What did child you think your parents did for a job?

[Leecallaghanexcoppull]

something for myself

I thought my mum was a prostitute…. I had a very weird childhood!! She was in fact a barmaid.

My dad was a plumber.

Children thought I ran the hospital. (Ward Clark)
Dad was a footballer. Only because he played 5 a side after work on a Friday night when they were allowed to stay up until he got home at 7pm.
(They were aged 6 and 4)

My grandchildren think I'm a doctor. (GP receptionist)
And granddad OWNS the council. (Highways)

My brother told people my dad was a fork lift truck driver (he wasn't but it sounded more exciting than his actual job).

This made me laugh. Yep I was thought to run an organisation I worked at, though I was in fact right at the bottom of the ladder.

My parent was a teacher, so a pretty easy concept for child me to understand. In fact, they were my teacher in years 7 and 9.

It wasn’t a secret, Dad worked driving a forklift in a large local factory and Mum was a housewife.

What does ‘something for myself’ mean?

Mum - sahm

Dad - something mysterious in electronics that he never talked to us about. Long after his death I did eventually find out what it was, but I can't tell you.

My father worked for a newspaper.

For years, I thought his job was to sign Christmas Cards. We used to have an annual December trip to the office continuing on to see the Christmas lights, and there was always a huge pile of cards he would be signing!

I knew exactly what my parents did for work. Why wouldn't you?

I thought my father drove airplanes into hangars. He worked at HO of an airline at the airport.