Twin girl is facing a massive dilemma; she cannot decide what she would like to be when she is ‘all grown up.’ The current choices stand at either a teacher or a princess. I have spoken to her in depth about it and at the moment princess is winning as it is holidays all the time rather than just the mere 13 weeks a year a teacher gets.
My own mum kept a book in which she or I wrote yearly what I wanted to be when I matured into adulthood and clearly I am either a) a late developer b) a failed dreamer or c) a closet premiership football player.
I have looked really hard and just cannot find the year I which I proudly declared:
“When I am a grown up I would like to be a juggler and learn the art of holding down a successful career whilst trying to bring up three children to not be demented fools.”
I also can’t find the year in which I scribbled with glee:
“When I am a grown up I would love to have my euphoric moment of the week to consistently be the moment when I finally glimpse the bottom of the ironing basket.”
And its odd I appear to have written that I want to be an “international superstar and a mum” at the tender age of thirteen; maybe I just couldn’t spell recruiter/housewife/dogsbody/taxi driver so superstar seemed like the easy option!
However some would say twin girl’s career options are far more feasible than mine ever were. If William and Kate get a crack on I am sure the new male heir to the throne would love a slightly older wife; and she could have teaching as her back up plan?
I just hope she doesn’t follow my dreams of being a premiership footballer, like me she throws and kicks a ball just like a flipping girl!
I wanted to be a lorry driver (???), a nun (sound of music) and the prime minister (Thatcher).
I got four out of the seven children. 😉
christ four!!!! def not a nun then!
OK I shrieked out loud at this comment and all four of them wondered what was wrong!!!!
Bless her heart!
Don’t let her be a teacher, it’s a profession that I wouldn’t enter into now.
Ahhh she’ll be a princess
I wanted to work in Wimpy and if I didn’t manage that a nurse and Mummy! Thank goodness for second choices xxx
am sure wimpy would still have you x
Love it 🙂
When I was young I wanted to be an artist, at 9 I wanted a Graphic designer.
I am nearly 34 and a Graphic Designer so I wasn’t too wrong.
All though I haven’t seen the bottom of my ironing pile for about 3 months and the washing basket is the same.
I think my mini one will want to be Priminister when she gets older. She likes being the boss.
You sound much better than me – followed your dreams and ignored the ironing!
The Ironing will always be there 😉
Jane,
Holly told me the same thing this week. She wants to either be a teacher, a princess oh and a mom. I wanted to be a lawyer when I was young though “international superstar” would have run a close second. Love your writing. It’s so true and heartfelt. I’m glad our mutual American friend introduced us:)
-Laura
Me too!
When are you coming to see us?
Jane x
I wanted to read the news (?), own a pet shop (too squeamish to be a vet), be an author or ‘be a wolf’ (not a werewolf or any of that crap, just a plain old wolf).
I did creative writing at uni so I sort of followed one dream. And I’m still holding out for the wolf one…
I wanted to be a secretary because you get a typewriter!! Then at 11 I wamted to be a mummy by 21 with 3 kids!!
6 year old said only today that she wants to be a pianist, she definitely has the long fingers. Usually when asked she says a mummy but I told her she has to have a career first so she wanted to be a scientist and discover aliens.
When I was little I wanted to be a nurse or a teacher. Professionally I never became either but I’m a mother so I guess it partly came true. LOL!