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Even though we
may have vowed
to never be like
Mom and Dad,
it appears many
young adults end
up doing just that.
12/26
1997
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DEBBIE FEIT
Special to The Jewish News
T
here was a time when I
thought nothing of dyeing
my hair pink, wearing con-
doms for earrings and
thrashing around a dance club at 1
a.m. to Nine Inch Nails tunes.
That was before I turned into my
mother.
Now my idea of a good time is
going to dinner with my husband,
watching a video and falling asleep
by 11:30 p.m.
I don't know how — or why —
this transformation happened.
Maybe it's just the natural order of
things. Maybe it was turning 30. All
I know is that I am not alone.
Many young adults echoed the
same sentiment — when you live
with someone for twenty-something
years, it's inevitable you're going to
pick up their traits.
"You do come off this same pho-
tocopy machine as your folks," theo-
rizes Bryce Sandler, 26.
"When I was away at college, my
mother called me three or four times
a day," recounts 28-year old Audrey
Klayman. "It drove me crazy. Now I
find myself calling her about twice a
day. And she loves it."
"My parents used to keep canned
water, a geiger counter and sea
rations in their basement," chuckles
Josh Lerner. "If the world ever ended,
they could still cook dinner that
night."
Although he finds such prepara-
tion amusing, the 31-year-old
admits, "I've got a tub of oatmeal
I've been keeping for five years."
Which indicates that he's also hang-
ing onto his parents' need to be pre-
pared. "I hate that about myself,"
says Lerner. "But I see where I get it
from."
Allyson Cohen, 26, complains
about the way her mother treats
her own three dogs like children.
"We just saw a movie that had
three kids in it, and the middle
daughter feels left out," explains
Cohen. "And my mom says, 'That's
how Mackey feels.' Mackey's the