another story, not sure how relavant it is to the topic, but it's interesting. my mom's dad died when she was 24, years before her and my dad even got married, so I never had a chance to meet him. from what i've heard, he was an amazing man, and ALOT like my mom, and also a lot like me. anyways, throughout the years, my mom has noticed just rediculously coincidental similarities between me and her dad. for instance, if I'm having dinner, i can't eat in a dimly lit room, so if someone is passing by a lightswitch, i'll say "oh, could you turn the lights on so i can see what i'm eating?" I said that to my mom one day, and she just looked at me with this really shocked expression on her face. apparently her dad used to say that exact thing, word for word, whenever he sat down and ate.
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