What's something you've caught yourself doing exactly the way one of your parents does?

A natural way to answer

I catch myself sighing exactly like my dad when I sit down after a long day. Same sound, same big breath. It always makes me smile a little.

Key phrases to use

• talk to myself — to speak out loud when you are alone, usually without meaning to“I talk to myself when I'm concentrating.”
• here I am — used to point out, often with humour, that you've ended up in a situation you didn't expect“I said I'd never do it, and yet here I am.”
• catch myself — to suddenly notice yourself doing something, often without realising before“I catch myself humming her favourite song.”
• turning into — gradually becoming like a particular person or thing“I'm slowly turning into my mother.”