Lesley Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 What did you want to be when you grew up? Did you become something completely different? I can't remember ever wanting to be anything in particular when I was younger and after a complicated route through quite a few jobs I became a part-qualified Accountant (married to a fully qualified Accountant/Tax Specialist) - well, it pays the mortgage ......I now know that my forte would have been - Forensic Science. Too late to change at my age but I can enjoy reading about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 I wanted to be a nurse from a very young age which must have come from long hospital stays as a little girl. I did it too! Ask Dan, he's got the photos!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 I can remember writing an essay when I was eight - I wanted to be a vet or a ballet dancer (not a girly dream - my mother was in the Royal Ballet so I wanted to do that). I actually had a place at Teacher Training College after my A levels, but met a man, fell in love and didnt want to leave him. Luckily we are still happy after 16 years of marriage (ahh!). Now I just want to be self sufficient with an eco house (but not a compost toilet....) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted November 8, 2005 Author Share Posted November 8, 2005 I'd love a compost toilet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 So would I!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 I suppose I got put off them in Finland when we were dog sledging. They were, er, rather full and the snow around them wasnt really pristine white Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola H Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 I wanted to be a photographer but when I left school at 15 I didn't have enough O-levels to get on the course........So I became a Dental Nurse until I met Jeff and he encouraged me to go back to college and I finally realised my dream and became a Commercial photographer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 good on you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 Can't really remember what I wanted to be - probably a vet, though! Been loads of things in the past (including a pain in the a**e!). Went to art college, worked for Daler-Rowney - art suppliers, was a make-up artist, worked in marketing and recruitment, moved up to Banbury from London, more recruitment for a business training centre in Oxford, business development manager in export, then what I do now - office manager for a firm of construction consultants. Suits me fine - 5 mins from home and great people. Most importantly I am a mummy That's it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleata Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 i wanted to be a vet, but after a small 1 week corse, i couldnt bear to see hurt/ sick animals. i loe the science part, but just watching animal hospital makes me sob. so im a purchasing manager for a fastener and fixing company. geat tho i get paid to spend money woo!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 (edited) Forgot to say that I'd really like to be a midwife or a landscape gardener. Edited November 8, 2005 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 I wanted to be a nurse from a very young age which must have come from long hospital stays as a little girl. I did it too! Ask Dan, he's got the photos!!! Yes but does a kiss-a-gram nurse really count?! You promised not to tell anyone, Dan !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 I20 years on the railway (I know! I don't look old enough)!!! You must have been in short trousers when you joined, Dan Did you have the same shirt then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freerange Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 Now I just want to be self sufficient with an eco house (but not a compost toilet....) DS's ambition is to build his own eco house, complete with compost toilet. Mine was to be a forensic psychologist, but I somehow ended up being a pensions loss assessor trainer before having the girls. Now I'm a sling & nappy expert ( both designing & selling) so couldn't really be more different than what I'd epected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 More like a "funny turn"!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 When I was younger I wanted to be a soldier and drive a tank. Being a farmer also crossed my mind. Ended up as a clerical assistant, mum, childminder and now a dinner lady in that order. Being a mum is best job in the world but the hours are "Ooops, word censored!"py and the pay diabolical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 More like a "funny turn"!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted November 8, 2005 Author Share Posted November 8, 2005 I wanted to be a nurse from a very young age which must have come from long hospital stays as a little girl. I did it too! Ask Dan' date=' he's got the photos!!![/quote'] Yes but does a kiss-a-gram nurse really count?! You promised not to tell anyone, Dan !! Forgot to ask - you are still okay for Christmas Eve aren't you? You know I was hoping that you might do a turn for my Birthday... Dan, she's progressed to a pole now - doesn't do her dodgy hips any good you know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 I use the pole to stay upright ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted November 8, 2005 Author Share Posted November 8, 2005 Not the booze again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cinnamon Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 Here is what I wanted to be, & the reasons it did not happen Model - too short,too round Lyracist - not enough imagination.probably decided to be lyracist in my "New Romantic years".NEVER base a career on a youthful whim! Writer - Prefer reading to writing.Prefer listening to reading. journalist - Yes, I am nosey enough but I would have a problem upsetting people In the Army - FAR too lazy So I became a mum,who does accounts for her Husbands company Not a bad choice,really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 (edited) Looks like I might have had a career as a lyracist after all! Edited November 8, 2005 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 I wanted to be a singer/actress when I was very young, then a forensic scientist, then - by my early teens - I wanted to be a lawyer. And that's what I am. I would only give up the law if I won shed loads of money (which nearly happened last week when our syndicate at work got 5 numbers - so near yet so far! ) or if I could make a healthy living from writing. I started to write a book. Have written about one quater of it. I am going to try and carry on with it this winter and send to publishers etc. i don't believe any rubbish people say about writing novels only for themselves - I don't think a novel is finished until it has been read by someone (other than the author)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 Just read that back and it sounded a bit materialistic and it wasn't intended to sound that way - honest!! I LOVE the law and am really passionate about it and that's the only reason I would only give it up for shed loads of money (although I'd still end up doing pro bono) or writing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
