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Today’s topic is “6 ways you are like or unlike your mother.” You can answer this with a list of 6 words, 6 phrases, 6 sentences, 6 paragraphs, 6 photos, 6 videos, etc . . .
Haha! I don’t know about everyone else, but this week’s topic was an easy one for me. I’ve spent years analyzing the answers to this question. ;P
Here are my six . . .
1) We are both a little OCD. When I was growing up, she could tell if something was a half a millimeter out of place. Since I’ve had children, I’ve been much better about not being like that, but I use to need to have the toss pillows on the sofa a certain way, have the condiments in the cabinet lined up and facing front, etc . . .
2) We are both over-critical. I am less so than she is, because I am painfully aware of it due to the fact that I do not want to put my children through what I went through (or am still going through) with my own mother.
3) Here is a way we are not alike. She talks about children like they are not there. It is something that can be hurtful for a child. She did it to me and my sister and now she does it in front of my children and I make sure she knows how much it angers me.
4) We both think that our children are the most important thing in the world.
5) We are not alike in that she thinks academics is the only thing a child should focus on from preschool through graduate school, while I think that academics is extremly important, I do think that a child needs to be well-rounded in order to be happy.
6) We both like eating ice cream, watching sitcoms, and shopping.
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Better late than never right?!
http://asthedaysgoby-shaun.blogspot.com/2009/05/my-mommy-and-i.html
My first Small Talk six! Ok, so I cheated just a tad… but it’s Mothers Day tomorrow… and I wasn’t going to post unpleasant stuff the day before Mothers Day!!
Thank you for allowing me to share and I look forward to checking out the other posts. (actually 9 items, but I am concise.)
wow, this one should be fun- LOL- my mom and I are too alike!
This was a very though provoking list of questions
Happy Mother’s Day to all!!! Love being a part of weekly small talk six!
This post was a lot of fun for me. Number 6 is cute.
Great post!! I had to really think about ways we were alike or not alike! Have a great Mother’s Day weekend.
Isn’t amazing how we can learn from some of the mistakes our parents made with us, do everything in our power not to repeat them with our own children, and then unconsciuosly repeat some anyway?
I used to be like your number 1 & 2, until I gave birth to The Diva. Neither my life nor myself have been the same since.
My answers my get me in trouble this week with my mom that’s not fair
I guess I haven’t put as much thought about how my mom and I were similar and different until I did my post! It took me awhile to think about it!
LOL My mom and I aren’t very much alike but we do have some things in common.
My MIL does #3. I completely understand how irritating that is!