My mom used to dig through Kleenex boxes at the store to find colors that matched the bathroom. I thought that was the most idiotic thing when I was a kid!

I totally do that now.

Complain about the music that kids listen to these day. Lol.

Smoke and support legalization of marijuana lol

Making my bed everyday.

Drink coffee

I used to think my mom was nuts for facing her folded washcloths in the same direction. Towels, sure, but washcloths? And now I do it, too.

My father hummed tunelessly but repetitively to himself, and one day I realized I was doing the exact same thing.

He was also a bit cranky, and now I understand why. Boy, do I.

Have kids ....39 years and i thought i had it beat

Smoke cigarettes lol

We had cats when I was young and the couch was alway covered, at the time I thought it was silly. I have a dog now and my couch is covered. It's easier to wash the blanket than getting the fur that has weaved into the fibers of the couch out.

Cabbage. I loathed cabbage with a passion and knew I would stop eating it as soon as I could. Of course now I seek out some nice spring greens to have myself.

The same can't be said of sprouts however, hated them then, hate them now, dirty, smelly little shit bombs - YUK!

My Father would whistle and now I do.

My mother would reuse paper towels and aluminum foil. Now, I do.

Both parents would complain about popular music, now I do.

Never get married

Complain about how much noise kids make.

My mother broke down or flattened every box or carton, such as a cearal box or a milk carton, and along with other flat items, such as paper plates, slid them along the side of the kitchen garbage can to avoid having large bulky items take up too much room in the can. She was obsessed with this to the point of flying into a rage if I failed to also do it (think Joan Crawford with the Comet cleanser in "Mommy Dearest." ) I now do it. I get slightly twitchy if my husband doesn't, but I actively ignore that feeling because I refuse to repeat my mother's pathology.

Keep the house cold. I used to get cold so easily that every summer my lips and fingers were blue because they had that A/C cranked. Swore I'd never run that machine and have fresh air instead. Fast forward a couple decades and now I'm overheating all the time and the A/C is my best friend.

Eat leftovers

I was always saying I was not going to get married. We used to see guys in the neighborhood turn 18 and get married. When I was 12 I told my friends I am going to commit a crime at 18 so I get put in jail for 2 years and don't get marry. I married at 27, the last of 7 siblings to do it, Mom said I was worried about you.

Abuse children.
After dealing with that from my father. I swore I would never do that to any child, or any one else ever. and I haven't.
And I never will.

Never say never.

Absolutely nothing. I learned from their mistakes and made all my own. Luckily, my kiddo is a lot like me and my parents were probably the worst for me. I did for him what mine should have done for me.

Suggest that children don't slouch

My father would always turn everything electrical off at night and also pull the plugs out of their sockets. Now its part of my routine. I wonder is it just safety-conscious or a bit OCD.

Trying to reduce the expenses of wasted utilities .

We were lower middle class. Mom's frugal nature was hard on me because of the peer pressure of what other kids were doing. Some of the other boys wore Levi's jeans, with that prestigious little red tag on the back pocket. Mom bought me Sears or Penny's brand jeans.

I was the smart one and knew I would go to college, be very successful, and never have to worry about money.

Now I'm 70 and live alone. I do things like re-use the same paper napkin if it's not too dirty.