I think my mom trained me to like strong women. Beyond that, I'm not sure there are too many similarities...
Did you marry your dad/mom? How does your SO compare to your parents... are they similar or different?
-
Nope. Super different, except that they both love their families
-
Definitely my Dad! Engineer who likes to spin a good yarn over a pint. (I'm not sure if that phrase translates into American English
) I think my Dad is secretly quite chuffed as I spent years bringing home emo types and then finally brought my now-husband home and they hit it off straight away.
-
they have some similarities, but i think they are more different than similar.
DH is thoughtful, introspective, well read, and idealistic/a dreamer like my dad. he also really likes sports just like my dad.
unlike my dad, DH is beyond patient, and rarely gets mad. my dad had a bad temper and was very impatient. DH is also on the cautious, risk-averse side whereas I think my dad was more adventurous and bold.
they are both very family oriented though!
-
Definitely not! They are very different.
-
Nope, the only similarity they have is that they are both very kind and care about their families very much. Otherwise, no!
-
My husband has most of the things about my father that I loved, and is strong in all the ways my father wasn't. So I did very well, I think.
-
I married my mum! But since I am a mini version of my dad and they have been married for over 30 years I don't see it as a bad thing. Though the same things about them drive me crazy
-
Absolutely not! And that's a very good thing
-
Nope, complete opposite almost! Not a bad thing though both have great qualities.
-
Well...my dad is an economist who was a university professor who moved on to working for the government. My husband has his doctorate in mathematical finance, is a university lecturer angling for a job with the government when he gets enough experience. So career wise they are basically identical.
Personality wise, I'd say my dad is less confrontational than my husband, but other than that they are not that different. I have an amazing relationship with my dad so I am happy to be repeating history! -
I didn't think I'd married my dad but it is starting to look more and more like it! Both great family men and both very commited to their jobs. They also both enjoy an adult beverage at the end of a hard day!
-
He is similar to my Dad.
-
DH is the polar opposite from my dad. We always joke that I married my mother, partly because they both are always so worried about me and partly because it's just a funny thought
-
There are some similarities (both hard working, outgoing, love to help others) but otherwise they are very different and I'm very happy about that.
-
They have some similarities in personality and priorities etc but are also very different! (If that makes any sense at all!
)
-
I married my dad lol. My mother points that out often.
-
Oh heavens no! My husband is the complete opposite of my dad, thank goodness!
-
My husband and my mom are quite similar. I am drawn to people like my mom though so that wasn't a surprise. My dad is on his own little personality island.
-
DH is similar to my dad in a lot of important ways and I like that. They have their differences too though, which is good.
-
My husband definitely has some similarities to my dad, but my dad was more into telling corny stories/puns/jokes to make people laugh. And my dad was super musical and my husband isn't really.
-
My husband is NOTHING like my dad - sometime I wish he had some of his traits! Luckily they get along great, I think my husband talks to him more than I do!
-
The longer I'm married the more DH resembles my dad. It is very strange. I am the opposite of DH's Mom.
-
My dad and husband have a LOT of similarities. The most significant, I think, is that they are both Asian men who are very sensitive, intuitive and in touch with their emotions, which is not very common for Asian men..! But I would not say that I married my dad. They have many differences as well. I was kind of surprised about this... I was a daddy's girl and was sure that I'd marry someone I thought was exactly like my dad.
-
@sheskrafty: I am also the OPPOSITE of my husband's mom!
-
My husband is a lot like my dad in his work ethic and generosity. There are differences but apparently they are similar enough that my dad has commented that I married a man just like him.
-
I don't think so. My dad are DH are pretty different!
-
Yes, I married my dad! Good thing too, my dad is pretty darn awesome! I'm a lot like my MIL - strong, independent and compassionate, so in some ways DH married his mom.
-
In some ways yes, my husband loves to hunt/fish/be outside as well as sports & those are my dad's favorite things as well. My DH is a lot more outgoing than my dad, my dad is more of a quiet guy with a secretly funny sense of humor!
And I would say DH married like his mother, we are both very organized, planners, and "motherly" as in we like to take it all on. We both enjoy cooking, baking, & shopping.
-
DH and my dad are similar in that they deem the same things important, but their personalities are pretty different. They get along really well, though. We joke that my dad makes best friends everywhere he goes, he really gets along with everyone!
DH did NOT marry his mother.
-
I think in "deep personality" type ways my dad and SO are similar. They are both really caring loyal people. They both find putting family first easy. They are both funny. But if you just looked at them on paper they are totally different (dad = blue collar super handy dude's dude; dh = white collar, pay people to fix things, more yuppy-ish).
I do think my DH reminds me of my mom in some weird habit-type ways though, although I don't think I sought that out. Like they both have big issues with directions and get lost easily. They are both pretty non-confrontational and get anxious fighting it out with people they don't know (like having to call to fight a cable bill for example).
I think I'm similar to my DH's mom in that I'm pretty outgoing and independent.
-
Neither! But from watching my Mum & Dad's relationship I learnt that I could never be in a controlling relationship--and hence married DH who is the most easy going person, ever!
-
There's a lot about DH that is similar to my dad--in fact, when we first started getting serous, my mom said to me "You know you're marrying your father here, right?"
Wouldn't have it any other way!
-
Not really.... He doesn't mind being handy, but he's also lazy. However, he's good about researching things if he does plan on doing it himself.
-
DH is just like my dad!
-
Um yep, sure did. It's a little weird, and sometimes a little annoying too - didn't fully realize how many similarities they shared at first! He's like my dad in many, many ways. What's funny is that the ways he's not like my dad are the ways that I am exactly like my dad.
I'm not anything like his mother (though I adore her) except in that we're both blonde.
-
I 100% married my dad. It's both infuriating and wonderful at the same time and absolutely bizarre how similar they are. I think my husband is more like my dad than he is his own dad or mom.
I really, really hope B doesn't think he married his mom. I really wouldn't like that comparison!
-
Reminds me of HIMYM where both L and M married their dads.
DH is similar to my dad.
-
Yes! He will deny it til he's on his death bed but they are so similar!
-
She has some pretty stark similarities with my father, they are both cops and quiet, serious, and smart. My dad likes her far more than any boyfriend I had. But I think her personality also reflects my mom a lot. Which makes sense since I identify more as my fathers personality.
) I think my Dad is secretly quite chuffed as I spent years bringing home emo types and then finally brought my now-husband home and they hit it off straight away.
)
Subscribe to our newsletter
- Google Plus
- Stumbleupon
- Twitter
- Facebook
- Pinterest
- Favorite0
44 comments