Just Like Dad

You know you're not single anymore...when you find yourself responding to your children just like your Dad used to respond to you...Dishes cannot remain in the sink but must go in the dishwasher...Why?  Well, that's what you had to do when growing up...Beds have to be made each day...Yet you really freak out when you find yourself having conversations with your son in the exact same tone as when your Dad would talk to you....Sometimes that's good...Yet sometimes you find yourself repeating the exact same things to him you used to hate for your Dad to say to you...and that's not something you're proud of at all...You at least take a conscious effort to treat your son in a way that guides him without frustrating him, too....and when you catch yourself doing what you used to hate you realize it is best to apologize for your tone.