2. Books.

"I realized I'd become my mother when I started obsessively straightening piles of books on tables at Barnes & Noble."

—Thebiggestsparrow

3. Alarm clocks

"When I started bragging about how I wake up early without needing an alarm clock."

—jessicap45f5ca501

4. Towels

"When I bought a set of bathroom towels for decor, and use completely different towels to actually dry my body."

—tfeaster21

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5. Pens

"I realized I was becoming my mom when I began collecting pens from anywhere that offers a pen. And if it writes well, I come back for more! The bottom of my purse is full of them!"

—Mistrssbrwn

6. Stop talking

"When I told my young cousin to stop talking to me like one of her 'little friends.'"

—That Emo Chick

7. Parking

"When I was a kid, my dad always backed into parking spaces, and I found it annoying. Then, when I was an adult, I was once in a tight spot at a restaurant, so instead of pulling an Austin Powers, I just backed right in...

Ever since then, I always back into parking spaces — those few extra seconds are worth it when you leave!"

—degobrah

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8. Plastic bags

"I knew I'd become my mother when I started hoarding plastic bags under my sink."

—unicorns

9. Bridge

"When I asked my 6-year-old, 'If everyone jumped off a bridge, would you?'"

—childrenofthecornbread

10. Good deal

"When I started bragging about what a good deal something was."

—wasteoftime149

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11. Memory

 "When I was younger, I once held an intervention for my mom's plant addiction. Well, the other day, I went to the store for one thing...and came home with wine, plants, and no memory of what I actually went there for!"

—rebam3

12. Old enough

"When I was at a concert and I noticed some drunk people in their early twenties, and I asked them if they were even old enough to drink."

—Valsburger

13. Glasses

"The time I yelled, 'Where are my glasses?!' when I was actually wearing them."

—melanieg4cdd0a8eb

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14. Laundry

"I realized I turned into my mother when I told my fiancé he was folding the laundry wrong."

—bridgetd5

15. Elastic waistband

"The first time I bought linen shorts with an elastic waistband, which I've been wearing all the time during quarantine."

—robinc410d248f3

16. "God bless America"

Whenever my mom would drop something or stub her toe, she would say, 'God bless America.' Now, for some reason, I do it too."

—Lucille Bluth

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17. Hot stuff

"I realized I was turning into my dad when I was cooking with some friends, picked up a pot of noodles to drain, and said, 'Coming through — HOT STUFF!'"

—j45be10642

18. Jam

"When I started stealing little jam packets for no reason."

—angelineibailey

19. Spoiling appetite.

"When my boyfriend got home from work 30 minutes before dinner and grabbed a snack, and I warned him he was going to spoil his appetite."

—s463b03bd4

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20. Waking up

"When I was a kid and I'd yell in the mornings, my mom would say, 'Do you want to wake up the whole neighborhood?!' Fast-forward to me as a teenager, babysitting a kid who was screaming at 8 a.m., and I said, 'Do you want to wake up the whole neighborhood?!' It was scary."

—nutmeg

21. Baking

"When I started getting angry when other people baked in my kitchen."

—akylam

22. Jokes

"I used to be great at telling stories and jokes and would tease my mom for being bad at both. Now I occasionally find myself forgetting the middle part of a joke or rambling during stories. The horror!"

—Connor

23. Scrub Daddy

"When I got excited over buying a Scrub Daddy — yep, excited over cleaning supplies! I'm 17."

—balletkoster

24. Kitty

"I used to make fun of my mom for watching Dancing With the Stars and The Voice, and here I am, fully invested in finding out who the Kitty is on The Masked Singer."

—bridgets5

25. Grandma

"I haven't actually turned into my mother — I've turned into my GRANDMOTHER. I always have snacks on hand, which I keep in plastic bags that I reuse until there are actual holes in them.

It wasn't the way I expected to keep her legacy alive, but it does make me smile and remember her, plastic bags and all."

—_overandout_

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