At what age do you turn into your parents? | Open thread

One survey says it's 32 – what's your experience of growing up and starting to echo your parents' sayings and habits?

A new survey suggests that most people think that 32 is the age when you turn into your parents. By this time, respondents to the poll run by Netmums.com remarked that they had found themselves echoing their parents' sayings and habits. The grown-up responsibilities of having children, owning a house and having a busy career all contributed to the feeling of becoming more and more like your own parents.

Do you think you're turning into your own mother or father? Can you see yourself uttering phrases your dad used to under your breath? Are you fighting this seeming inevitability with all your might? What age do you think you become as grown up as your parents? Tell us your moment of realisation in the thread below.

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