What did you want to be when you grew up?

[FoodLover36]

I wanted to be a WWE Diva.

environmental engineer, since age 10, went to the right senior schools and everything. then got stopped. oh well

A nun. I was brought up a heathen, never ever christened. Just seemed so romantic. Swishy skirts and things.

Free! Totally free! And no one would tie me down or tell me what to do or what to wear or how to behave!!

An adult.

A witch

Then an author. I wanted to be the world's youngest author too 😂

A librarian. All the books!
Then a journalist and/or a writer of books.
Briefly a marine biologist.
I am one of those things.

A ballerina.

@Justsocross

An Archaeologist no real idea why

Time Team.

A tree

Either a vet or Poirot

An air hostess.

A train (when I was very small)

A teacher when I was older - not something I've ever thought of doing as an adult - I think it just seemed more interesting than my dad's boring office job.

Now I have ... a boring office job

To be fair, as office jobs go, it has its elements of interest.

Marine biologist until about 13, then I wanted to be a family law solicitor (specifically divorce- such a joy).

Then I went to university for my law degree and realised I didn't want to be.

Ended up as a private client tax advisor (basically advising people on the tax implications of their millions- quite literally).

So still in law, just a variant of it.

An air hostess - now I'm terrified of flying

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I wanted to be Bet Lynch, I admired her for her bright red lipstick and long nails as she smoked a fag, and slammed pints on the bar

I also wanted to be a librarian because I wanted to use the noisy date stamper and plonk books around noisily a quiet library.

I also wanted to be a hairdresser and would cut my poor mother's hair, looking back I think she let me do it the day before she went to the hairdressers 😁

I'm an accountant and enjoy using a date stamper on every piece of paper that hits my desk

I had a list!

Doctor,
Ballerina,
Actress/dancer
Fashion designer
RAF fighter pilot
Royal Marine
Doctor again.

Sadly I didn't end up as any of those!

A vet.

Chose the right A level subjects, did some euro experience in a Vet’s surgery, decided I didn’t wavt to be a vet after all. A couple of years ago, I was driving a 4x4 around the Yorkshire countryside for work, I realised I was doing what I had wanted to do after all. James Herriot has a lot to answer for!!

Prison officer.

Prime minister
And a Tesco check out girl

Librarian

Translator for the UN. So sad that it didn't happen.

An archaeologist or palaeontologist. A great grandfather was a mix of the two and quite famous - think that’s where that came from.
A carpenter.
A pilot.
A musician and this was very on the cards until a swerve I still regret.

When I was small I wanted to be Clara the long distance lorry driver from Pigeon Street.

When I got older I decided I wanted to be a psychiatrist but my mum told me that was "a bit weird" so I forgot that idea. I still think I would have enjoyed it.

When I was little I variously wanted to be a hairdresser, work on a supermarket checkout (I loved the beepy scanners - if self checkout had existed when I was a child I would have been in heaven), or be prime minister.