in their footsteps..

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i'm exactly like my daddy, in every single way. his rebelious nature, his mean streak, his temper, his laugh, his sense of humour.. everything. i love it and embrace fully who i am. my daddy on the other hand,, hates it. he feels like he let me down, that i'm not.. better than him. don't get me wrong, i think he's proud of who i am, and i know he loves me. but he seems to have expected me to be someone bigger, better and stronger than he was, despite the fact that hes the biggest, bestest, strongest man i know, and i am thankful i'm just like him. i'm also very like my mum.. i have her eyes, her smile, her way with words, also a bit of her temper. her OCD-ness for certain things.. and her way to make someone feel teeny tiny by just a few words.. i didn't say it was all good traits ;) lol! and i often think she may feel the same. my dad didn't finish school, my mum did.. so i bettered my dad by finishing school, and came up to the same level as my mum by finishing school, yet i didn't do better than her by going onto university.. so whilst my daddy will see me as suceeding him, mummy will be dissappointed i didn't do better lol! my mummy worked full time for a company for 30 years, while my longest job has been 4 in the same place and it's my current job. my dad has had his own business for 20 now.. so i failed them both in that aspect. not literally as such, but i've been sacked a fair few times lol. what do parents want from us? to follow in their footsteps? or do better than they did? because realistically, they cannot have both!