He said, "Son when you grow up, would you be the saviour of the broken, the beaten...

I wanted to be a professional soccer player, an actress, and a professional clarinet player. Basically, if I was doing an extra-curricular activity at school, I wanted to do it forever. I went to a small school so I could do literally every extra-curricular activity they offered in one year and that made me feel like I could multitask.

My parents didn't have anything in particular they wanted for me, so long as it involved a college education. My mom has always been very adamant that I never depend on a man for money. No matter how respectful, loving, and reliable he is, I must always be able to fend for myself. At first I was too young to understand what she was saying, but now that I am a grown up attempting to live on my own, I get it. Even if I marry a billionaire I will keep that particular promise to the best of my ability.

I wanted to work with animals or in animation, but I mostly wanted to be a mommy so I didn't want to put a bunch of effort into a career just to quit.

My mother never expressed a desire for me to be anything in particular--she's one of those extra good moms who just wants me to be safe and happy, no matter what that means. My dad wanted me to be a politician, but he didn't push for it.

I wanted to be a journalist. My dad wanted me to make money. smurfed up on both fronts!

I wanted to be an inventor, but I got my "smart guy" terms mixed up and told everybody I wanted to be a professor.

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Originally Posted by ShlupQuack

My mother never expressed a desire for me to be anything in particular--she's one of those extra good moms who just wants me to be safe and happy, no matter what that means. My dad wanted me to be a politician, but he didn't push for it.

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Same on both counts. At least I think that's what my dad wanted. They both encouraged creative expression though, but they were never like *DISAPPOINT* about any of our choices.

I wanna say I rotated from Soldier, to Fighter Pilot, to Lawyer, to Architect, to Photographer. Somehow, I ended up a Helicopter Mechanic for the Army. I'd like to think that I just mashed up my first two choices, but that'd pretty much be BS, I just kinda ended up here aimlessly.