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As a kid, what did you want to grow up to be?
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nurse and still do (:
An architect
A teacher and that is what I am now, :)
Doctor
A Robot.
I went through many phases of what I wanted to be. When I was very, very young, I wanted to be a paleontologist (along with every other 5 -year-old, of course). Then once I started taking piano lessons, I wanted to be a concert pianist. Then when I was in my teens, I wanted to be a novelist. All very realistic options. Seriously, though, what did you want to be?
Oh, seriously now is it? Well, when I was small I wanted to be a scientist. What exactly I meant by that is hard to describe. I knew that scientists worked with strange chemicals and exotic glassware and that was probably all I could have really told you. If you'd tried to pin me down as to what a 'scientist' does I would probably have equivocated but ultimately produced some vague statement about "inventing things".
Later, when I was 12 or so, I was convinced that I wanted to join the army. This should hardly be surprising given my interests at the time. That idea persisted for quite a while, though (perhaps unfortunately) not long enough to actually do so.
Male, >50 years, Domestically Partnered, NC, US | Dec 22, 2011
Male, >50 years, Domestically Partnered, NC, US | Dec 22, 2011
random note: something amuses me about the term 'domestically partnered'. It's so clunky that it sounds like it's a state being differentiated from 'savagely partnered'.
Male, >50 years, Domestically Partnered, NC, US | Dec 22, 2011
Male, >50 years, Domestically Partnered, NC, US | Dec 22, 2011
A politician. Worst idea ever. What was I thinking.
Female, 41-50 years, Dating, Bi | Dec 22, 2011
Female, 41-50 years, Dating, Bi | Dec 22, 2011
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FBI agent
Psychologist, photographer, backup dancer
A rock star
Astronaut
an entomologist, i was a precocious child
A clown when I was really young. And then a professional wrestler.
Like my dad, a police officer
A witch
when I was really little I told my mom that I wanted to be a psychiatrist. I'm not sure if I knew what the word actually meant
Male, 36-40 years, Dating, MD, US | Dec 14, 2011
Male, 36-40 years, Dating, MD, US | Dec 14, 2011
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A drawing teacher, then architect, then i want to be interior designer, chef,now i wanna be a billionarist!
