This section contains beliefs all on a common theme: You can be literally anything you want - animal, vegetable or mineral. Show most recent or highest rated first or go back to work.
As a really young little girl I used to tell people that I wanted to be a flower when I grew up. I just wasn't sure what color I wanted to be. When I was finally told that I couldn't be a flower I decided I would be Tarzan instead.
JW
When I was 5, I wanted to be a bunny rabbit when I grew up.
Carrie
When my friend (honest) was little, she wanted to be a fire engine when she grew up... Well she is pretty hot!
When I was little, my family was talking about cars and my dad asked me what kind of car I wanted when I was older. I said, "I want a cloud car!" (from Care Bears...)
I also wanted to be a mermaid when I grew up.
Still waiting for that cloud car...
A kid at in the bunk I'm councillor for this summer has told us all many times that when he grows up, he's going to be a trian.
Oops!
My friend desided in kindergarden that she would be a door when she grew up.
Oops!
When I was around 5, I thought that we all grew up to be animals. I told my Mom that I was going to be a horse. You see, I believed my Dad when he told me I had horse's blood in me. (Never mind the fact that my parents were grown up and THEY hadn't turned into animals)
Peggy
When I was about 4 I believed that when I grew up I would turn into a boy and become batman.
I also walked around with a plastic batman mask until it literally fell apart.
Cappy
As a child my parents always encouaged me, saying that I could be whatever I wanted to be when I grew up. I was amazed by this and thought about it for a long time. When people asked what I wanted to be, I'd answer, proudly, a tiger!
I knew our cats had it so much better than my parents. They got petted and didn't have to work. But I wanted to be bigger and meaner so I could bite my little brother. I thought after I finished high school I would be able to turn into a tiger.
Tigergirl
When I was younger I thought humans could turn into anything, so when I was asked what I wanted to be when I grew up I said a gold fish.
Little Girl at Heart
When I was little I thought that when you grew up you could become an animal for your job. I wanted to be a seal.
TurkeyLover
When I was about 4 or 5 years old, I was in Kindergarten and my teacher was asking all of us what we wanted to be when we grew up. Everyone was saying Doctor, Ballerina, Fireman ect. until I stood up proudly and said "I want to be a Tiger!" All my class mates started chuckling and my teacher said to me "You can't be a tiger. You are a human.' I looked her straight in the eye and said 'My dad said I can be anything I want to be, and people who say I can't, grew up to be nobodies!'
I never understood why my classmates kept laughing at me after that.
When my sister was little, whenever someone asked her what she wanted to be when she grew up, she'd tell them, very seriously, a bird.
Jitka
One of the teachers at my school admitted that when he was little he wanted to be a rabbit when he grew up!
Stephenie
When I was younger I wanted to be a ghost when I grew up just like Casper.
Mandy
Sad enough, i used to believe i could be a dinosaur when i grew up for a job.
Relix
i used think that when i would grow up that i could become a cat if i wanted to.
may ray
I used to believe if you didn't want to have a job, you could be an animal because my dad told me he wanted to be a zebra(he's a geoligist). So I wanted to be a cat and I would walk around like one and wear cat ears all the time. I even had a name-Princess Kitty Cat. Its the name in all my picture books.
Amberjack
Like lots of other people, when I was little, I was told I could be whatever I wanted. At six years old, I was asked what I wanted to be. I said Wednesday Addams.
At least it was an improvement, at four, I wanted to be a pickle when I grew up.
Pickle Girl Erika.
My brother, about age 3, insisted that when he grew up, he would become a fish. Me and my sister would say "No, you cant be a fish. You can be a Cop or Fireman, but you can't be a fish." and he said "Yes I can. I can be anything I want, so I'll be a fish, a blue fish and swim and blow bubbles all day." It took him about 3-4 years to realize he couldn't be a fish.
beth
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