Science says: at this age you turn into your mother

I was shocked when I recently looked back at a few photos I took in a restaurant. Not because I thought I looked better when I left home or because it was very clear that I hadn't left my double chin at home, no, because I looked exactly like my mother. My gaze, my smile, my entire demeanor: we looked like lost sisters. Throughout my life, I have really been stuck between my parents in terms of appearance. As a child, I looked just like my father, and during my teenage years, I increasingly received comments that I was starting to look so much like my mother. I never saw it that way and always joked that they must have adopted me, until those all-confirming photos. I am just exactly my mother.

Lightly surprised, I delved into this phenomenon and found a study that confirms this: we really do slowly turn into our mothers. For most women, this happens around the age of 33, which is often also the age at which they themselves become mothers for the first time. This change manifests itself mainly in watching the same TV shows, engaging in the same hobbies, and using the same expressions, and stems from the fact that we no longer resist our mothers at this age. I can confirm this, because I recently set my pride aside and admitted to my mother that she has actually always been right. Besides, she is the sweetest, most caring, and attentive woman I know, so even if I could only take half of that over, I would already be doing very well.

Source: Harper’s Bazaar UK