Do you ever hear the sayings of those who raised you come into your mind or out of your mouth?

Do you ever hear the sayings of those who raised you come into your mind or out of your mouth?
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answer:Oh, yes. Sometime after I became a parent, I told my husband: I open my mouth and my mother walks out. With my husband, same thing, only it was his father. I’m terrible at thinking of examples of things. My mind goes blank. But I know I was shocked at how automatic it was. Some things, though, I swore I would never say, and I haven’t.
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