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.
After living in Southern California, then moving up to Oregon, I was amazed with Snow. My teacher at my Preschool what I wanted to be when I was older, I told her I wanted to be a Snowman.
Stephanie
When I was younger, my babysitter told me that I could me anything I wanted to be when I grew up. I was rather attached to anything Disney at the time and desperately wanted to be Snow White or Sleeping Beauty, but definitly Jasmine. My babysitter couldn't convince me otherwise.
Maho
when i was in preschool i thought i could be a cat when i grew up
When I was very little (about 5) I believed with every fibre of my being that at the age ten you could turn into any animal of your choosing. I guess by ten I knew it wasn't really true but the let down was incredible.
Jody
When I was in first grade the teacher was going around the room asking everyone what they wanted to be when they grew up. The kid next to me said when he grew up he wanted to be a robot.
"You can be anything you want to be" Well, when I was about 2 or 3 I literally wanted to be a trashtruck. Not the trashperson, the truck. Every Thursday I would run to the window just to watch the trashtruck do its thing. heh
Future trashtruck
As a small kid, I was told the usual thing of "when you grow up, you can be anything you want to be", so i decided that I was going to grow up to be a bird. I was quite disappointed when I found out this was pretty unlikely to happen...
Bojangles
When I was three I wanted to be a giraffe when I grew up ('cause they are big)...Unsurprisingly it never happened.
The Forum Idiot
When I was about 4, I thought everyone got pocket money (sorry if that's just a British term - it means 'allowance') from their parents all their lives. My teacher asked the class what we wanted to be when we grew up, and I said "The queen, because she gets a lot of pocket money".
Leah, England
When people asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up I would alway say "rabbit" or some type of animal. I used to think if you acted like an animal you could turn into one!
Bridget
When I was young, I began pondering what I wanted to be when I grew up. I decided that I did not want to be a doctor, lawyer, or even The President. I wanted to be a toaster oven! For many years when adults would ask, "What to you want to be when you grow up?" I'd inform them that I wanted to pursue a career as a toaster oven. My mother, who no doubt dreaded that question, would cringe, turn bright red, and often times hurry me away from the stunned people. Sadly, I never became a toaster oven, but here's hoping for the future!
SA
When I was little I was always told that I could be whatever I wanted to be when I grew up. I took this very literally and told my Mother and sister that when I grew up I wanted to be a horse. I still hear about this story whenever family comes over. It haunts me to this day.
Anastasia
My friend (whose name shall from here on be "Janet") at the age of 5 was convinced that she was going to grow up and become a bumblebee. She believed this all the way into second grade, when she asked her teacher when they were going to start flying lessons.
I still tease her about that sometimes...
Xornia
When I was 6 I wanted to be a Barbie Doll when I grew up. I practiced the words my "talking Barbie" would say until I had them memorised, and I wore my moms pointy toed shoes everywhere (I even painted them hot pink once-washable, thankfully). I was in third grade before I realised Barbies were NOT people too.
Ironicaly-Barbara
When I was about 4 I used to want to be a dolfin when I grew up.
Baylie 8yrs old
I used to believe that when we grow up, for jobs, we'd turn into animals. I never wanted to be a balet dancer or a doctor...I wanted to be a kitten or a polar bear!!
Leno Bergen
when I was younger I thought when you were older you could be anything you wanted, I told people when I grew up I was going to be a tree
purplefish
When asking my kid sister (age 6) what she wanted to be when she grew up, she replied scientist, I replied with "what kind of scientist" and she says " A MAD Scientist!!!" Haha cute kid
Natalie
When I was about five I believed that if I wished hard enough I could grow up to be an Oompa-Loompa (the little orange guys from Willy Wonka) My little brother believed he could be a rainbow.
Sparesmom
once when i was a kid someone asked me what i wanted to be when i grew up. i thought about it and decided i wanted to be a horse and believed for years that i would... right.
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