Top signs you're turning into your parents - including nodding off on the sofa

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Researchers have identified the top 20 signs you are turning into your parents, such as nodding off on the sofa, repeating the same jokes – and saving old boxes and bags, “just in case”.A quirky poll of 2,000 adults found half believe they are morphing into their own mum or dad – which happens, on average, at 32-and-a-half years of age.Other signs one is turning into the person that raised them include the realisation you now dress for comfort instead of style, and relying on your kids for tech support.While almost one in four (24 percent) were met with the dawning realisation that during arguments in their own younger years, their parents were actually right all along.Louise Care, for research agency OnePoll, which carried out the study, said: “We learn how to be parents from our own parents – who else?“So, it’s no surprise to find many adults consider themselves mini-versions of their own mums and dads, at some point down the line.“It’s interesting that many of the signs that you’re becoming a parent are very personal things – that all parents seem to do.”The study also found just under a quarter (23 percent) of adults polled find themselves using the same phrases as their parents, including “You’re not going out dressed like that!”But women are slightly more likely to report transforming into their parent than men – 50 percent compared to 47 percent.And 84 percent believe it was only after having kids of their own, that they realised how much their behaviour had started to mirror their own mum or dad.Of those who believe they are going down that path, nearly two-thirds (63 percent) don’t mind this destiny.But 42 percent have actively tried not to become their parent – even if, for 79 percent, it is eventually.