Questionnaire: Genetic traits you want to pass on (or don't want to pass on?)

skiingstark · November 2015

our genetic trait you want to pass on: My skiing ability and happy personality

Your genetic trait you DON'T want to pass on: My big butt and weight issues

SO's trait you want to pass on: His intelligence and his skinness

SO's trait you DON'T want to pass on: His lack of motivation

gardeniagirlknits · November 2015

@skiingstark my hubs is also thin AND I have a large behind... More that we have in common!! Just had to share. It's always nice to be able to relate to someone... Even if it is the negatives!

LilLambie · November 2015

@MrsDho11 yahh

do you get the 'you must be good in bed' whenever you tell someone? I'm like firstly gross and secondly what the hell do you do in bed that you need extra flexibility for?

One good thing about it is I can lick my elbow so I use it as bait when my students are being douchey- no one believes that I can do it so they shut up when they see I can.

MrsDho11 · November 2015

@LilLambie - OMG, no! I'm glad no one has said that to me, LOL. Or, wait... maybe I shouldn't be? Hmmm... When I had shoulder surgery number two because of it, my doc told me, "if you were a runner instead of a swimmer, you'd dislocate your knees all the time" though. I took that as the best reason ever to never run again!

MamaBish · November 2015

I just want a baby who lives a long and happy life.

The rest are just insignificant details.

Eta: *insert Debbie Downer gif here*

AL_TwinCities · November 2015

MamaBish said:
I just want a baby who lives a long and happy life.

The rest are just insignificant details.

Eta: *insert Debbie Downer gif here*

spunkybrewster · November 2015

PocketFullofShells said:
Hmm, I'll use characteristics because I'm not sure all of these things can be linked to genes

Your genetic trait characteristic you want to pass on: My love of reading/getting lost in a book

Your genetic trait characteristic you DON'T want to pass on: My disorganization and general laziness

SO's genetic trait you want to pass on: his blue eyes - unlikely because everyone in my family has dark eyes and so do both his parents, but hey, you never know

SO's trait characteristic you DON'T want to pass on: I have to think on this - there isn't much about my husband that I wouldn't love to see in my future LO

I appreciate the distinction. I passed along a hemoglobin trait I didn't even know I had to my LO, and that's a very scary thing to hear when you don't understand how genes work. Thanks to a very patient doctor, I now understand that a trait is not a disease, my child will not become ill because of this trait, and that both parents would have had to pass the trait down for there to be a possibility of a serious health problem.

So to get back to the fun part of the question, as far as characteristics, I'd want to pass on my creativity and my husband's athleticism!

Questionnaire: Genetic traits you want to pass on (or don't want to pass on?)

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