When you were a child, did anyone ever ask you: "What do you want to be/do when you grow up?"?

Seemed my uncles were always asking me what i wanted to 'be' when i grew up but i had no idea at the time. I might have had some idea of joining the Navy because i liked reading sea adventure stories quite a bit which i eventually did do. I guess they might have thought i wanted to be a farmer since i grew up on a farm but that idea did not ever appeal to me at all.. This post was edited by Kittigate at March 10, 2021 9:12 PM MST

I'm sure they did, but it was too long ago for me to remember my response.

Yes: I wanted to be a professor.

i wanted to be a veterinarian 

now I just want to be  asleep 

No, I was told that when I grew up I could be a nurse, a secretary, a teacher or a mom. I was never any of those things.

 

  Of course. 

My answer varied over time: firefighter, actor, police officer, detective, spy, pilot, rich, etc.
By the time I was 14 years old, however, I was determined to be a US Marine (I did not for one second consider any of the other four US Armed Forces; Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard).

  I began hanging out at the local Marine Corps recruiting office about once every couple of weeks in my senior year of high school. I learned some things about the Corps little by little. By law, a parent or legal guardian could sign the enlistment papers for a minor at age 17 years and 9 months. When I reached that age, I presented the paperwork to my mother, she didn’t take me seriously AT ALL. She knew me as always joking around, so she wasn’t buying it. I really was serious, so I kept trying to convince her, no dice. She was afraid that I wouldn’t finish high school if she signed them. She flat out refused, do so I had to wait. My 18th birthday would be months before graduation day, but it also signified the date at which I wouldn’t need her signature. 
  Ten days after my eighteenth birthday, I proudly presented my mother with the enlistment papers that I had signed earlier that day when I stopped by the recruiting office after school. I was in the Delayed Entry Program, which meant that I didn’t have to report to the Marine Corps right away; it allowed me time to finish high school before going to boot camp. She was still horrified and in disbelief, but it was a done deal, as I had a legal and binding contract.
  Sure enough, according to plan, I went to boot camp that next summer, thereby beginning my whirlwind journey of serving my country and seeing the world.

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This post was edited by Randy D at March 3, 2021 7:30 PM MST

Lots of times and to this day, I still don't have an answer.

I don't remember my answer at a young age. I can remember saying I wanted to be a teacher when I was a little older. And that is what I do now, so I guess I followed my dream. :)