Boys love their moms, girls love their dads

[Araciel]

I have unconditional attachment to my mother.
Does this mean I want to find a man like her?

It's so over.

[Arc_Master_14]

When my moms being bitchy shes like one of my ex girlfriends who was always bitchy.... She's still my friend though she wont LEAVE ME ALONE! he he he

[rubah]

Stu is protective and tells me when things aren't good for me a lot like my dad does.

[Miriel]

My Dad is short, Asian, a Minister (and therefore religious), loves to meet people, make connections, buy things, and basically create an empire. My Dad also likes to talk, a LOT.

Boyfriend is tall, white, not religious at all, doesn't care about influencing other people or whether is watch is a Rolex, and he doesn't care about being famous. And he lets me run my mouth off and rant a whole lot and is an amazing listener.

Both my Dad and my Boyfriend love me and spoil me and so in that regard, they are very similar.

Also, I tend to be veeeery similar to my dad. I want an empire too.

[hhr1dluv]

I believe we are genetically programmed to find attractive what our parents found attractive. How to explain this...Okay, let's say my mom was attracted to my dad's prematurely graying hair (she thought he looked distinguished). That means that, when they got together and had me, I have genes to produce boys who might have prematurely gray hair, and genes that make me attracted to that hair. Obviously there are many variables and whatnot, but that's probably where the initial thread idea comes from. We are attracted to what our mothers/fathers were attracted to, as we are made from them.

As for wanting a boy like my dad...there are many times where my dad annoys the crap out of me...I don't think I'd ever be attracted to a man who had my dad's exact personality. But who knows? My opinion might change. However, I would say that there are probably basic physical appearance things that are similar (height, ruggedness, etc.)

[IronOcean]

my brother is a member of this forum and he will agree or already has he has replied already. and thank the gods on high this is not true because we would hate life if we had to be around them. i graduated high school and havent been back except for two x/mas's lol but my mother has taught me what to look for.....the other direction, but! not eveyone is the same so i cannot speak for others.

[Sarc the Swordsman]

I suppose it depends on the situation, or just by chance. Of all the girls I've dated, I can't really say many of them are like my mum. Sure, one or two traits might be the same...but personally, it's a little weird to be like 'my girlfriend is just like my mummy!'

Though, my recent ex shared my mums hardworking nature and fiery temper. >_>

[Montoya]

My ex used to say that I reminded her of her dad, and after some thought she reminded me of my mom. But she didn't like her dad, and my mom doesn't like me (joke) so things didn't work out.

[Cz]

My mother's a wonderful person. So insofar as I like wonderful people, I suppose I looks for my mother's qualities in a girl. I definitely wouldn't say it's a universal thing, though. I can think of numerous counter-examples among the people I know.

[TyphoonThaReapa]

So, do you believe that it's true that when you date, you date someone:
Girl - Like your father
Boy - Like your mother

Apparently, males are naturally attuned to date someone who reminds them of their mother and vice versa for females.

My sister found this to be true like 6 years after marriage, basically my brother in law put up christmas lights and admired them in a very weird way that only our dad used to do. (He stood in the backyard and admired how their house looked from the back... not the front)
My boyfriend is so much like my dad it's -creepy-, he tries to play fight with me, he's a practical joker, he finds purposely stupid movies to be the best thing ever, and he even snores like my dad. *points at bed* I'm having flashbacks of hearing my dad snoring from a room over now, it's terrifying.

So! Have you dated anyone that was like your respective parent (father or mother)? Do you feel that those are the best people to date? How to you feel about the basic theory that people date their father or mother in a younger form?

Hell no!!!

[Blue Harvest]

I hate my mother with a firey passion that consumes my soul, so no.

[Avarice-ness]

My ex used to say that I reminded her of her dad, and after some thought she reminded me of my mom. But she didn't like her dad, and my mom doesn't like me (joke) so things didn't work out.

xD As bad as this is, one of my best friends from elementary school ended up dating a guy who was abusive to her, ironically she didn't really see as much of an issue with it as everyone else did because her father was abusive as well.

So it's more like a familiarity thing, even if there is negativity within it.

[Balzac]

All the girls I've dated have been nothing like my mum. So I don't think it's true in any way.

[Khaotic]

Uh, I'd never want to date someone who reminds me of my mom... for both mental reasons.. and physical.

[~*~Celes~*~]

I have found that Alan does, indeed, resemble my dad in a few ways.

positive:
-Want to spoil me
-Tell me when I'm making a bad decision or a good one
-Support me in everything I do (except, dad doesn't support my move to England.)
-Love to have intellectual conversations with me
-Like to work with their hands
-Love their significant others for who they are and think they're beautiful, despite their weight problems
-LOVE video games

Negatives:
-Stubborn as hell.
-Never seem to have plans work out the way they want =\
-Don't like each other very much (Alan's stealing his "baby girl" away, Dad spends his money unwisely and takes it out on me...Alan doesn't like this because it makes me upset, which then makes him mad at my dad)

Thank god they share more positives than negatives.