My mother always told me ...

Some people say that I look like my mum  and others can't see the resemblance but usually,the moment I open my mouth only to have some sarcastic retort trip fall out, it becomes a little more obvious. 

My mother always told me my skirts were 

Too short and my tops too low-cut but now she complains I cover too much. I buy one ankle length skirt ( I saw one on a customer Recently and instantly wanted it) and she describes it as too long and being too much like a burka. We had to pause for a moment and laugh at that complaint.

My mother always told me I ate too many 

Sweets and cakes ( she was right, I did)

And that I needed to look after my health and now she gives out that I'm too strict in my diet. She tuts as I refuse the chocolate she's offering and mumble no thanks to the ice-cream and instead devour a Punnet of strawberries ( surely the exorbitant cost makes them as much of a luxury as the taste) 

My mother taught me to hold my head up high and stand up for what you believe in even when the world is telling you to sit down and shut up. 

From this I took a sort of strength and belief in my convictions and I'm learning to actually listen to my gut.

But I do not share her frustration with technology, never once have I shouted expletives at my laptop because the stupid f@#&ing machine won't do what it's supposed to ( upon further investigation it's rarely the laptop but the laptop user that is found to be at fault) or cling film ( I have never had to bin a roll of cling film because I got too angry trying to find the crease in it) but I think I was given that trademark impatience that's best summed up With the line "why does patience have to be a virtue. Why can't hurry the fuck up be a virtue" 

And that stubbornness is very much an ingrained trait as opposed to a learned behaviour which is unfortunate when more than one member of a family is so inclined then arguments tend to last that bit longer because no one is willing to back down.

My mother always told me I was too e negative and I would always reply that she was wrong and didn't know what she was talking about but now I'm trying to change ( if I could do that without acknowledging she was right then that would be great) but if life has taught me nothing else it's that sometimes my mother is right even when I'm not ready to hear it and maybe, just maybe, I'm actually growing up a little