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What do you want to be when you grow up?

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I have a son of 15, who has Down's Syndrome and numerous medical problems. I am his carer, and don't have paid employment.

Last week, he told me that his friend's dad is a postman, and asked me very seriously what I want to be when I grow up :rotfl:

The dad that was mentioned is two years younger than me (I know them quite well), and I'm almost 45, which means I qualify as a grown up I think :D

So, what do you want to be when you grow up:p?
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  • newcook
    newcook Posts: 5,001 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I want to be a mommy – only then will I consider myself as a grown-up as I will have ‘proper’ responsibilities!

    When I was little I wanted to be a policewoman as I thought you got your own horse!
  • aileth
    aileth Posts: 2,822 Forumite
    An astronaut! :D

    I wanted to be a stable-hand when I grew up. Realisation soon dawned when I was up at 4 am every morning getting paid peanuts for getting my tootsies trod on.
  • snookey
    snookey Posts: 1,128 Forumite
    What do I want to be, I dont as Im never growing up,lol.
  • I still say 'when I'm a real grown up...'

    My ambitions when younger were to study a subject I like - did that twice (BSc and MSc) and have children - guess I can tick that one too now as we are expecting our first next year!

    Currently I do a nice little office job, stability and not soul destroying! Previously I've done 3 years working in a rehab project ('life controlling issues' so substance and alcohol use/abuse, depression, eating disorders, self harm, traumatic backgrounds [abuse/ritualistic abuse] etc) and almost 2 years as a case worker for victims of human trafficking so at some point I would quite like to go back in to that kind of support role but maybe working with offenders.

    So I guess 'when I'm a [real] grown up I would like to...work with young offenders' at the minute I work in a business environment so I'm always gaining lots of knowledge alongside everything else I've learnt/picked up so I would quite like to find/develop a role working with young offenders with backgrounds similar to those I worked with in the rehab project...

    Lots of ideas but no idea how to bring it all together at the moment!
    ************************************
    Daughter born 26/03/14
    Son born 13/02/21
  • daisiegg
    daisiegg Posts: 5,395 Forumite
    A writer and an actress :) I don't think I will ever 'grow up' to do either of those things!
  • I remember in P1 our teacher asked us to draw a picture of what we wanted to be when we grew up.

    I drew Wonder Woman....

    :o:eek::rotfl:
    Wealth is what you're left with when all your money runs out
  • I can think of several things I'd like to be different "when I grow up", but I don't want to loose what I currently have & enjoy.
  • A singer and dancer, unfortunately I am tone deaf and have no co-ordination! So I'm still deciding :)
  • I wanted to be a scientist... and by the time I was 24 I was a Research Fellow at decent university. I'm not now though!
  • olias
    olias Posts: 3,588 Forumite
    I'm 46 and still have no idea what I want to be when I grow up!

    On a serious note, it has blighted my life - drifting from job to job to job - no real skills or experience so most of them have been low paid. I envy so much the people I grew up with who knew what the wanted to be, did the right O levels, A levels and degree, and then went on to successful and happy careers.

    At last count I have had about 25 different jobs throughout my life.:(

    Olias
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