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What did you want to be when you grew up? What did you become?

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    GOLD / pomegranate / 3938 posts

    @Arden: Olympic Dressage Rider... that's a good one.

    @HolisticMama: Married to a sommelier??? Lucky!!!!!

  2. cmomma17

    honeydew / 7811 posts

    @pinkcupcake: I wanted to be either a teacher, florist, grocery store bagger, author who lived in Paris, or ballerina.
    I work at a college now. Wish I had pursued the Paris route a little more!

  3. pinkcupcake

    cantaloupe / 6751 posts

    @cmomma17: I wanted to work at as a grocery clerk when I was like 6 years old. I think that's why I love going through the self checkout line

  4. Ra

    honeydew / 7586 posts

    I wanted to be a NICU nurse or a mortician (I really liked the movie My Girl and the show Six Feet Under).

    I became a teacher (now SAHM).

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    pomegranate / 3414 posts

    I wanted to do research where I could wear jeans everyday (I'm not a fan of dressing up). I ended up doing research administration where until recently I could wear jeans everyday (they merged our office with the clinic space so now we have to dress business casual).

  6. Aria

    persimmon / 1121 posts

    When I was really young, I wanted to be a writer, but once I joined band in middle school I wanted to be a musician and now I'm a music teacher.

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    kiwi / 533 posts

    I wanted to be a dental hygienist or a teacher. I now have a cosmetology license and work as a radiographer full time.

    Not sure what DH aspired to be, but he is a store director for a major grocery chain.

  8. bisous

    persimmon / 1304 posts

    I wanted to be many things growing up: music teacher, architect, lawyer. I grew up to be in corporate communications. Basically a writer.

    DH wanted to be a firefighter and he is in sales....

  9. cmomma17

    honeydew / 7811 posts

    @pinkcupcake: I don't know why but I still have romantic feelings towards grocery stores! I always think I'd love it if that was LO's first job someday!

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    pineapple / 12802 posts

    I was an ambitious child and had big plans for my mer-life. I wanted to be a mermaid.

    Unfortunately for me, that didn't pan out well, and now I'm a land administrator for an oil and gas company. Womp womp.

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    clementine / 797 posts

    I wanted to be a ballerina at first. I danced for 20 years and auditioned for professional companies but "had the wrong body type" (aka I was never going to be thin enough and my legs were too short). Then it was a marine biologist. Then, a kindergarten teacher.

    I became a speech language pathologist.

  12. StbHisMrs

    pomegranate / 3329 posts

    A horse trainer, veterinarian, lawyer (everyone always said I could argue with the best of them )

    I'm in insurance...

  13. indi

    clementine / 984 posts

    Grade 2- stripper (I thought they danced all day…I didn't understand what they wore. Teacher was horrified, mother was mortified. LOL!). Then Grade 2-Grade 6 I wanted to be a psychologist. I finally decided at at age 12 to be a lawyer, and now I am (I'm pretty sure my mother is thankful).

    Not sure what DH had dreams of, but I know he sort of wound his way through his college degree. I see him going back to work with kids in a counseling capacity or something of that nature.

    @hellocupcake: Love it.

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    grapefruit / 4819 posts

    I wanted to be a neurosurgeon or a teacher. I became a social worker for a number of years before becoming a middle school teacher, so I sort of followed my dreams. Now I'm a SAHM, which is something I always planned on doing until the kids went off to school.

    DH can't remember what he wanted to be other than a Porsche driver. He's now a civil engineer and has never sat behind the wheel (or any other place!) in a Porsche.

  15. matador84

    papaya / 10560 posts

    I wanted to be a physician but I am an elementary school administrator.

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