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A lot of us go through this: we spend our youth rebelling against our folks, swearing to ourselves we will never behave like those stubborn old fools, but then a couple of decades pass, we start packing our socks in our shoes and a sudden thought strikes our mind, "Damn, I'm turning into my parents." Which isn't necessarily a bad thing. It's just a funny realization of how things sometimes go full circle. So in honor of Mother's Day, we at Bored Panda decided to collect the best "I'm becoming my mom" moments we could find on the internet. Enjoy!

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When we asked Talya Stone, a former public relations specialist turned blogger and the woman behind online journals Motherhood: The Real Deal and 40 Now What, what factors have shaped her as a mom, she said it was a combination of two.

"The desire to not be like my parents and also probably my own personality which can be a bit loud and silly," Stone told Bored Panda. "A sense of humor goes a long way in parenting that is for sure!"

"Everything I do in parenting is basically geared toward not being like my own Jewish mother," Stone added while laughing. "You can just imagine the struggle is real and very apparent in my constant need to feed everyone that walks through our door and incessantly offer up food to my own daughter."

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Does it bother only me that he said "you can clean" instead of "we can clean"?

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Interestingly, similar situations to the one Talya Stone described are more common than you might think. Researchers have identified the top 20 signs that indicate you are turning into your parents, including dozing off on the sofa, repeating the same jokes, and saving old boxes and bags just in case you might need them.

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An amusing poll of 2,000 adults found roughly half believe they are morphing into their own mom or dad, which, on average, happens to them at 32-and-a-half years of age.

Other popular signs people have noticed are dressing for comfort instead of style, and relying on their kids for tech support.

While almost one in four respondents were met with the dawning realization that during arguments in their own younger years, their parents were actually right all along.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Both my mum and my grandma do this with their kids lmao! My grandma as 10 kids and my mum has 6. It’s a whole cycle of ryl-, bec-, Tom-, kat- until they scream out the original name they were looking for

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Zenozenobee
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I only have two kids and still.... I even once called my son "Abyss", and this is the cat's name

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Maiju Niemistö
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I used to get so annoyed, when my mom did this with me and my siblings. Now I cycle trough my five kids names and finally i go something like "or whoever you are!"

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Beachbum
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh dear lord I do this too, and my mom did it too.... Ther ewere 4 of us and I was always the last name, Damn it Gwen, mac, Billy, Nellie (the dog) and then Cindy

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Kate
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My favorite was witnessing my grammie go through "the list" -- "GeorgeJohnTomJACK!" when she was frustrated with gramps, aka Jack. Even better, it was Thanksgiving.

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blankman
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I remember my father doing this. Wanted to say something to his grandson (my nephew) and started by calling him by my name, then my brothers, and finally got to the grandson's name.

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mamafrog
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've done this with four kids and innumerable dogs, same thing. Just call until I get the right one, lol.

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pamela nichols
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Try going thru all of your sons while they laugh and tell who they are.

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Lynn Morello
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When you have 6 kids, 13 Grand Kids and 3 cats, it is easy to find yourself running through all the names to get to the right one.

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DetongLhamo
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I call my sons by the wrong name sometimes. Both are in their 20s.

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LynzCatastrophe
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My nana did this, went through the names of her daughters, then eventually all the grand kids. I love it when my mother-in-law does it though, and I've only seen it when she's calling for my husband: she cycles through all her kids AND cats because they have normal human names, and by the time it's his turn she gives up and goes "whatever your name is", que me laughing on the floor.

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Pamela Tapia
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The rabbit! I call our lovely rabbit our grown but youngest son's name when I'm tired.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is my dad. Example: when he forgets my dog's name and is trying to get him out o the neighbor's garden "[sister's name][my name][my mum's name][finally, my dog's name]"

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Tho Nguyen
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Used to laugh at my aunts for uncorrectly calling their nieces' names (lots of cousins) until the day I did exactly that to my furbabies at home (I have 7 cats).

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Trisha Howson
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I forget my kids names I call them each other names when I'm getting on to them I have three kids and names all start with different letters I don't why this happens to me.....

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ha ha, I remember my mom looking at the dog and saying "Luke (brother's name) do you want to go out?". I never let her live that one down.

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Gozer LeGozerian
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

At least your mum didn't call you by the dog's name. I stopped counting how many times it has happened LMAO

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I get my kids names mixed up all the time. Nothing worse than you telling them off and you say the wrong name, nothing after that is taken seriously - credibility ruined

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have two sisters. Whenever she was mad at any of us she would call us Judy. We were all Judy when she was mad. I suppose it was as if she wanted to believe it was Judy's fault and not one of her daughters.

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Chris berkley
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lol my my siblings and I eventually turned into child 1,2, and 3 if it was hectic or early, out of love of course

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Michael Sanders
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My mom has 3 siblings. My moms name is Lynn. When my grandmother would try to get one’s attention and mix up the names she’d say “Ann, Cathi…ugh spot!” The dogs name was spot.

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Jennifer Lee
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My mom had a cat named Roger who was white with a big black splotch on his side. It looked like an amoeba, so I renamed him Amoeba, which really pissed her off. I helped her take him to the vet to get neutered. At the counter, she forgot his real name. I told the vet it was Amoeba. My mom begged me to tell her his real name, but I pretended to forget it, too. The vet put Amoeba on his file. Mom was not happy. LOL

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Aidan Pite
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When my mom & I had a house fire scare a few years back, I asked her if she knew where the cat was. I used the name for my cat that had died over a decade earlier, when our house actually did burn down.

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Laura Watts
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My grandma once went through 14 names before mine - including but not limited to all the other grandchildren and 3 dogs

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My mom’s an only child and my grandma went through the names of all previous family pets before getting to her.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My granddad used to call everybody downstairs and then just pointed at the person he needed at the first place.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I mess up the names of my daughter, my son, my grandkid and my dog, not even getting the gender right 😉 And my mom always get the names of my daughter and me mixed up. To her defence, we do look a bit alike. FB_IMG_165...c56abe.jpg FB_IMG_1652038048179-6278186c56abe.jpg

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Linda Redenbaugh
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My kids came to me one day. They were still young. The had been working on figuring me out, single moms probably need help, they said the kid I wanted as I was yelling out their names, was always the last name.

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Lois Matelan
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When you cycle through the names of the dogs and the kids in one burst, THEN you have reached Momhood.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My grandmother had 15 kids and never got it right, then she had 28 grandchildren, and never got it wrong! Then there was over 70...nv. there were 5 generations alive when she died, so over 200 grands...

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My father used to run through names of dogs and horses before getting to mine.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

my mom calls my cats my name. "here's your treats WInter!... i mean Kitty"

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My mom will call my current (female) cat by the name of my male cat who was stolen when I was 13. 27 years ago. They aren’t even the same color. “How is Kaz?” - “Mom, Kaz has been gone for almost 30 years…” It wouldn’t even be so bad except we live next door to each other with no wall between the houses and she sees my current cat every day… XD

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I do this with family members,add in the pets names too.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm the youngest of seven, occasionally I would get all 6 other siblings names, boys included!

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"We learn how to be parents from our own parents – who else?" Louise Care of research agency OnePoll, which carried out the study, said.

"So, it's no surprise to find many adults consider themselves mini-versions of their own moms and dads, at some point down the line."

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I use to do that when a kid. My dad actually got so mad he told me not to order spaghetti the next time we went out. So, the next time I ordered a steak dinner. It was very expensive. He told me to go ahead and order spaghetti if I wanted from then on.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

*6 months later* “omg look what I found in a bag that was in a box that was hidden by a sheet that was inside the cupboard under the sink!”

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Care thinks it's interesting that many of the signs that you're becoming like your folks are often very personal things that most parents seem to do.

For example, the study found that just under a quarter (23 percent) of adults find themselves using the same phrases as their moms and dads, including the classic 'You're not going out dressed like that!'

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Naps are awesome. As someone with fibro they are also sometimes essential.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm fairly sure that after a certain sh age, you develop a super power called "The Mom Touch"

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Women are slightly more likely to report transforming into their parents than men – 50 percent compared to 47 percent.

And 84 percent believe it was only after having kids of their own that they realized their behavior had started to transform this way.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I prefer brick and mortar shopping. I'd far rather lay my money down and walk out the door with the item in hand than order online and have to wait several days to get it.

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Of those who believe they are going down this path, nearly two-thirds (63 percent) don't mind it.

With that being said, 42 percent have actively tried not to become their parent at some point in their lives, even if it's eventually inevitable for 79 percent of us.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can relate, all the health issues my mum has had, I experience the exact same things

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have a emergency kit in my purse when me and my (teenage!) friends go out lol. A quick snack, water bottle, pads/tampons, bandaids and I always have a jacket around my waist just in case.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And one more thing. Searching for your reading glasses when they're on your head.

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Around 40% of those surveyed believe that starting to turn into their parent made them close, and a cheeky 84 percent of those in relationships teased their partner by claiming they are becoming just like their mom or dad.

Of the respondents with children, two-thirds have been mocked and had their mannerisms imitated by their little ones.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I deliberately mess up the kids' toy names. "minecrap" or "mein kampf", and "transformers robots in the skies", etc.

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Louise Care added that the circle of life goes on, and attributes and mannerisms are passed down through generations. "Something funny your mom or dad did – that you find yourself doing today – may have been joked about by family members hundreds of years ago."

"It's strange to think about, but may explain why so many want to pass down positive attributes to their kids."

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