I'm walking his walk and talkin his talk...at least somewhat
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I am slowly noticing that I’m picking up my guy’s mannerisms. That certain way he says “What the hell...”, well, I am saying it in exactly the same tone now. And the way he gets opinionated about idiot drivers, well, I find myself getting irate at them in the same way.
He’ll make up weird names for people...For example, if he hears a woman being loud, he’ll say something like, “Dang, loudness, quiet down.” Or if he sees a person out in the street wearing a big coat on a not so cold day, he’d say, “Easy there, eskimo.” Well, I did that same thing a few weeks ago, when I saw a huge brown truck tailing me in traffic. I looked in my rearview mirror and exclaimed, “Dang, crazy brown clunker, back off!” Right after I said it, I thought, ‘Oh my gosh, I am turning into Chris...’
I also say “ouchie” like he does, pick up something to read a few minutes after I wake up like he does (well, at least on the weekends), mimic some of his laundry techniques and cooking techniques...and have also started watching and liking some of the shows he does.
I guess it shouldn’t be surprising to take up other people’s habits if you are around them long enough. I should ask him though, what, if anything, he's picked up from ME...it’d be interesting to hear about.
He’ll make up weird names for people...For example, if he hears a woman being loud, he’ll say something like, “Dang, loudness, quiet down.” Or if he sees a person out in the street wearing a big coat on a not so cold day, he’d say, “Easy there, eskimo.” Well, I did that same thing a few weeks ago, when I saw a huge brown truck tailing me in traffic. I looked in my rearview mirror and exclaimed, “Dang, crazy brown clunker, back off!” Right after I said it, I thought, ‘Oh my gosh, I am turning into Chris...’
I also say “ouchie” like he does, pick up something to read a few minutes after I wake up like he does (well, at least on the weekends), mimic some of his laundry techniques and cooking techniques...and have also started watching and liking some of the shows he does.
I guess it shouldn’t be surprising to take up other people’s habits if you are around them long enough. I should ask him though, what, if anything, he's picked up from ME...it’d be interesting to hear about.

I think I'm going to start doing that...silently observing him to see if he's caught any of my habits.