It happened again today. And it was in public. Man, was it mortifying, though it's probably one of those things where you're hypersensitive to it and you probably read way more into it than anyone else around you did and you're worried about being shunned for no apparent reason. I was having a conversation with a co-worker, I opened my mouth to say something, and my father spoke. His words and voice and inflection and everything. As soon as it happened, the resounding shriek shot through my head: "You did not just say that." And then I thought to myself, "Goddammit, I'm too young for this. This is the kind of thing that's not supposed to happen until I'm married and have kids and I'm dealing with them in the same ways my parents dealt with me." I know we all hate certain ways that our parents brought us up and we swear on Everything That's Holy that we will not raise our kids like we were raised, but sooner or later, that latent programming kicks in and we become possessed with the spirit of our parents. But dammit, I thought it'd be a long while before I was possessed by my parents. Hell, I'm not even remotely close to being married, why am I channeling my parents now? So when was the first time you realized you were channeling one of your parents, and did you immediately follow up what you said with, "Oh my Gawd, I can't believe I just said that, that's something my mom/dad used to say"?