Fluther: What are some of the things that, as a child, you ...

I wanted to be a ballerina just like every other little girl. Now i’m into forensics.

dogkittycat (916

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Artist.I am one :)

lucillelucillelucille (34325

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I wanted to be a teacher, a lawyer, an astronaut, and a vet.
But now I have no job, so I volunteer at the local homeless shelter.

shego (11093

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I just want to make it to seven.

AstroChuck (37609

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I always thought I wanted to be a court reporter. Even in my senior year of high school I still had that dream. But didn’t have the money to pursue it until my children were grown. Went to college and am now a pharmaceutical rep.

pearls (2693

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I had millions of different dreams! YAY! :D
And now….I have millions of different dreams…ugh.

Chongalicious (2771

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Writer… dancer…
and I’d still like to, and I’m still not ‘grown up,’ but I don’t see how either’s going to happen…

Soubresaut (13714

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When I was about 4, I told my parents I wanted to be water so people could swim in me when they got too hot.
I wanted to be a vet for a while, but I became too sensitive towards animals.

rangerr (15765

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Commercial Airline Pilot
Fireman
Policeman (I’ve been a military policeman for 22 years now)

Bluefreedom (22944

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I wanted to be supreme dictator for life. Then I got a look at all the dictators. Unattractive, icky beards, (Except Kin Jong Il), big bellies, uniforms with probably fake ribbons. Nah.

Trillian (21148

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I wanted to be a xeno-anthropolgist. I was convinced that by the time I grew up we’d have been travelling all over the galaxy and found sentient life on other planets. I’d be there studying it.

I told my dad what I wanted to do, and he gave the the word with a latin lesson mixed in. Not only was I a geek, but so were my parents.

keobooks (14322

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A writer
A set designer

janbb (62875

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I wanted to be a dinosaur. No luck yet. :(
I settled on being a scientist.

jeffgoldblumsprivatefacilities (20019

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@jeffgoldblumsprivatefacilities Don’t worry. If you live long enough you’ll be a dinosaur and so will your car and cell phone!

Trillian (21148

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@jeffgoldblumsprivatefacilities If you turn into a dinosaur, we are getting married. Thanks.

rangerr (15765

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Astronaut. But I still want to be that. Can’t say for sure if I’ve even grown up yet, so I suppose I have time still.

fyoz (268

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@jeffgoldblumsprivatefacilities If you turn into a dinosaur, can I ride on your back?

janbb (62875

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@Trillian :)
@rangerr & @janbb Yes.

jeffgoldblumsprivatefacilities (20019

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When I was really, really little, I wanted to be a veterinarian or a teacher.
At one point, I remember wanting to be a stripper. My parents raised me well.

Vunessuh (16727

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—What is a lesbain dinosaur called? A lickalottapuss. ;-)

Trillian (21148

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I wanted to be a missionary nun…can you tell I went to Catholic school 12 years…and survived….and I am not a nun…

summerlover (476

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As a kid, I dreamed of working in the investor relations department of a multi-billion conglomerate. Yep, that’s the ticket, I’m living my dream.

bob_ (21888

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@summerlover – I was a catholic school girl as well, though I never felt the desire to be a nun… but then again religion wasn’t a big part of my home life…just school which I hated because the nuns were flat out nasty.

dogkittycat (916

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At the age of 4 I wanted to be a shop keeper…at the age of 8 I wanted to be a zoo keeper…at the age of 12 I wanted to be a Biologist, then a vet, then an optometrist….now I’m studying psychology…..go figure.

j0ey (2429

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Teacher. Hippie backpacking across Europe. Park Ranger. Astronaut. Truck driver. Landscape architect. Entrepreneur. Writer. Soldier. Police Officer.

15 years into my human service career… I still have time to do everything on the list.

prolificus (6583

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Awww. I wanted to be an Archeologist. AND Miss America.
Now I’m a Quality Assurance Rep.

meagan (4670

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Photographer for National Geographic.

I became a travel agent instead, but now I am a stay-at-home mom.

jonsblond (43668

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I’m in the military but I always wanted to be a writer which I have accomplished. I’m working on my second novel. When I get out of the military, I want to go to culinary school and become a pastry chef .

bright_eyes00 (1343

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astronaut. i still do.

neverawake (615

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Write children stories, then a nun, then a teacher, then be a scientist, then I had a Jacque Cousteuo (not sure of spelling) period, then a doctor (surgeon) , then an accountant, then a lawyer. Oh, forgot one I really wish I could do. Be a photographer for National Geographic Magazine.
But since I was 10, I wanted to be a mom, and I did that. :)

Pandora (32205

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I wanted to be a trapeze artist in the Moscow Circus, or a veterinarian… I’ve outgrown those ideas now..

Adagio (14059

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Sales rep for a department store. Did it.
Sales rep for a small fashion boutique. Did it.
Model. Did it.
Good wife to a hot husband. Doin’ it. ;)
Musician. I still want this one.
Artist. I still want this one too.
Author. I still want this one as well.

MrsDufresne (3554

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I wanted to be a journalist. I also wanted to be an archeologist after seeing Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Captain_Fantasy (11447

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I wanted to be a doctor and a father. Got doctor down…. the other one is not in the books for this year.

Dr_C (14339

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A bear

Michael_Huntington (15982

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i’ll let you know when it happens

mammal (9431

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I wanted to push buttons on a cash register, I did that
I wanted to be a chef, I was a cook

Mostly I wanted to be a mom.
and I am

wilma (16457

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I think it changed every week! So many things looked interesting to me. The one constant through all of that, though, was to be a paramedic. Did it! Yay, me :)

phillis (8633

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Anything but a Realtor. my parents both were Realtors and I never saw them…I hated that profession with a passion

Cruiser (40449

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@summerlover I want to be a Nun NOW. I envy them soo much.

meagan (4670

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I wanted to sell my veggies/fruits from my garden at my stand and be a mom, but I don’t have kids or the cool stand on the side of the road.

Chikipi (1843

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@Cruiser
http://www.fluther.com/disc/78489/advice-on-i-whether-to-become-and-ii-how-to-become/

phillis (8633

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@meagan, would you really want to be a nun? I can’t imagine…you would miss out on the best thing in life…being a mom…

summerlover (476

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I wanted to work with children and I have. Really,I wanted to be, who I am today.

YoH (1414

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@summerlover F motherhood. hahahaha ;P
It isn’t some big feat to have a child. Fourteen year old’s are doing it all over the country.
The best thing in life is arguable.

meagan (4670

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A Sunday School Teacher, a pilot, a Marine, a rock star…

PacificToast (1615

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Top Gun – Maverick or Ice Man – not Goose (because of his fateful end)

ftp901 (1318

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@meagan Doing it right is what makes it so hard. That IS a feat. By the way, I’ve always admired the life of a nun :)

phillis (8633

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I never really wanted to be anything in particular. I was afraid to want because I didn’t want to be disappointed. Well, I got what I wanted.

wundayatta (58722

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Rock star.
I can sing, but I’m a bit too old to make a plausible goal of it now.

aprilsimnel (30749

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When I was little I thought it would be fun to be the person who made milk shakes at the drug store counter.

thriftymaid (6993

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@phillis Pff. Its a sad day when someone should be praised for raising the child they brought into the world correctly. x_x
I know that I’m young. But I’m just the kind of person that doesn’t “get” children.

meagan (4670

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I wanted to be a dolphin trainer. Then I wanted to be a ballerina. Then I wanted to be a paleontologist (only because of Jurassic Park…)

squidcake (2639

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i wanted to be a shark.

ilvorangeiceblocks (865

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a doctor, an Indian chief [but not a lawyer]

anartist (14808

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@Trillian some of those dictators looked pretty hot in their younger days: Fidel, Muammar Khadafi [or however they are spelling it today], shah Reza Pahlevi, even Saddam didn’t look too bad. I think there was another middle eastern hunk but I forget who.

anartist (14808

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Secret Agent, Man!

davidbetterman (7555

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teacher

YARNLADY (46379

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Horse jockey
Archeologist
Artist
Bordello owner

Neizvestnaya (22657

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Captain of the Starship Enterprise

zaphod (141

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A drummer. Now I’m a guitarist.

xRIPxTHEREVx (378

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Between the ages of 4 and 18 years old I wanted to do the following (some more seriously than others): Vet, Singer, Actress (really I was just desperate to play Annie!), Travel Agent (my mum did this for a while and I thought it looked like fun, this “dream” didn’t last very long!), Midwife (this was one of my more serious considerations) and journalist. I am none of those things nowadays!

@rangerr I told my parents that I wanted to be a Mermaid and I was adamant that I would be one day!

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@davidbetterman- Ever notice how Secret Agent Man and Danger Man
looked so much alike?

AstroChuck (37609

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@AstroChuck And Danger Man was directed by Maxwell Smart’s uncle, Ralph Smart.

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