A lot of people spent a little extra time around family over the holidays, so, I’ve got to ask, did anything TERRIFY you?
Someone asked the internet, “What have you seen your kids do that made you say, ‘Oh my god, it’s genetic'”? And here are some of the best responses:
1. “Our imaginary friend had the exact same name, and I had not heard that name since I was a toddler.”
2. “My big cackle laugh, which people have told me is ‘a witch laugh.'”
3. “My brother told a joke. And me and our dad both grabbed onto the edge of the nearest countertop, bent forward with our other hand on our knees, and wheeze-laughed in complete unison. Then we just stared at each other.”
4. “When my brother was a child, he’d strip naked when he pooped, even in a public restroom. Now, his son does the same.”
5. “My four-year-old sighs exactly like I do when she can’t find her toy.”
6. “I hate t-shirts. My top MUST have long sleeves. And my dad is the same.”
7. “Sneezing . . . a million times in a row.”
8. “I sleep with both arms above my head like a weirdo and so do my kids.”
9. “When my daughter was 12, she said, ‘Mom, I really like people, but I seriously hate humans.’ I felt it in my bones.”
10. “I break chips when I eat them (like snapping a Dorito in half), and I realized as an adult, that my dad does the exact same thing.”
11. “My two-year-old daughter hates Reese’s peanut butter cups. She’s the only other person I’ve ever known besides myself that didn’t like Reese’s.”
12. “Hatred of pickles.” But then someone else said, “It’s the opposite for my relatives: We even drink the juice.”
13. “I’ve always been a black olive fiend. My two-year-old asks for ‘a bowl of black olives’ for breakfast almost every morning. Makes me proud.”
14. “Watching my stubborn and occasionally opinionated husband, arguing with our stubborn and occasionally opinionated ten-year-old kid about something dumb. They sound just like each other.”
15. Someone said, “That sarcasm gene is a strong one.”
