When you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up?

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When you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up?

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  1. yourfavvvvvvv Avatar

    a fire firghter

  2. SillySub2001 Avatar

    A Pokemon master

  3. Ligmartian Avatar

    A paleontologist

  4. WhimsicalSadist Avatar

    I wanted to be Indiana Jones.

  5. MercerCurse2525 Avatar

    A horse breeder and trainer.

  6. primeknit Avatar

    A racecar driver. I still feel joy every single time I get behind the wheel.. to my corporate job

  7. Away_Tear6619 Avatar

    My first aspiration I remember was to be an author.

  8. periwinkle_dash Avatar

    A ballerina, an astronaut

  9. pooturdooop Avatar

    Stand up comedian

  10. clarque_ Avatar

    I wanted to be a superhero. I used to jump around my living room in my Red Power Ranger halloween costume with my security blanket tied around my neck as a cape, blaring Jukebox Hero by Foreigner on repeat.

  11. Electronic-Cable-772 Avatar

    Happy.. I thought once I made it to my 20s life would start getting better but it hasn’t

  12. Appropriate-Trade773 Avatar

    A weather girl or a muchmusic VJ

  13. Popular-Let4642 Avatar

    An actress! My mom let me tell everyone and it was a while before I found out that’s what the girls are called I quickly switched to “actor”

  14. OzzieSkulk Avatar

    An independent adult.. and that was the dumbest wish ever

  15. Liza_Mais Avatar

    I wanted to own a candy store.

  16. bertatochip420 Avatar

    A marine biologist. The only issue is I live in the midwest and I’m now a mechanic.

  17. Living-Tomorrow5206 Avatar
  18. Sesori Avatar

    A physicist.

  19. humble-pilgrim Avatar

    Taller. Or a chemistry professor

  20. chicahot543 Avatar

    I dreamed of being a famous chef or a superhero like Superman.

  21. Various_Olive_5072 Avatar

    A 1st grade teacher so I could teach children to read. But the year I started college I was diagnosed with epilepsy, and it was no longer an option.

  22. KTKannibal Avatar

    Tattoo Artist.

  23. Aggressive_Radish_13 Avatar

    A chocolatier and a tap dancer.

  24. intheclouds82 Avatar

    Professional Baseball player😎

  25. leahveah Avatar

    An interior designer

  26. yourvulgarvoyeur Avatar

    Zookeeper! Something about cuddling baby lions was a lovely thought.

  27. goddess_venatrix Avatar

    a magician, a doctor and a painter. lmao

  28. Odd_Tie8409 Avatar

    Lepidopterist

  29. Mediocre-Chemical957 Avatar

    Forensic investigator.

    I watched a lot of CSI with my dad

  30. No-Replacement40 Avatar

    A cat. Still do tbh.

  31. jamessprocket48 Avatar

    A professional baseball player until I realized that just because you’re better than you’re incredibly unathletic friends doesn’t mean you’re good. 

  32. Raff311 Avatar

    A train conductor

  33. XtraTQ Avatar

    Running back in the NFL. Man was I clueless.

  34. userlacksaname Avatar

    I wanted to be a model. And the fact that I wasn’t skinny, tall or pretty didn’t seem like an obstacle

  35. bellluriel Avatar

    Found a workbook from kindergarten once where I had written (pretty illegibly but you could tell I meant) “washing machine” under this question

  36. skulltzel Avatar

    An elementary teacher

  37. Fatbeard2024 Avatar

    A baller shot caller

  38. imsorriee Avatar

    A singer 😅

  39. a1-chai Avatar

    A rocket scientist 🪐

  40. Silvaria928 Avatar

    A famous astronomer, the next Carl Sagan.

    Didn’t work out that way but my love of all things astronomy and space-related is still going strong.

  41. Keefer1970 Avatar

    I wanted to be a cartoonist.

  42. Ok_Variation5463 Avatar

    A bear. If you ask my husband, he would say that I have succeeded! 🤣

  43. rownin9111 Avatar

    Baseball player. For the Red Sox.

  44. Useful_Book8587 Avatar

    Elementary school teacher, nothing I just wanted to have fun, P.E. teacher for elementary school, Nothing again I wanted to exercise every single day, Fire fighter

  45. thewitch-kingscat Avatar

    Vampire Ballerina… I didn’t become either of them, unfortunately.

  46. Ladythinbeard Avatar

    A vet, then a doctor. Realised I was shit at math and science though so became a solicitor.

  47. GarbageManKnows69 Avatar

    Paleontologist/Archeologist.

  48. Level_Fun1610 Avatar

    I wanted to be an artist. Mostly because as a child, I was told often that it was the only thing I was good at.

  49. RUS_Behemoth38 Avatar

    When I was four, I for some reason wanted to work at landfill… I was a weird kid

  50. HighKey-Anonymous Avatar

    A singer in a band and fashion designer. I wanted to design the stage outfits my band would wear and also open a store/brand—

  51. Last-Surprise4262 Avatar
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  53. EmotionalSupportSub Avatar

    A fashion designer… My brand launches this year!:)

  54. CT_5555fives Avatar

    A vacuum cleaner… like the actual object

  55. MJsLoveSlave Avatar

    A Teacher.

    but with the way kids act now my class would be Hell in a Cell every day.

  56. Chunk_Cheese Avatar

    A fighter pilot

  57. ndividual5414 Avatar

    Honest to God at 7 I wanted to work at Kmart because I loved the stuff they sold. 

    I actually got hired at my dream Kmart but didn’t end up taking the position. 

    Dream big kids

  58. Top_Connection5514 Avatar

    Kim Possible but also a rockstar at the same time

  59. airborne_54 Avatar

    Sports agent, specifically for NBA players. Nothing has changed… I just settled as an accountant for a forklift company lol

  60. cfoyt Avatar

    Waitress/ Cowgirl

  61. schnauzersisters Avatar

    An accountant, a therapist, a construction worker, a teacher

  62. wutthefrak Avatar

    a marine biologist

  63. houseofmatt Avatar

    I wanted to be a writer. I still do.

  64. follow_Chirst Avatar

    A power ranger.

  65. chronicillylife Avatar

    Oddly, a pharmacist. I thought the drug packaging in little containers was fun. Oh and the compounding of creams. Idk why my ambitions as a child were odd. I feel weird that I didn’t wanna be a ballerina or something lol.

  66. Any_Assumption_2023 Avatar

    I started telling everyone I was going to be an artist when I was about two. A professional artist. It was all I ever wanted to be. My mother said I couldn’t do that but it would be a good hobby. 

    I was always looking for ways to sell art, (I started making jewelry in my mid teens) and all my teachers told me I was going to have to teach. 

    After my first husband and I divorced( he thought art was a nice little hobby), I started doing wall murals and hand painted furniture through an antique store . I did that, and stained glass, professionally for almost 30 years. 

    I’m retired now and paint for my own pleasure. 

    You were right, mom. It’s a good hobby. 

  67. MegaZombieMegaZombie Avatar

    A tv cameraman or a cement truck driver.

  68. bobisz Avatar

    Bryan Adams

  69. hippiechick725 Avatar

    I wanted to be the custodian when I was in elementary school.

    I thought the cart with all the supplies and tools was the coolest thing ever.

  70. Slytherinherbologist Avatar

    As a toddler a fire truck was the dream. Then as a kid I wanted to be a marine biologist specializing in great white sharks migratory habits. As a teen I wanted to run a record store/bakery. Now it’s just what ever helps pay the bills

  71. lunatriss Avatar

    A veterinarian.

  72. swedishpuppy Avatar

    A spy or professional skier.

  73. thepoptartkid47 Avatar

    A Starfleet captain or a priest.

    Then I learned we were Catholic and girls weren’t allowed to be priests, and also Starfleet wasn’t real…

  74. jamlopz Avatar

    A doctor. My mom told me I was too ambitious. Dashed my hopes real quick.

  75. lucky-black-cat-13 Avatar

    A paleontologist. I still kinda want to be one

  76. Maggie_cat Avatar

    I wanted to be a vet.

    I became a therapist.

  77. Vagabond21 Avatar

    Pro wrestler, but at 32, I want to be able to walk at 40

  78. Nenoshka Avatar

    Ballerina.

    Too sort though and no inherent skills.

  79. sleepsham Avatar

    Food journalist

  80. The_Sad_In_Sysadmin Avatar

    I was inches away from playing in the NBA. Too bad I stopped growing at 5′ 9″.

  81. RadiumGlow20 Avatar

    Art teacher and then an archeologist then a horse trainer then a physical therapist then a tattoo artist. Now I do tech stuff lol. I still want to be an archeologist. Maybe someday…

  82. 306heatheR Avatar

    A professional dancer. I had a few good years as one.

  83. eatzen13-what Avatar

    A Temptation or a Supreme. Stay with me here lol I was about five when one of my grandparents retired. I didn’t know what that meant so when the adults explained it to me I had this lightbulb moment! One day they would have to retire and then I could do that job 😂 I had high ambitions!

  84. Economy_Jeweler_7176 Avatar

    Architect/city planner. 20yrs later it worked out 👍

    For the most part it’s of course not what I thought it would be when I was 7– but, in some ways, it actually is. No regrets

  85. chicahot543 Avatar

    I also really liked and wanted to be a professional WWE wrestler as a character like the undertaker.

  86. TraditionalLadder473 Avatar

    An inventor. I watched gremlins several time as a child and the toothpaste toothbrush multi tool thing inspired me.

  87. komuki Avatar

    A scientist

  88. cantwaitforthis Avatar

    I wanted to be a comedic actor – but at age 10 I always told people I wanted to be a caterpillar when I grow up – I was a weird kid.

    Now I’m a weird adult lol.

  89. ChubbyTheCakeSlayer Avatar

    Veterinarian.
    I remember being in preschool and saying I wanted to be a vet. I did one year studying to be a vet tech. It wasn’t for me. I guess I wanted to be friends with them more than opening them up…

  90. username12457801 Avatar

    An Olympian champion in gymnastics 😂

  91. Tower-Union Avatar

    > At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since.

    Salvador Dali.

  92. innybellybutton Avatar

    I wanted to be an fighter pilot

  93. Any-Self2072 Avatar

    A lawyer because my parents told me I’d be good at that. It wasn’t until later in life I realised it was a snark comment at how many questions I asked and my difficulty in going along with things that didn’t make sense to me.

  94. Most-Way2363 Avatar

    I first wanted to be a veterinarian, but then I didn’t want to think about animals being hurt, so… then, I wanted to be a Chemist, so I could make things explode. Then I wanted to be a teacher, and now I’m an aspiring actress.

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  96. _anne_shirley Avatar

    A famous softball player

  97. Fiona_12 Avatar

    A nurse, but then I realized I can’t stand the sight of blood or seeing people in pain. Not even on TV! By the time I was 12, I knew I wanted to be an accountant, and I am.

  98. Rikikoshi Avatar

    I wanted to be Fireman👨‍🚒👨‍🚒

  99. BeachLVR82 Avatar
  100. WorldSuccessful1441 Avatar

    Teacher or YouTuber
    (🤭😂)

  101. BeachLVR82 Avatar

    Safe, Happy & Healthy

  102. Icy-Conflict6671 Avatar

    A ton of different stuff that im too embarrassed too admit here. The only one that isnt ridiculous is Anthropologist which i settled on at 8. Only issue is i dont have the money or the ability to go through school without getting upset