I don't know if people say this to men, but I heard a lot while growing up that girls tend to marry someone like their dad (I guess good, bad, or ugly). I don't know how true that really is, but relatively early on in our marriage, my husband and I realized I married my mom. This doesn't mean my husband is feminine or my mother masculine, but to say that they seem to be the same person. I am definitely more like my dad personality wise so it probably make sense that I married someone more like my mom. Now I will say my mom, being an actual woman, generally makes her a bit more empathetic and understanding to the eccentricities of being a woman. I don't think any man, my husband or otherwise, will ever be able to understand the intricacies of being a woman. However, I also feel like he can talk to my mom, and being that they have both lived with me and seem to speak the same language, can benefit from her wisdom and knowledge of co-habitating with me and enlighten