I was told that my father writes extremely well, and that perhaps I got my writing ability from him.
At first, my internal brainscape looked something like this: YAAARGH! I am a unique and beautiful snowflake! How dare someone suggest my talents are the result of something as mundane as genetics!!"
Then I realized that it's kind of sweet to share something with my dad. And where did I think I got my writing ability anyway? But to assure myself that I was still an individual, I came up with a surefire fact that forever separates my father from me:
When I discovered icanhascheezburger, I wasted hours laughing my butt off at the hilariously captioned pictures of cats. When Dad found it, he couldn't get past the bad grammar.
I understand your desire to be an individual. Sometimes when certain people compare my children to other people within the two families, it irks me because I want my children to be their own person, but I've resigned myself to the fact that they HAVE to get all their traits from somewhere.
ReplyDeleteI can't get past the grammar either.