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.
When I was younger, whenever someone asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I said that I was going to be the Little Mermaid. And yet while I still thought that, I nearly drowned in my friend's pool one day and still expected to be the Little Mermaid.
Iliana
My uncle used to believe that he would grow up to be a fire engine or a tiger.
If only...
Josh Y.
When my parents said "You Can Be Whatever You Want When You Grow Up." I thought that I could become the Lion King.
Wonderkid
When I first started school we played a game where we had to pretend to be anything we wanted. The other kids in the class understood that this meant what job they would like to do when they were older. I simply took 'anything' literally and proudly told my teacher that I wanted to be a unicorn when I grew up O_o; This led to teasing all through primary school about me wanting to be different animals when I was older.
Natski
when i was little i wanted to grow up to be a blue robot, and my brother wanted to be a helicopter.But my sister wanted to be a doctor .( we didnt like her that well)
Peter
When I was in preschool, in England (at the tender age of four), the teacher was talking to us about what we wanted to be when we grew up. There was the usual- fireman, policeman, etc etc. When it came to my turn, i said "I want to be a pony!" Haha! (As in those ponies from My Little Pony)
Enj
When my sister was younger, she used to tell us she wanted to be a lightbulb when she grew up. A few years later, we told our youngest sister this and she said she wanted to be the refridgerator and my sister could be the light bulb in her.
Meg
When my parents told me that I could be anything I wanted when I grew older, I took it non-job wise. I really thought that I would turn into a dog later on, because thats what I wanted to be! I even peed behind the couch, practicing...
SAMANDMAU
When I was asked what I wanted to be when I grew up here were some of my answers:
an ambulence
a princess
a lady
a wedding girl
a grown up
Silly Laura
When my best friend's younger sister was around three years old, her family was having dinner with the preacher. Trying to make conversation with the kids, the preacher asked them both what they wanted to be when they grew up. The younger sister proudly replied, "A toothbrush!". She thought that would be the perfect occupation, because you got to be very useful to people but you only had to work three times a day. My friend swears that's the only time she ever heard her preacher laugh.
When I was little I thought I could actually BE Elvis when I grew up, I used to sing hound dog and Jail house rock, I thought "All I need now is Elvis hair"
Sarah
when I was 4 I thought you could be ANYTHING when you grew up. One day my mom asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up and I said I wanted to be a toad. After a while I got tired of that idea and decided to be a rock.
not telling you
I used to believe you could literally be "anything" when you grew up. So when people asked, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" I told them what, after long deliberation, I had decided to be:
"A horse."
Charlotte Avant
When I was told in kindergarten that I could be anything when I grew up, I wanted to be an "octopus" but instead of a tentacled creature, I was thinking of a fox.
Mark Cidade
A friend of mine wanted to be a mermaid when she grew up. The scary thing was she beleived she could becoem a mermaid until she was 13
When I was little, my parents told me that I could be anything I wanted when I grew up. I decided that I wanted to be a toaster.
When I was 5 and my mom used to tell me I could be anything I wanted to be when I grew up I took this literally and all I wanted to be was a crocodile.....
Colin M
when i was little my parents used to say i could be whatever i wanted to be when i was older..so i used to want to be a dog:P
When I was about 3 or 4, my destiny was to become a cash register. Then my mom told me I couldn't be a cash register, and I got very, very mad. So I sat down, thought a bit, and decided I wanted to be a fire hydrent instead. Yes, a fire hydrent, and not a fireman.
When she went to explain that one to me, I plugged my ears, and ran around in circles humming.
Cat
For some unknown reason when my little sister was about three she wanted to be a fish finger when she grew up (dont ask).
Shane
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