Who are you more like? Your father or your mother?

@Sawsen (793)
United States
February 10, 2007 4:16pm CST
Everyone says I'm from my father's family. My siters and I are triplets. My two sisters look a lot alike, and everyone considers them to be like my mom's side of the family. My brother and I are more like my dad's side of the family. And we even get along better than me and my sisters. Even phsyically my brother and I look more like my dad, while my sisters look more like my mom. So who do you look and act like more? Are you more like your mother? or more like your father? or neither?
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111 responses
• Pakistan
11 Feb 07
Well I am more like my mother'
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• United States
11 Feb 07
When I was younger I looked much more like my father--dark brown hair, dark chocolate eyes, and of course, my ever-present dimple chin. Now that I am older, everyone tells me that I look and sound like my mother (just 5 inches taller, with hazel instead of green eyes, and with a dimple chin). I certainly act more like my father in many respects, but I do have some of my mom's traits too. My dad is very laid-back; a country boy, and my mom is very uptight, often worried and stressed; a city girl. I sometimes get over-agitated over things like my mom does, but a good friend can always calm me down with a hug and some sense. Usually I'm more laid back like my father, and with his dreaminess and ambitions. I'm very proud of my daddy, and I probably look up to him more than I'll admit. I love him more than anything and don't know what I would do if I lost him. My mom and I get along much better now that we live in different homes (although at the moment in the same city), but I miss my daddy sometimes, and love to drop by their house when I know he's the only one home just to steal some of his cashews and give him a hug and tell him that I love him.
@mzbubblie (3839)
• United States
11 Feb 07
Interesting, I actually had to think alittle bit on this one...lol Physically I take alot from my mothers side of the family, My complexion is definetly from my father side, my mothers's side complexion is lighter than my father's side and I don't think I act like either of my parents..(Thank Goodness) My mother is VERY set in her ways, can be selfish and can be a B*tch when she want to be (I love her dearly though) My father is the biggest exaggerator I've met on this face of the earth, he's good for telling a lie...He could see something happen at a store and by the time he tells the story, he has added about 4 or 5 other things to it to make it even more exciting..I don't even trust the man stories when he tell them..lol (I love him dearly too) I think I broke the cycle all the way around, because I don't act like either... whereas, my youngest brother has alot of my mothers ways...My brother under me, I don't know about him...He's mostly the sneaky-quiet one..Sometimes I find myself still trying to figure him out and he's 30...lol Oh one thing I can say with both my parents, I do enjoy music, that's something I know both of them enjoy and we share in common...But that's about it...
• Canada
10 Feb 07
I would say that I am a bit like both my mom and my dad . Some people know me and say I am just like my mom and other people that know me say I am just like my dad . In different things that I do I can see where I got the behaviour from but I would say that I probably have a little bit more of my mom in me then of my dad .
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@apky12 (769)
• United States
11 Feb 07
I think I'm more like my dad personality wise. We are more laid back and it takes us a lot to get mad. We also say it like it is a lot of the time. As for physcial characteristics, I'm definitely a mixture of both of my parents. Some people will say I look like my mom while others say I look like my dad.
@oopee23 (37)
• Australia
11 Feb 07
um.. i think i like my mother a lot, thats what i thought. but lots of people said i am like my aunt.
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• Indonesia
11 Feb 07
i lot alike my mother. a little chubby, but not fat. my dad is thinner. my brother and i are more like her, but my sister is more like my father.
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• Philippines
11 Feb 07
I look a lot like my dad, we have the same features. On the other hand, I got most of my character trait from my mom. Most of us are that way. We look so much like our dad and have the traits of our mom.
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@cicci8331 (178)
• Pakistan
11 Feb 07
i like both of them in the same way,and they like me very much,to a certain extent,maybe i like my mother more little,because i am daughter,it seems most daughter like their mother more,they want to make more communication with mother,tell mom the things they in heart thinking,and father,i was much love with him as mother,just more communication with mom for some woman things.
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@silveysim (337)
• United States
11 Feb 07
I'm more like my mom-which is a good thing. And I got bad qualities from my Dad that I wish i didn't have. But, I have some good one's too from him. Like being friendly, and a hardworker. I have siblings and were different from the rest of the world and very different from each other. But we understand each other so we all get along. We all have the same principles. But-I think were all a blend of are parents. It's just we have some traits from the rest of the family and people we've been close with. When I was younger are HUGE family all got together a few times a week. I find that's why I seem so understanding and widely varied-not limited to being just like my parents and the few I meet. Sometimes I see my grandma in me, and grandpa...sometimes my uncles and aunts I see and hear from me.
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• India
11 Feb 07
We are five kids for our parents. I think I am a mummy kids. I do have more qualities of my mother in my character. But my sisters are more like my dad. My husband is a pappa boy that is father boy. but my husband's brother is more like to his mother. One think I have noted is elder son or daughter will be more likely to their mother only.
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@skydancer (2101)
• United States
11 Feb 07
I am definitely more like my father's family - personality, physical appearance, life philosophies, standards and values, everything... This isn't to say my mother's family isn't amazing as well though. =)
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• United States
11 Feb 07
i am physically and mentaly alot more like my father...but i got a few traits from my mom...like the attitude, the sarcasm and the scence of humor.
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• Saudi Arabia
11 Feb 07
Hi, I look more like my mom... but people say i act and think like my dad.. But I love them both the same..
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@shrys03 (1016)
• Philippines
11 Feb 07
i like them both, but more on my mom. she's always there for us, my dad works overseas and i will just see him every 2 years..anyway its ok.. i look like my dad..
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@itsjustmeb (1212)
• Canada
11 Feb 07
I think I take more after my dad, because everyone says how much of a push over I am, and he is too. I am the more quiet one, and he is too. Whereas my mother is the more loud mouthed and judgemental type.
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@b0nkers (88)
• Philippines
11 Feb 07
Physically, I have more in common with my mother. We both have wavy hair, and I definitely got my size from her! Although I think in terms of behavior, I'm more like my dad. He's more of the eternally "happy person", and I think I'm a lot like that! :)
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@Bee1955 (3882)
• United States
11 Feb 07
My brother & I - man and women hugging
At Thanksgiving my brother (the big creep) said I had mom's mouth and dad's gentleness. Not to be outdone, I remarked he had dad's sarcastic wit and mom's stubborness. We both laughed because we were right. However, when we were younger, it was the opposite. I was more like my father and he my mom. How strange time does to us! We even started to look alike now. Before I was more mom in the face and he, dad. Now we look like both. Here's a photo at how much we look alike (BTW my father was never bald - my brother got it from mom's dad).
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@osaneeh (88)
• Philippines
11 Feb 07
I look more like my father, the eyes, nose and chin. :) But character-wise? I am so much like my mom. We are both hotheads and are frank people, especially when it comes to lousy service at restaurants and at the mall. Sometimes, when I'm out with my boyfriend and I hate the service, no questions, I demand... :) And that makes me laugh because I am reminded of my mom. We also both love hair treatments and make-up. I know when I become a mother, I'll be like her. :)
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• Philippines
11 Feb 07
Ive notice that I have so many traits thats similar to my father. So I think Im more like my father. And besides, I didn't have the luxury of having my Mom at my side for 14yrs straight. But I love them both.
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