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No1Likes t1_iy7werj wrote

That do be true, unless the son is gay and both mother and son suck a mad one, son.

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Nenu_unnanu_kada t1_iy7zb23 wrote

Wait till you meet my dad who says that when he doesn't approve something I do or like.

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dukeimre t1_iy815zj wrote

Presumably 'cause of toxic gender norms! It was traditionally seen as weak and shameful for a man to have overly feminine traits, so this wouldn't have been a compliment.

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dukeimre t1_iy827ce wrote

Replying to MyNameIsNonYaBizniz (#762,140)

Lol.

In this case, probably the people hurt by this norm most often would be men. Like the other commenter in this thread who mentioned being told he was like his mother as an insult, by his father.

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_Don-Corleone_ t1_iy85sp2 wrote

Nah..I hear it often..my mother is generally a better human beign than my father and that has rubbed off on me so I hear it quite often..

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MNConcerto t1_iy8achg wrote

I don't know about that, my oldest son is like a male carbon copy of me except a 9 inches taller.

It's like my hair color, texture, eyes, skin tone, facial features but masculine just copied over to him.

He just got the height from my biological father. 6'3".

I'm 5'6" dark brown hair, eyes and olive skin, husband is 5'9" blond with blue/hazel eyes and pale.

Our other 2 are a combo of us.

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Substantial_Desk_670 t1_iy8akcg wrote

In my family we hear: "two drops of water," suggesting a kid is 💯 like one of their parents. I like it because it could mean any kid, and any parent.

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JCPRuckus t1_iy8ba0h wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#761,024)

>I of course, took after my mom.

To OP's point, this is how people usually refer to a son being like their mother. Though I think it's probably more likely than, "Like father, like daughter", as well.

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rstgrpr t1_iy8bn5f wrote

I feel like I heard this just this morning. Or maybe it was a dream. It felt like it was the tagline for a new Julianne Moore movie…

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BUDZ_MONEY t1_iy8du6r wrote

Feel free to steal this I can't get it to post so..

Why are juniors only for men ( Bob Jr ) why do women not have something similar ( Melinda jr )

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AJMattWonder t1_iy8irix wrote

I say that all the time about my parent & brother my whole life, & the person I'm currently dating has experienced being told that. I guess not in movies you mean? In real life, happens a lot but yeah, you're right if that's what you mean, it's never seen on TV, perpetuating toxic masculinity at it's finest I suppose?

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TommyTuttle t1_iy8mljc wrote

This is because we don’t want to teach our sons to be kind nurturing and helpful 💁‍♂️

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DWright_5 t1_iy8o3lu wrote

I don’t know about the saying, but I’m a make who grew up way more like my father than my mother. She had a stronger personality and it just happened naturally.

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addy-Bee t1_iy8pkir wrote

Toxic masculinity. A good many men would be insulted if you said "you're just like your mother" because it's "emasculating them".

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drysexlifer t1_iy8re3e wrote

I've been my mother's son my whole life. You heard it from me first lol

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Gaoler86 t1_iy8vu29 wrote

Replying to FM_LEGENDARY (#761,886)

Baldness is passed down the mother's side. So whilst his mum probably wasn't bald, HER dad was.

Turns out I'm wrong. A quick Google told me that it can be passed down both sides.

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ArtyWroagh t1_iy8x1up wrote

Replying to Gaoler86 (#769,603)

I think that is just something people say that isn't always true, and it had me needlessly paranoid for years. My mom's dad was bald by mid 20s, but here I am with a full head of hair in my mid 30s. The rest of my male cousins on that side, all from mom's brothers, were all bald by their mid 20s. I actually have the hair of my dad's dad, down to the color and curls.

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CokeMooch t1_iy8xl9x wrote

Replying to BUDZ_MONEY (#765,295)

I’m a junior! And it’s funny bc when I was in grade school the teacher asked everyone with junior in their name to raise their hands; so I did and she was like, “Mmm no, generally only boys can be juniors.” I was like okay well I’m named after my mom so wtf.

I later learned the reason but I’ve since forgotten it bc it’s some stupid sexist thing probably. I think it’s something like women generally take their husband’s name, thereby negating the “junior”, and men will always have that name. I could be wrong but it was something like that.

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mirroredmezza t1_iy93l9v wrote

Replying to CokeMooch (#770,086)

yes, and it's typically not a common thing for daughters to be given the full name of their mother, I don't know why. If the girl gets married the "junior" would be negated. "Juniors" share their father's three names, so there needs to be a differentiation for legal purposes. If a girl was given her mother's full three names, would she be regarded as a "junior" until/unless she changed her name?

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drppr_ t1_iy94o95 wrote

I am a mother with a son and people always say this about us.

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SirDeviantRicky t1_iy95mst wrote

Replying to ArtyWroagh (#769,935)

Genetics mostly comes down to probability. That means something can be more likely to happen but isn't guaranteed.

Let's pretend and say that a gene like that has an 80% chance to be passed down. That would mean that each person mathematically has a 4/5 chance to get it, and a 1/5 chance not to get it.

Consider yourself blessed to inherit those better hair genes!

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Tia_Mariana t1_iy971zw wrote

Replying to SirDeviantRicky (#772,091)

Me and my 3 siblings beat that probability's ass, we all have glorious hair (like dad), and our mom has very little hair since her 30-40's and her dad was bald.

The likeliness just kept going up with each child. I am now glad my mom didn't birth a fifth. We are truly TRULY blessed.

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ArtyWroagh t1_iy989ns wrote

Replying to SirDeviantRicky (#772,091)

This actually helps me. I guess I won the genetic lottery, but was always hung up on "it didn't happen to me and caused me stress to think about" and didn't take the time to think I may just be the exception, not the rule. I sincerely thank you.

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frzn_dad t1_iy990jc wrote

Replying to mirroredmezza (#771,587)

"Needs" may not be 100% true, as in legally required. My dad and I share all three names I have never been a junior.

He left when I was 5 so it wasn't really a day to day issue growing up.

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RCapri1 t1_iy9cfqj wrote

In my culture people will say “you took after your mother” as like a joke. Basically calling the guy a woman. My culture is very outdated lol I feel like people don’t say it as much because some people mean it as an insult. (I don’t think it is though).

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MNConcerto t1_iy9pc4t wrote

Replying to zombieslayer287 (#772,754)

Maybe, it made my coworker laugh once because he visited me at work and was walking behind me, so with his height his head was above my head.

She just stopped in her tracks and laughed out loud. She said it was your face but then a male version of your face floating above your head. Yep, kind of surreal.

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