CONFESS!!! When you were 6, what did u say u wanted to be when u grow up?

[LynneSin]

Me, I wanted to be an Astronomer because I loved looking at the stars. I mean, I actually knew what the word was.

What was your dream job when you were 6 years old????!!!!!

[jobycom]

1. Spiderman! Or Jack Lalane, because of Happy.

I never achieved either.

[Zeke]

16. Playboy...

Hugh Hefner, but I failed.

[ewagner]

2. Captain of a Coast Guard Cutter

Save lives, arrest bad guys etc...wear a really neat uniform!


<sigh>

What's become of us?

[tishaLA]

3. I wanted to be LynneSin's white ass

cause it was getting kissed all the time

[LynneSin]

4. I HAVE BUTTOCKS....NOT AN ASS

There is a difference!!!!

[tishaLA]

22. I'm sorry. Buttocks then.

eom

[phillybri]

5. Baseball player for the Phillies....

:-)

[LynneSin]

8. When I was 8, I wanted to play for the Cincinnati Reds

Of course I'm a girl - so I was hoping I'd be the first woman to play in the MLB. I had such a crush on Johnny Bench!!! :loveya:

[Bertha Venation]

33. and I, for the California Angels

sigh... dreams are wonderful, and memories of dreams are just as good.

[carols]

69. A meteorologist

for real :-)
Carol

[Bertha Venation]

6. A parachuter.

I remember a "career day" when I was 5th grade. There were boxes of cards for students to read about their chosen future profession. I went to the teacher because I couldn't find any cards about jumping out of airplanes wearing a parachute.

She directed me to the "SOLDIER" card, but then said "I don't think they let girls do that. What about 'NURSE'or 'TEACHER?'"

[eyesroll]

7. I wanted to sing!

Everyone who has ever heard me sing knows how terrible an idea that was.

[Catch22Dem]

9. Pilot

Like me gramps. :)

[jimbo fett]

31. Me, too. My grampa was known as the "Flying Preacher."

He'd fly to little towns in Oklahoma and preach.

[nini]

10. My sister wanted to be a 'Cigarette Lady'..

Hers is funnier.. I wanted to be a vet - as in animal doctor.

My sister thought those Cigarette Ladies in those old movies were pretty cool. We still tease her about it.

[Fleshdancer]

11. The 2nd female President of the United States.

I couldn't fathom the idea that we wouldn't have a first female President by the time I was old enough to become Prez. My idealism started young.

[frylock]

12. racecar driver..

I'm still holding on to that dream. If only I had the disposable income required to finance such a venture.

[supernova]

13. A writer

I wrote a Vietnam story, believe it or not. Still trying to be one actually. :D

[Philostopher]

62. Me, too, Supernova.

Although I'm sure I didn't want to be a hack writer who couldn't write a plot to save her life, but you know how that goes, probably, in some sense or other.

I also wanted to be a veterinarian. Now, I volunteer at an animal shelter and write as a hobby, so I'm probably never going to make a living at either thing -- I don't really have the talent to be a successful writer, and I don't have the patience to finish the schooling required to be a vet. But I at least make an effort to do things that give me some of what I wanted back then, so it's not all bad!

[catmandu57]

14. A cowboy

Hey it was 1963

[beyurslf]

15. A fireman.

[On the Road]

17. According to My Aunt

when I was two or three I said I wanted to be a "thinker". I believe my idea was that I would sit in an office, people would come and ask me questions, and I would answer them. Kind of like a consultant.

[Nomad559]

18. A Pilot or an Astronaut

What do I do now ... Automotive Mechanic

A friend of mine driving my 69 Mustang

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Lasso of Truth

[Piperay]

19. "Dress" designer

I loved to draw pictures of dresses, was always interested in fashion. Oh well...yet another dream that never became a reality. :-( :shrug:

[kskiska]

96. I used to do that, too. There was a comic book – Katy Keene

where readers could submit their own designs and get a credit at the bottom of the comic strip. My girlfriend and I would draw fashions by the hour, specializing in evening and bridal gowns, hoping that Katy Keene would wear our fashions.

[corporatewhore]

20. An Astronaut or a double agent

[Alenne]

21. A veteran but I meant a veterinarian

I always got them confused. One day I realized I was afraid of animals I didn't know. It's not good for a veterinarian to be afraid of animals.

[beawr]

23. A Beatle

I thought being a Beatle was a job you could simply get.

[VOX]

24. An actor, and/or a pitcher for the L.A. Dodgers...

I thought I could do both -- act a little bit, then show up at the stadium and put the game on ice with my blazing fastball.

Hey, whey you're a kid, anything's possible! :toast:

[indigo32]

25. Was gonna own a Pizza Parlor

by the time I was ten I was gonna be Barbra Streisand

[SOteric]

26. An astronaut, an artist, or a writer.

[Logansquare]

27. cowgirl or zoologist

.

[catmandu57]

40. Even zoologists get the blues sometimes

Sorry couldn't resist.

[Logansquare]

88. Heh, now if I only looked more like Uma Thurman n/t

.

[LWolf]

28. A writer.

I wanted to write books.

[phaseolus]

29. A grammar/spelling nerd who knows that "Y-O-U" has 3 letters

Sorry. Pet peeve.

Anyway, one of my classmates & I were going to be sportscar-driving neurosurgeons with a thriving practice in Hawaii.

Last thinkg I heard he was managing an aluminum foundry in Tennessee or Kentucky or some place. I'm designing electrical controls back home in Wisconsin.

[SOteric]

36. "thinkg?"

[LynneSin]

39. I had to abbreviate in order to fit the subject line

so sue me

:shrug:

[scarlet_owl]

30. I wanted to be a waitress or a cashier. No joke.

Two dreams I have since fulfilled.

[proud patriot]

32. First professional female football punter

:hi:

[Amaya]

34. I wanted to be a Nun

I went to Catholic school for a while... I suppose that's why :shrug:

[kskiska]

75. I wanted to be a nun, too

Lots of us did back in the 50s. We went to catechism class every week and were attracted by the outfit, I think, which was similar to a bride's outfit, which was every little girl's goal back then. We all had bride dolls and used to tell our friends, "You're going to be my bridesmaid."

Sad to imagine today. Women had so few options then.

[trof]

35. Al Jolson

http://www.jolson.org/

I saw the movie "The Al Jolsen Story" and that's who I wanted to be.
I can actually do a pretty good Jolson.
<gets down on one knee>
Maaaamy...mah little maaaamy.
The sun shines east,
the sun shines west,
but I know where the sun shines best...

Thank you, thank you.
;-)

[LoZoccolo]

37. A comedian.

I listened to my dad's old Bill Cosby records (/Wonderfulness/, /Why Is There Air?/, and /Revenge/) and thought it was cool that it was his job to make people laugh.

[Nikia]

38. Architect

I played with blocks and thought that buildings were cool. I had a book about buildings houses, which is why I remember that I wanted to be an architect. I also had a good visual, 3d memory and concepts for a little kid. I accurately remembered and drew the lay out to the house that we moved from whn I was three, which I guess is phenomenal for a child that age. For some reason, that part of my brain quit advancing. Sometimes I feel mentally handicapped when it comes to mentally working with 3d objects that aren't in front of me.

[tom_paine]

41. Astronaut

Of course, that was before the Repigs killed the manned extraplanetary space program.

It was also before I learned that roller coasters make me puke.

:evilgrin:

[neverforget]

42. A truck driver.

[Dogmudgeon]

43. King of the Jews

Then one of the nuns reminded me I was a Roman Catholic.

--bkl

[mogadore]

44. A Used Car Salesman

With mt own lot.

[Crowdance]

45. Ballerina

I listened obsessively to a record which, I recall proclaimed: "Tina, the ballerina, the belle of gay Pareeeeeeeeeee." Who wouldn't want to be that?

[NoPasaran]

46. A railroad engineer

I guess I got half of that. I'm a television engineer, but at least there are railroad tracks next to the building.

[UrbScotty]

47. Fireman or garbage truck hauler. (nt)

[TrogL]

48. a mad scientist

The stupid thing is, technically, that's what I am.

[curse10]

49. bag lady

I thought it would be awesome collecting people's junk.

[Cleita]

50. I celebrated my sixth birthday on board a freighter ship.

I so envied the life of the merchant marines who were the crew, that I wanted to be one when I grew up. Of course, I couldn't because they didn't accept women back then.

[hyphenate]

51. Well, I asked my mom

And she couldn't tell me what I wanted to be. But based roughly on that time in my history, I probably was most likely to want to be famous, regardless of anything else. I remember my mom wanted me to be an ice skater, and I did indeed learn to skate from an Ice Capades fellow, but I remember I was never good on skates--weak ankles. I did read a lot of comic books, and was quite fond of reading Supergirl, so perhaps that would have been my choice.

[wysimdnwyg]

52. First baseman for the Dodgers

Of course, by the time I was 10, I'd already figured out THAT would never happen.

[leftofthedial]

53. a Democrat

[amazona]

54. I said I wanted to be a nurse

Girls couldn't be astronomers when I was a kid or if they could I didn't know about it.

I doubt I actually wanted to be a nurse.

One of my friends said that he was going to be a rhinoceros when he grew up. I think he was younger than six when he said that. :-)

[Spirochete]

55. Superman

or Mickey Mantle.

[Red State Rebel]

56. I wanted to be a Lady...

I was a reluctant tomboy. The youngest of 3 girls with 2 brothers, was sent outside to play with the boys. I climbed trees, played trucks, you name it but I really wanted to dress up. I loved to put on full skirted dresses of my sisters and twirl around. The older I got the more "ladylike" was able to become and I still tend to dress up more when I get the chance.

[AngryAmish]

57. Garbageman

[ProdigalJunkMail]

71. yeah...I wanted to be a garbageman, too

looked like soooo much fun riding around hangin off the back of a truck. The sad part is, if I had gone that route I would be making more money now!!!

TheProdigal

[Logansquare]

89. An acquaitance of mine worked as a garbageman

briefly right after he was out of high school. The pay was pretty good, and he liked the work when he started, which was in cool weather. But then came summer in Chicago, and he lost 20 lbs from the constant nausea.

[AlFrankenFan]

58. Vet

Or a doctor.

[chaska]

59. I clearly remember telling people that I wanted to be "The Devil."

[populistmom]

60. I wanted to be Olivia Newton John

from the time I was 6 to about 8.

[KoKo]

61. When I was six! A famous violinist or an Archaeologist. I became neither

I guess it wan't meant to be. :-)'s. BUT! I'm okay with whom I did become...so that's good! :-)'s

[jmowreader]

63. A drag racer

I was into Don Prudhomme back then.

If I was going to race today it would be Indy cars or boats, but my favorite drag racer is now John Force. John is the Sara Lee of racing: nobody doesn't like John Force. Even the guys he stomps like John Force.

[101 Proof]

64. I wanted to be an astronaut.

What male didn't when he was my age?

[MrSlayer]

65. Rock Star

From the first time I saw Ace Frehley as a 6 year old I wanted to be a rock star and 27 years later I still do.

[11 Bravo]

66. A naval aviator.

My Dad was a Navy fighter pilot, and at 6 I was sure I wanted to follow in his shoes.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

67. a farmer vet!

and i was going to live on a ranch with my best friend!

[Pithlet]

68. I wanted to be a firefighter

My favorite show at the time was Emergency! That dates me a little bit. :)

[nemo137]

70. President.

now, 11 years later, i have no idea. might do theatre, might teach, might do into law or the foreign service.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

72. Hmmm

A doctor or a fireman.

[fortyfeetunder]

73. I thought scientist would be cool

Once upon a time, early 60's ABC had a show called Discovery. (does anyone remember that?) I was hooked to that show, and thought science was cool then, I couldn't have been more than 5 or 6. Later I wanted to be a scientist and a musician. Well I got the scientist part right, the musician when I wanna be.

[foreigncorrespondent]

74. A cop.

When I was a kid, my grandfather (the only father figure I had when I was growing up) was a justice of the peace. He would serve every week on the bench at our local municiple court house. After he would finish doing his stuff, the police would always drop him off at home. Of course I would always be waiting outside, just so I could see him rock up in the cop car.

Anyway, one day, he asked the coppers if they wouldn't mind taking me for a ride in the police car, they said not at all, and decided to take me around the block with the sirens screaming, and the lights flashing. That was when I realized I wanted to be a cop.

I wasn't to live my dream though, I was too short to join the accademy.

[St. Jarvitude]

76. President

I even got a "How to grow up to be President" book for a birthday present. I'm not sure, but I think chapter 1 was "Be born into a rich, aristocratic family."

[CanuckAmok]

82. Better you at 6 than whatshisname at however old he is.

n/t

[kdmorris]

77. A gypsy

I wanted to live with the gypsies. My mom had told me they stole children when we lived in Italy (Dad was military). I "ran away" from home at 6, but the gypsies wouldn't take me. They told me to go home to my mom. I felt quite betrayed. :D

[greendog]

78. An Artist

When I was little I drew with crayons on grocery bags...I knew then what I wanted to do with my life.

I'm 45 now and work at it almost every day.

:)

[DoNotRefill]

79. a gas station attendant...just to irritate my mom.

It worked. :evilgrin:

[nyrnyr1994]

80. A priest...

I even remember telling someone on one occasion during that age that I'd be pope someday.

But I can't see that happening for another 500-600 yrs., since I'm a progressive American Catholic...

[corporatewhore]

87. when i was 12 i wanted to be a nun

now what was i thinkin

[CanuckAmok]

81. Paramedic, just like John Gage.

ah well, I'm happy where I am.

[OldEurope]

83. Architect. Or doctor.Or vet. Or something.

had a different aim every week
:hippie:

[Dover]

84. I wanted to be SEVEN!

I figured seven was heaven. I really wasn't thinking further ahead.

[corporatewhore]

85. president/vet/airforcepilot/indiana jane

[Cosmic_Latte]

86. "I wanna become an astronaut!"

But now, because of too many respiratory problems (haha, kidding.. just allergies) that would be natch. :-) Maybe a forensic scientist?

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

90. My mother insists, it was a cat.

go figure.

[corporatewhore]

97. i wanted to be the fancy feast cat and live in a mansion

at one point

[HEyHEY]

91. Retired

Seriously, I think I wanted to be a cop back then.

[Butterflies]

92. a teenager

I thought teenagers were cool, and I only got as far as deciding what to wear: mini-skirts and go-go boots. It was the 60s (obviously.)

[picus9]

93. I want ted to be a web programmer that specializes in PHP and MYSQL

Wow, 20 years later and here I am!

[WoodrowFan]

94. Paleontologist (NT)

[g_philli]

95. Mad Scientist

Not sure what i was hoping to create.