What did you want to be when you grew up? - Page 2

moxie · 04-05-2010, 05:34 PM

I wanted to be a snooty college professor. In Mathematics.
I don't have the patience to teach.

AtLast · 04-05-2010, 06:16 PM

Pro tennis player... and then an opera singer... not as good as one needs to be for either, and a skiing accident hurt my back at age 16 along with a genetic spinal problem, so.... I ended up a shrink and professor.

Frankly, being a gardener would have been best... would have been much happier working outside and being able to see my efforts right off, but again, probably physical issues would have blown that...

Hooray for raised gaeren beds!!!

Boots13 · 04-05-2010, 07:00 PM

I wanted to please my family so I thought setting myself on the fastrack to become a Science teacher

and with an interest in Phys Ed Admin would be good...and then everything went sideways. ..thank gawd.

So then I thought being a smoke jumper

would be a totally awesome and a really studly thing to do....never happened...thank gawd.

So then I figured a Forest Ranger would be cool, kinda hippyish, and a real granola thing to do (am I dating myself?) . I could sit in a fire lookout

, watch the smokejumpers and write really bad poetry

...never happened...yep, thank gawd !

Everything works out as its supposed to. I've been in my field for 26 years and couldnt imagine doing anything else !

Kimbo · 04-05-2010, 10:11 PM

I always wanted to be a Veterinarian or Doctor. I became a nurse and realized that I loved being a nurse. Ironically, I am not in nursing and instead do IT. I still would like to be a Vet.

AshenLady · 04-05-2010, 10:15 PM

Rock star

friskyfemme · 04-05-2010, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by theoddz

I wanted to become a career officer in the U.S. Navy, specifically, a naval aviator.

It was, to me, a cross between having a life both on board a ship and being able to fly. Both have always been dreams of mine. Well, those and a military life.

~Theo~

I wanted to be an actress or comedian. I think because of my dysfunctional childhood I was very good at becoming someone else. I was quite good at entertaining my parents.
It helped to relieve the stress levels. I thought I would like to be recognized by lots of people. I love horses though I have never owned one. I wanted to have a huge horse ranch. I would like to be a writer if I can just dictate my words.

BoDy*ShOt · 04-05-2010, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by friskyfemme

I wanted to be an actress or comedian. I think because of my dysfunctional childhood I was very good at becoming someone else. I was quite good at entertaining my parents.
It helped to relieve the stress levels. I thought I would like to be recognized by lots of people. I love horses though I have never owned one. I wanted to have a huge horse ranch. I would like to be a writer if I can just dictate my words.

i wanted to be a stripper *honestly* or a truck driver!

WolfyOne · 04-05-2010, 10:39 PM

Where to start, where to start, as a young child, I wanted to be a singer playing drums in a rock and roll band. Then I decided I wanted to be a gym teacher because it was the only class I really liked to show up for. Then at 17 I decided I was grown up enough and left my mom's house for marriage, my way out.....mistake. So, in reality, I never really knew what I wanted to do when I grew up. Not knowing or not having direction is not a good thing when entering adulthood. I suppose if I had more adult support as a kid, it may have been different.

Soft*Silver · 04-05-2010, 10:45 PM

when I was in 7th grade I read the book The Happy Hooker and decided I wanted to be a prostitute. My mother, however, explained to me, the very cloistered farm girl, that that wasnt exactly a noble profession for a catholic girl...

AtLast · 04-05-2010, 10:47 PM

Yikes, it just dawned on me what a weird image of my being an operatic Diva is!! OMG!! The costumes, pushed-up cleavage, make-up.... Isshhhh..Would have been much better to aspire to this in another century when female opera singers did trouser roles ...

amiyesiam · 04-05-2010, 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by softness

when I was in 7th grade I read the book The Happy Hooker and decided I wanted to be a prostitute. My mother, however, explained to me, the very cloistered farm girl, that that wasnt exactly a noble profession for a catholic girl...

OMG I read that book in 7th grade too! But I doubt my parents knew I borrowed it, along with a few of their other "books".

I wanted to be God or the leader of an alien space force when I grew up

Venus007 · 04-05-2010, 11:31 PM

From the time I was able to be aware until I was around 10 I wanted to be a large animal vet alah James Harriott.
From my tender nerdy 4th grade self until I was in my freshman year of college I wanted to be a genetic engineer. Where I grew up there were fields with metal signs on them that had a last name and a number, they were fields named by the engineer of the crop. I wanted to name a species of corn or soybean or hay. I was especially desirous of creating a type of hay with enhanced nutritional value but reduced propensity to cause founder in horses.

For awhile (8-23) I thought I would end up training horses and or coaching riders as that was always my side job to make money. I did it long enough for somebody else to realize that there was no money in it, so now I am in education bwahahahahahahahaha

Odarlin · 04-06-2010, 01:01 AM

trapeze artist

ButchBowWow · 04-06-2010, 01:41 AM

According to my mother I used to tell people I was going to be a flowerchild when I grew up.

As I got older I wanted to be a vet.

AtLast · 04-06-2010, 03:16 AM

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Originally Posted by ButchBowWow

According to my mother I used to tell people I was going to be a flowerchild when I grew up.

As I got older I wanted to be a vet.

KEWL.. a flowerchild! Those were the days!! ROTFL!!!

tantalizingfemme · 04-06-2010, 04:38 AM

I remember very young deciding that when I grew up, I was going to buy a farm and have all the stray cats and dogs come live with me.

Next, I wanted to be a stewardess. I had a Barbie with a stewardess outfit and accessories and it really was all about the little bag she carried and the hat she wore that sealed the deal. Then....

I was going to be a hand model. (I would practice all my hand "poses" for hours in the mirror)

But then, when I saw the movie Grease, I was going to be Sandy. (Really just the Sandy at the carnival...those hot pants, heels and hair....wow)

Only after I came to terms with the fact I can't sing and don't look like Olivia Newton John, I started thinking more along the lines of psychologist, lawyer, editor, FBI profiler...

Sybelle · 04-06-2010, 05:47 AM

I'm quoted in the sixth grade as saying "A singer or a secretary." Heh. Oddly enough, today, I do both.

NJFemmie · 04-06-2010, 07:45 AM

As a kid, I wanted to be an attorney or in the military (Coast Guard preferably). At one point in my life, I ended up working for a law firm that facilitated Coast Guard regulations and decided I was glad I didn't actually become a lawyer. (Let's not discuss ethics, m'kay?)

There are times I wish I went into the USCG though - I'd be retired by now

Duchess · 04-06-2010, 08:46 AM

I wanted to be a classical pianist, but after already having years of piano in my life I wasn't having much fun. So I decided I should be a painterbecause oils always made me a happy girl. As a Professional Makeup Artist I stuck with the plan, just chose a different canvas.

Duchess

Write14u · 04-06-2010, 10:09 AM

I wanted to be a pilot and an astronaut and held on to those until my sophmore year of college when I decided that aerospace engineering really wasn't for me.
I got duped into taking a journalism weed-out course because I was sure I could then take a photography class next (hah!). The rest is history.

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Boots13 Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: No Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: PNW Posts: 823 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,387 Thanked 2,315 Times in 428 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	I wanted to please my family so I thought setting myself on the fastrack to become a Science teacher and with an interest in Phys Ed Admin would be good...and then everything went sideways. ..thank gawd. So then I thought being a smoke jumper would be a totally awesome and a really studly thing to do....never happened...thank gawd. So then I figured a Forest Ranger would be cool, kinda hippyish, and a real granola thing to do (am I dating myself?) . I could sit in a fire lookout, watch the smokejumpers and write really bad poetry ...never happened...yep, thank gawd ! Everything works out as its supposed to. I've been in my field for 26 years and couldnt imagine doing anything else !

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WolfyOne Magically Delicious How Do You Identify?: Gentle Butch Relationship Status: Single and content Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Minnesota Posts: 6,558 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 22,052 Thanked 15,407 Times in 4,139 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	Where to start, where to start, as a young child, I wanted to be a singer playing drums in a rock and roll band. Then I decided I wanted to be a gym teacher because it was the only class I really liked to show up for. Then at 17 I decided I was grown up enough and left my mom's house for marriage, my way out.....mistake. So, in reality, I never really knew what I wanted to do when I grew up. Not knowing or not having direction is not a good thing when entering adulthood. I suppose if I had more adult support as a kid, it may have been different. __________________ Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; loving someone deeply gives you courage --- Lao Tzo

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AtLast Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Woman Preferred Pronoun?: HER - SHE Relationship Status: Relating Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: CA & AZ I'm a Snowbird Posts: 5,408 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 11,826 Thanked 10,830 Times in 3,200 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	Pro tennis player... and then an opera singer... not as good as one needs to be for either, and a skiing accident hurt my back at age 16 along with a genetic spinal problem, so.... I ended up a shrink and professor. Frankly, being a gardener would have been best... would have been much happier working outside and being able to see my efforts right off, but again, probably physical issues would have blown that... Hooray for raised gaeren beds!!!

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Kimbo Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Relationship Status: Eligible Butchelor Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Seattle Posts: 591 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 432 Thanked 551 Times in 257 Posts Rep Power: 118	I always wanted to be a Veterinarian or Doctor. I became a nurse and realized that I loved being a nurse. Ironically, I am not in nursing and instead do IT. I still would like to be a Vet.

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tantalizingfemme Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Me Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: * Posts: 4,184 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 3,957 Thanked 4,010 Times in 823 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	I remember very young deciding that when I grew up, I was going to buy a farm and have all the stray cats and dogs come live with me. Next, I wanted to be a stewardess. I had a Barbie with a stewardess outfit and accessories and it really was all about the little bag she carried and the hat she wore that sealed the deal. Then.... I was going to be a hand model. (I would practice all my hand "poses" for hours in the mirror) But then, when I saw the movie Grease, I was going to be Sandy. (Really just the Sandy at the carnival...those hot pants, heels and hair....wow) Only after I came to terms with the fact I can't sing and don't look like Olivia Newton John, I started thinking more along the lines of psychologist, lawyer, editor, FBI profiler...

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04-06-2010, 10:09 AM	#40
Write14u Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Preferred Pronoun?: I'm easy Relationship Status: She's some kind of wonderful. Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: I keep my heart and soul in the boondocks Posts: 626 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 240 Thanked 714 Times in 325 Posts Rep Power: 759421	I wanted to be a pilot and an astronaut and held on to those until my sophmore year of college when I decided that aerospace engineering really wasn't for me. I got duped into taking a journalism weed-out course because I was sure I could then take a photography class next (hah!). The rest is history. __________________ "I believe in the sweet spot, soft-core pornography, opening your presents Christmas morning rather than Christmas Eve and I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days." -- Crash Davis, Bull Durham