like a grunt to the outside world, but to the grunter sounds like "ohh ya bd!"