When I was younger, I used to tease my mom mercilessly when she would tear up during movies. The ‘tough’ kid I was thought it was so funny that she could cry during sappy chick flicks. Well, no matter how much we fight it, there are somethings we just cannot avoid.
As I got older, I became more and more sensitive to any ‘moving’ moments on screen, even if they were animated. Oh, no, I was becoming my mother. Payback had begun . . .
Becoming My Mother – The Vicious Cycle of Life
With a daughter of my own, the cycle continues. Every time we watch a movie, my daughter and husband just wait for when, not if, I start tearing up and becoming a hot sobbing mess. Munchkin’s been a bit more forgiving than I was as a child. Instead of teasing me she’d jump up to grab me some tissues and make sure I was okay. Her facial expressions always gave her amusement away though.
But, this story doesn’t end there. The other night, while watching the movie 13 Going on 30, my daughter actually cried a little bit! She turned to look at me and I turned to look at her and we were both teary-eyed! It was so cute how she was kind of laughing at herself. Hahaha, now my practically 13-year-old daughter is already starting to turn into me!
Frans took a couple photos to commemorate the occasion but, of course, those had to be sworn to family secrecy 🙂
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My daughter is merciless in making fun of me for tearing up at movies. She’ll tell people I even cry at Bambi, which I do NOT (hehehe). 🙂
Stinker! The real joy, though, is when she gets older and does it too 😉 In my case, I no longer tease my mom and even am more understanding of her now…
Hahaha I love it!!! Such a sweet post for sure. I love about you saying your daughter is coming to be more like you, very cute!
I can totally relate. I wonder if it is our hormones that make us so emotional as we get older. I even feel like crying when my youngest gets an award for PERFECT ATTENDANCE at schoool. Why, oh why?
I had to laugh at this! My daughter makes fun of me for crying so easily, but I know that she’s going to end up the same way when she is older!
It used to drive me nuts that people would compare me with my mom. Ok, it still does, but the good news is that my sister has way overtaken me on being like my mom. I’m free! lol
The older we get, the more it happens. It’s like we morph!
Yeah, I know all about that. I’m way more like my mother than I’d care to admit 😉
Oh this is SOOO me I NEVER and I mean NEVER cried at movies, once I had kids I cry at the drop of a hat at almost anything, drives me crazy!
I see myself resemble my mom in some ways, and it’s NOT a good thing, gah!
I know I’m like my mother…not a bad thing though! 🙂
I feel like this when I get peoples names wrong. Sometimes I will call the same person 3 different names until I get it right. This is something I never understood until I had kids… now I am my mom.
I cry while watching movies and TV shows all the time and when reading books too.
I turned into my Mom a long time ago. 🙂 And I’ve always cried at sad movies, books, commercials….
This is the cutest! I thought it was sweet enough when she brought you tissues but to be taking after you too? So sweet. {&I admit readily to being just like you- I used to make fun of my mom all the time but now I’m easily worse.}
I am ALWAYS finding little things here and their and realizing those are things my mom did or does. YEsterday, I had another such moment when I started arguing with my daughter over homework …. and had her do the very thing my mom used to (which I hated)…. REWRITE SENTENCES. My daughter was not happy with he!
I think my pregnancy hormones got stuck after my first pregnancy. I’ve never been able to handle sad shows and commercials since then!
LOL, It’s scary to think of how much like my mother I am.
I feel this way every day and I don’t like it!
I cry at anything now-a-days.
I teased my mom too, now I am the biggest cry baby. I think I even cry more than my mom now.
Yep I always say I am my mother’s daughter and my daughter takes after me for sure.
LOL, my daughter has such a tender heart that she cries at the things I cry at.
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