What Did You Want To Be?

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  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    I wanted to be an astronaut (for me) or maybe an artist (to make my mom proud).

    Now I'm a database manager who still reads a lot of science fiction. Mostly I've given up painting, though.
  • ryall70
    ryall70 Posts: 519 Member
    I wanted to be a Mafia Lawyer.

    Now: Teacher- basically same job without the benefits
  • fbmandy55
    fbmandy55 Posts: 5,263 Member
    Always wanted to be a history teacher.

    I'm the Association Executive Assistant at a Board of REALTORS. :indifferent:
  • Jersey_Devil
    Jersey_Devil Posts: 4,142 Member
    I wanted to be a Mafia Lawyer.

    Now: Teacher- basically same job without the benefits

    yes, a friend of mine was convinced I wanted to be a consigliere. lol
  • TadaGanIarracht
    TadaGanIarracht Posts: 2,615 Member
    I wanted to be a Mafia Lawyer.

    Now: Teacher- basically same job without the benefits

    There's something I wanted to be, a mobster. Haha. I think I just had a thing for Italians back then.
  • NYChick84
    NYChick84 Posts: 331 Member
    Then: I wanted to be a doctor - Surgeon that is

    Now: I'm a teacher at a juvenile facility for girls.
  • ryall70
    ryall70 Posts: 519 Member
    I wanted to be a Mafia Lawyer.

    Now: Teacher- basically same job without the benefits

    yes, a friend of mine was convinced I wanted to be a consigliere. lol
    That's what I wanted to do. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: I was to big a nerd and shy, but I woulda kept the secrets:bigsmile:
  • TadaGanIarracht
    TadaGanIarracht Posts: 2,615 Member
    Is there anyone who became what they wanted to be?
  • Steve_Runs
    Steve_Runs Posts: 443 Member
    Then: I wanted to be an army guy like my dad.

    Now: Spent 22 years in the Air Force instead.
    Teacher/Tech Guy local high school
  • escloflowneCHANGED
    escloflowneCHANGED Posts: 3,038 Member
    I always wanted to be a homicide detective!! still do! but I went into engineering because I was too fat to be a cop lol
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    A secretary (only because I love office supplies), an actress, and a gymnast.
    I love office supplies too.

    I always wanted to have one of those nice Day Planner things, but now that I have the kind of job where I'd really need one, I have a smart phone instead.
  • magpie8402
    magpie8402 Posts: 121 Member
    Then: A Teacher
    Now: A Teacher :-)
  • Beezil
    Beezil Posts: 1,677 Member
    A mermaid, an astronaut, a lawyer, an artist, a marine biologist, and now... I'd love to be an artist still, or a writer. I make art, and I write, but I am neither of those things.

    I'm a stay at home mom. Very happy with that for now. :bigsmile:
  • KiltFuPanda
    KiltFuPanda Posts: 574 Member
    A particle physicist, or a professional fighter. Seriously.
  • Pollywog39
    Pollywog39 Posts: 1,730 Member
    WAY back then, in Catholic school: A NUN! lol

    Then (more realistically): A secretary (like in the Doris Day movies!)

    Now? A secretary (NOT like in the Doris Day movies!) Actually, I'm more of an accountant......I work with grant programs and budgets and financial stuff.
  • LunaPhaedra
    LunaPhaedra Posts: 71 Member
    A particle physicist, or a professional fighter. Seriously.

    You Sir, are amazing! ...but the Hadron Collider still scares the *kitten* out of me!
  • _Tara_R
    _Tara_R Posts: 688 Member
    Then: A Doctor at St Jude's Hospital or a Labor/Delivery Nurse

    Now: Licensed Insurance Representative for State Farm
  • LunaPhaedra
    LunaPhaedra Posts: 71 Member
    Let's see... I wanted to be a vet, then at 8 I wwanted to be a poacher-hunter (cuz why heal animals when you can just take out the people killing them in the first place! ....ya, I was a weird kid), then an archaeologist, in highschool an architect.

    now i'm in an undergrad for Landscape Architecture, time to build some cities!
  • nwhitley
    nwhitley Posts: 619
    Then: Biology Teacher/ Writer
    Now: Elementary Teacher

    I used to love office supplies and still do! Post its are my favorites- I have them in all sizes, colors, shapes, etc.
  • TadaGanIarracht
    TadaGanIarracht Posts: 2,615 Member
    Then: I wanted to be an army guy like my dad.

    Now: Spent 22 years in the Air Force instead.
    Teacher/Tech Guy local high school

    The Air Force? I cannot talk to you as I am a Navy brat.
  • MeliJean78
    MeliJean78 Posts: 249
    I'm looking to moonlight as a fluffer.
  • TadaGanIarracht
    TadaGanIarracht Posts: 2,615 Member
    Is it wrong to want to be a porn star?
  • Sbehlmer
    Sbehlmer Posts: 464 Member
    I wanted to go into forensics or be a record producer......now I work from home as a medical transcriptionist :)
  • dandelion39
    dandelion39 Posts: 514 Member
    Wanted to be a writer, and I am a writer. Granted, I thought I'd have written the great American novel at least once by now, but there's always next year :)
  • TadaGanIarracht
    TadaGanIarracht Posts: 2,615 Member
    Wanted to be a writer, and I am a writer. Granted, I thought I'd have written the great American novel at least once by now, but there's always next year :)

    Everyone tells me I need to write, my boyfriend is the biggest "pusher" of it. I always lose my motivation to do so though. :/
  • LunaPhaedra
    LunaPhaedra Posts: 71 Member
    Wanted to be a writer, and I am a writer. Granted, I thought I'd have written the great American novel at least once by now, but there's always next year :)

    Everyone tells me I need to write, my boyfriend is the biggest "pusher" of it. I always lose my motivation to do so though. :/

    The trick is to not tell them about it. best way to avoid pushers.
  • ShareeMorty
    ShareeMorty Posts: 324 Member
    As a kid I wanted to be one of the kids from Fame

    At high school I wanted to be a vet until I realised I would be a sobbing mess everytime I had to put an animal to sleep

    Now - RN working towards my Masters degree, aiming to be a clinical nurse specialist
  • MeliJean78
    MeliJean78 Posts: 249
    Is it wrong to want to be a porn star?

    I like to be behind the scenes.
  • lauleipop
    lauleipop Posts: 260 Member
    Then: I wanted to work 60+ hours a week for a global company in a major city. I wanted there to be travel, fancy dinners, expensive watches, and meetings galore. I wanted there to be crises to manage, decisions made impacting the life of the business...Career woman all the way.

    Now: I work in Marketing for McDonald's.
  • psiren28
    psiren28 Posts: 530 Member
    Then: A detective, forensic pathologist or Batman

    Now: I work for my family business as a housekeeper / property manager. I didn't do well enough at school for the first 2 but if I ever inherit a fortune I like to think Batman is still an option.

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