Or, what my husband said to his mother-in-law.<\/p>\n
Before you gasp in horror (or secretly cheer) they were just joking around. It made me gasp, but for a different reason. That was just the sort of thing my dad would say. I could see him sitting there with a full on belly laugh, his feet sticking straight out in front of him (he always stuck his feet straight out when he belly laughed), if he heard my husband say that. He would have loved that line, and he would have filed it away in the back of his brain for future reference looking for a really good opportunity to whip it out and use it.<\/p>\n
I miss my dad, but I’m struck by how similar he was to my husband.<\/p>\n
What about you? Do you find similarities between your significant other and one of your parents?<\/p>\n
Or, what my husband said to his mother-in-law. Before you gasp in horror (or secretly cheer) they were just joking around. It made me gasp, but for a different reason. That was just the sort of thing my dad would say. 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