Sayings and slang, definately.
Keri-Jade,
23
Brampton, Ontario CANADA
I don't know...I am not qualified to answer that...
Frodo,
31
Modor
A friend got me in the habit of drinking lattes.
Jane,
63
West Linn, OR USA
Don't we pick most habits up from someone else? I guess the most evil one was smoking because it is a habit that is so hard to release - took me about 10 years to lay them down and I still get the urge now and again. I quit cold turkey because my grandmother was dying of lung cancer and I couldn't bear to visit her smelling like smoke.
Cindy,
41
VA USA
I picked up some weird words from my friends. They're always calling things mormon or people are doobies or blunts.
Em,
16
Harrisburg, PA USA
Giving the dogs Super Cookies when I'm back in the house after running errands and leaving them all alone-o.
Jill,
61
Saylorsburg, PA USA
I pick the skin off my lips like my brother.
Aly,
17
Cardiff UK
About 18 years
ago, Bill was in the military and for two years we lived in Germany. My
best friend was a German girl who asked questions by saying a statement
and then asking "No?" When we
returned to the states, I found myself acting what I thought was 'continental'
and asking questions the same way. It quickly became a habit and I usually
ask questions now by giving a statement and closing with a "No?"
Reba,
57
Gaithersburg, MD USA
Getting up early. Until I met my fiance, I was always a late-night person. Now I am up between 5 and 6 a.m. seven days a week and I actually enjoy that quiet time in the mornings before work. Catching the sunrise is a also a great bonus!
Fisch,
47
Preston, CT USA
I've picked up speech patterns from people. I don't think I've picked up any habits from someone else, though. At least not in recent memory.
Laura,
38
Lowell, MA USA
I've learned in the last 4-6 months how to forget where I've placed random items along with the blessed gift of procrastination, both habits of which I've picked up from my fiancée. Her and I moved in together about 4 months ago, and ever since I've gotten very skilled at both habits. Before living together, I always knew where everything was in the entire house (it's a major part of my obsessive-compulsive personality), where she could never even locate her car or the TV, let alone the actual car keys and the TV's remote control. Also, I used to be the type to complete all tasks while they were fresh in my mind, where she on the other hand would make a to-do list once every couple of weeks of the things that she could think of at the time. If it didn't make it on that list, it never got done at all. If it did make it on the list, then she had 2-4 hours to complete it - because, within that short time frame of 2-4 hours, she would lose the to-do list.
William,
27
Orange County, CA USA
smoking
Melodi,
19
Gahanna, OH USA
I don't know. I'm
sure most of the things I do are things I picked up from other people--my
parents
taught me to turn off anything I wasn't using to save electricity; my
husband and I have created habits together and I'm not sure where they
originated. . . I'm sure the second a good example of a habit I've picked
up from someone comes up, I'll wish I used that in my answer.
Karen,
23
Ames, IA USA
I don't think I've picked up any habits from anyone else. All my habits are of my own doing. However, there was a period of my life, many years ago when I picked up the terrible habit of smoking from a friend I had been hanging around with at the time. Thankfully that particular "habit" didn't last long!
Tam
My slang.
Stephanie,
25
TX USA
An annoying family trait - finishing other people's sentences
Janet,
45
E. Brunswick, NJ USA