Question: How do you eat popcorn?
Do you eat it like a debutante, picking one piece at a time off the pile and carefully poking it into your mouth?
Or do you grab a big handful of it and shove it in like it's the last food you're ever going to eat?
Or maybe you're somewhere in the middle and you grab just a couple of pieces and eat them as a respectable human being would.
Unfortunately, I fall into the second category. My dad, who loves popcorn, always ate it that way and, naturally, I followed in his footsteps.
The other day I was watching a movie on Netflix, so I threw some popcorn in the microwave. Nothing like a nice warm bowl of popcorn to enhance the movie-watching experience, right?
Showing posts with label becoming like our parents. Show all posts
Showing posts with label becoming like our parents. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Becoming Dad (and Mom) 2.0
Lately I've noticed something weird, something I'm not sure I like.
It seems every time I walk past a mirror I get a glimpse of my father.
Now, don't get me wrong here. I love my dad. I have great respect and admiration for him. He provided a great life for his family and gave us lots of support. So, in that way, I'd love to be like my dad because he set a great example.
If I'm being honest, the part I really struggle with, though, is the notion of looking, sounding and acting like my dad in almost every way. I've not only developed many of his mannerisms, I use many of his same expressions and I swear my voice sounds exactly like his.
It seems every time I walk past a mirror I get a glimpse of my father.
Now, don't get me wrong here. I love my dad. I have great respect and admiration for him. He provided a great life for his family and gave us lots of support. So, in that way, I'd love to be like my dad because he set a great example.
If I'm being honest, the part I really struggle with, though, is the notion of looking, sounding and acting like my dad in almost every way. I've not only developed many of his mannerisms, I use many of his same expressions and I swear my voice sounds exactly like his.
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