# I'm turning into my mother. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 6, 2002, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-turning-into-my-mother/127367 "2002-09-06T23:59:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-turning-into-my-mother/127367/1 "2002-09-06T23:59:23Z")
Earlier today I noticed a little bit of schmutz on Whatsit Jr.'s face, so I… Oh God, the shame. …I licked my thumb and used my spit to clean off his face. I mean, what next? Am I going to start automatically peeling the crusts off peanut butter sandwiches? Doing that totally ineffectual “throw my arm in front of the passenger seat when coming to a sudden stop” thing, EVEN THOUGH the carseat is in the back seat? Telling him that I’m the Mom, therefore I know everything?? WHERE DOES IT END? ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2002, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-turning-into-my-mother/127367/2 "2002-09-07T00:02:02Z")
When he turns 50. If you’re lucky. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2002, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-turning-into-my-mother/127367/3 "2002-09-07T00:02:34Z")
it doesn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2002, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-turning-into-my-mother/127367/4 "2002-09-07T00:14:02Z")
I don’t even HAVE children [sub]except for Kobii, and she is a cat so some people wouldn’t consider that the same thing at ALL…not that I am one of them[/sub] and I throw my arm over the passenger seat if I stop suddenly. I also find myself saying things my mom would have said and mothering anyone unfortunate enough to enter my sphere of “influence”. I had to face it some years ago…I AM becoming my mom! Not that that is such a bad thing, as she was universally loved and adored. Actually, I should be LUCKY enough to become my mom, now that I think about it. Still…it feels wierd. Now hon, you have the tiniest smooj on your face, let me just remove it for you. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2002, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-turning-into-my-mother/127367/5 "2002-09-07T06:08:32Z")
The first time I heard myself say, “You look with your eyes, not your hands,” to my daughter, I felt myself age about 10 years. “No, you’re not done, now please finish your dinner,” is a bad moment, too. So far, I’ve avoided the finger-lickin’-face-wipin’ bit, but I’ve caught Mrs. Skeezix doing it a couple times. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kipper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Kipper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kipper)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2002, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-turning-into-my-mother/127367/6 "2002-09-07T06:52:20Z")
Yup. I remember giving some some the pull up your socks, we know you can do better talk to someone at work and then afterwards realised that I did it just like my Dad would have. As my Dad died two years ago it felt kind of weird at first but then I thought that a bit of my Dad was still around. 🙂