I read somewhere,

[Celethiel]

I read somewhere,

A guy marries someone who is like his mother...

and a Girl marries someone like their father...

but what happens when you are raised by a single parent all your childhood...

or by two females or males (actually i could see that one )

[Curti]

Hey, in a sense I'm lucky I'm never going to marry. I don't think I could handle marrying someone like my father or mother.

[joann414]

My hubby is as far from being like me dad that he could possibly be.  So, that is not always true

[Slytherin]

nope I don't think so..

[Thorn Wilde]

I've heard the saying, women are doomed to become their mothers and men are doomed to marry theirs. Figuratively speaking. I dunno.

 

My dad passed away when I was eleven, so I'm in the single parent situation. None of my boyfriends have been much like my dad, or my mum. I am, though.

Edited May 21, 2013 by Thorn Wilde

[iSimba]

That belief is based off of Freudian psychology, which is heavily controversial as to the truth and applications of it.

 

He coined the Oedipal complex which says a teenage boy wants to kill his father and marry his mother. Another psychologist who agreed with freud created the female version of it. 

[Thorn Wilde]

Yeah, Freud is pretty iffy. It's almost only in America that he holds any credibility at all anymore. My high school psychology teacher took every opportunity to tell us how outdated and wrong about most things Freud was.

Edited May 22, 2013 by Thorn Wilde

[iSimba]

I read this very interesting article about Frued.

 

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/reading-minds-method-or-muddle/201003/who-s-afraid-sigmund-freud

[Sasha Distan]

my man is as far away from being either of my parents as it is possible to be, but i am very much like his sister and have LOADS in common with both of his parents.

 

Does this say more about him or about me?

[Andy78]

Thankfully my Brett is nothing like either of my parents or I'd have to kill him

[Krista]

Noooo that would mean I'm just like Aaron's Momsy.. lol goodness me.. no. That would be scary.

[Megido]

Raised by a single mom here. My partner is nothing like my mother, and I'm nothing like his. He actually takes after his dad more than his mom.