When I grow up...
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When I grow up...
| Fri, 08-08-2003 - 3:06pm |
I was just wondering...how does your current life compare to what you dreamt of as a young person? I realize that most of us don't become what we wanted to be as a kid but I'm wondering how far on or off the mark some of us are...
When I was young I wanted to be a lawyer. Probably because I thought it was cool to be in a court room and jump up, yelling passionately "Objection!" I always assumed I'd have kids, and I guess I assumed I'd have a husband (though I never really thought about that part too much) and I definitely thought I'd be rich. I was just convinced that I was the type of person who was destined to be rich and famous. I even made a bet with my stepbrother when we were 12 that I'd be a lawyer by the time I was 23. Well, three years ago I had to fork over two whole dollars b/c he won the bet...I'm not a lawyer but a student/aspiring writer.
So what about you all?
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Jenna
Instead, I met my DH in college (where I still lived at home.) We decided to get married, so I stayed home to save money until we got married. Never really live completely on my own.
I figured I'd be a teacher or a nurse or some and would be married to a guy who made enough money to give me the "choice" to stay home or work. When DH & I were getting serious and he was a music major, it was a shock for me to realize I'd probably have to work all my life.
OH Well, I'm still happy!
I wanted to be able to drive to school so bad, I begged to drive that ugly station wagon. But dad wouldn't let me. He thought it was too big for me to handle (or didn't want my driving that much, I don't know.)
When I hear kids today say they wouldn't be caught dead driving the mini-van or the family car, I think, "I would have driven ANY car as long as I could have driven instead of taking the city bus everywhere."
Well, then there came other dreams, other goals and none of it came true, noooo, when you least expect it, luck will hit ya once and you don't have to worry bout a thing anymore, that's pretty much what happened to us. (i got married in between and we have a 5 year old).
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