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What did you want to be when you grew up?

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  • amorfati601070
    amorfati601070 Posts: 2,890 Member
    edited December 2018
    Spider-Man...

    A Jet fighter pilot was the main one. Dad in the Airforce.

    Got more interested in health and caring roles later because of Mum. I will be a Paramedic/RN in about two years.
  • LovelySavannah
    LovelySavannah Posts: 145 Member
    Well of course I wanted to be a princess when I grew up 😂 then a teacher, then a veternarian, then wanted to be in the military then I got disqualified, so now trying to figure out what to go to school for.
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  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    edited December 2018
    I was going to be a clown. I was also going to have rocket powered roller skates.
    An actress seemed pretty cool for awhile.
    Then an artist or accountant seemed the way to go.
    A landscaper or florist was briefly interesting.
    I'm not sure I grew up. I don't know what I want to be.
  • ailsalw
    ailsalw Posts: 1,265 Member
    🤨 I wanted to be the person that cut the grass in grave yards
  • LovelySavannah
    LovelySavannah Posts: 145 Member
    CookingWithCumin wrote: »
    LovelySavannah wrote: »
    Well of course I wanted to be a princess when I grew up 😂 then a teacher, then a veternarian, then wanted to be in the military then I got disqualified, so now trying to figure out what to go to school for.

    That’s lovely, how come you didn’t want to be a safari guide?

    Never thought of that lol
  • LiftingSpirits
    LiftingSpirits Posts: 2,207 Member
    Actress, then backup dancer because I was too shy to be the lead singer, then a teacher. I never really pursued any of those once I was old enough to actually have a career
  • kam26001
    kam26001 Posts: 2,794 Member
    edited December 2018
    I wanted to be a Blockbuster Video manager who gives all the customers a brief synopsis of the movies they're checking out with a slight hint of pretension.

    "Ahhh... Freddie Prinze Jr. at his best. A fine selection indeed!"
  • Vikka_V
    Vikka_V Posts: 9,563 Member
    I'm possibly not 'grown up' yet...so we'll see
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  • Mr_Healthy_Habits
    Mr_Healthy_Habits Posts: 12,588 Member
    I wanted to be an actor for a while... Did theater in high school and college, and even directed...

    Well that's what I really wanted to be, a director...

    But.... Money 🤷🏽‍♂️
  • ailsalw
    ailsalw Posts: 1,265 Member
    DemSwells wrote: »
    ailsalw wrote: »
    🤨 I wanted to be the person that cut the grass in grave yards

    Whut. Is this true? Sorry, I am laughing right now at this.
    Haha yeah
    I wanted to live in a house in the graveyard
    My plan was to keep it all tidy and put a flower on every grave

    Such a weird kid
  • kmyst1
    kmyst1 Posts: 20 Member
    RomaineCalm wrote: »
    not like my mom.
    RomaineCalm wrote: »
    not like my mom.

    My thoughts exactly and so far so good. Life's all about Boundaries like the one at my front door
  • lizziequek
    lizziequek Posts: 1,373 Member
    archeologist , then later history professor .

    went into law instead (silly obedient kid who listened to mother ) & regretted it from very beginning .
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  • Bullet_with_Butterfly_Wings
    Bullet_with_Butterfly_Wings Posts: 5,545 Member
    Mr_Healthy_Habits wrote: »
    I wanted to be an actor for a while... Did theater in high school and college, and even directed...

    Well that's what I really wanted to be, a director...

    But.... Money 🤷🏽‍♂️

    They dont call it a starving artist for nothing. I had to pay to play for a long time before being offered actual money for a show.
  • Mr_Healthy_Habits
    Mr_Healthy_Habits Posts: 12,588 Member
    Bullet_with_Butterfly_Wings wrote: »
    Mr_Healthy_Habits wrote: »
    I wanted to be an actor for a while... Did theater in high school and college, and even directed...

    Well that's what I really wanted to be, a director...

    But.... Money 🤷🏽‍♂️

    They dont call it a starving artist for nothing. I had to pay to play for a long time before being offered actual money for a show.

    I probably should have stuck to it.... Probably would have saved me the trouble of having to lose all that weight 🤷🏽‍♂️😂
  • elsie6hickman
    elsie6hickman Posts: 3,864 Member
    First I wanted to be a vet. Later, I wanted to teach English literature at the college level.
  • 777Gemma888
    777Gemma888 Posts: 9,578 Member
    Commercial pilot and later an interpretor at the UN-NY or the UNICJ - Hague.
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  • kindalikevelma
    kindalikevelma Posts: 1,337 Member
    Paleontologist as a kid. Homicide detective as a teen.
  • Den_of_Iniquity
    Den_of_Iniquity Posts: 424 Member
    Archaeologist as a child.
    Rock n Roll or Baseball Star as a teen.
    An Author as a young adult.
    As an Adult....a nice quiet life fishing and hiking with a good dog at my side. And maybe still an Archaeologist who writes books in his spare time.
  • Reckoner67
    Reckoner67 Posts: 3,344 Member
    Scuba diver...until I found out that they had to fall backwards out of the boat. That freaked out first-grade me and I still don’t know what I want to be.
  • Jboogieonthefloor
    Jboogieonthefloor Posts: 146 Member
    As a kid I wanted to make a job out of inventing wacky ice cream flavors. When I was a teenager I wanted to become an author of children's books.
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    I started college to study mechanical engineering.
    I ran out of money.
    I got a job as an integrated circuit layout designer, while trying to raise money to complete college.
    That worked out pretty well and I never did complete a college degree.
  • Nicksmom106
    Nicksmom106 Posts: 1,624 Member
    edited December 2018
    A mom...lol
    A teacher
    A ballerina
    A marine biologist....I love sharks and wanted to be Eugenia Clark...but then I saw jaws...😣
    A motorcycle race driver
    A nurse
    An advertising artist/exec
    A journalist
    A chef and baker
    An Artist


    I became a Ballerina and in my late teens and early 20s danced with a company, then worked as journalist for our local paper, while finishing my degree then a CPA, then worked as a Financial Project Manager for An NGO....now I edit and Write and illustrate books for indie writers and publishers.

    I also got to be a mom...bestest job ever!!!❤
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