# If you would have got your wish when you were FOUR, what would you be today. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 25, 2002, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-would-have-got-your-wish-when-you-were-four-what-would-you-be-today/125516 "2002-08-25T20:16:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2002, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-would-have-got-your-wish-when-you-were-four-what-would-you-be-today/125516/22 "2002-08-26T02:13:03Z")
Married. Not knowing who I was going to marry was actually my biggest worry before I entered kindergarten. ---
**Author:** ![Cougarfang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Cougarfang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cougarfang)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2002, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-would-have-got-your-wish-when-you-were-four-what-would-you-be-today/125516/23 "2002-08-26T02:21:34Z")
A teenager and/or a boy. ---
**Author:** ![peri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@peri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peri)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2002, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-would-have-got-your-wish-when-you-were-four-what-would-you-be-today/125516/24 "2002-08-26T02:22:05Z")
A cowgirl. And I’d ride my horsy every day and Gene Autrey and Roy Rogers and Dale Evans and The Lone Ranger and Tonto and all the Cartwrights would be my bestest friends. So there. ---
**Author:** ![fizzestothetop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e79b87/32.png) [@fizzestothetop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizzestothetop)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2002, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-would-have-got-your-wish-when-you-were-four-what-would-you-be-today/125516/25 "2002-08-26T02:36:02Z")
I’d be three. On my 4th birthday I threw a fit cause I didn’t wanna be four, I wanted to stay three. So if I got my wish, I’d still be three. ---
**Author:** ![Cessandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cessandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cessandra)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2002, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-would-have-got-your-wish-when-you-were-four-what-would-you-be-today/125516/26 "2002-08-26T02:55:27Z")
LOL fizzes, that’s the greatest! I would be a single mother. I thought it was so cool that my mom got to make all the rules all by herself, and I didn’t want to compromise or share anything with a _boy_. I’d get to pick all of my kids’ names (no idea where the kids came from) and do everything _my way_. I’m REALLY glad that didn’t work out for me. ---
**Author:** ![Cessandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cessandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cessandra)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2002, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-would-have-got-your-wish-when-you-were-four-what-would-you-be-today/125516/27 "2002-08-26T02:57:59Z")
PS My husband would be a fire engine. Not a fireman, mind you. A big red truck with a siren. Freak. ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2002, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-would-have-got-your-wish-when-you-were-four-what-would-you-be-today/125516/28 "2002-08-26T03:06:40Z")
A garbage man! Like, how cool is it to a 4 year old boy to get to ride around all day hanging off the back of a truck! ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Creant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Miss\_Creant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Creant)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2002, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-would-have-got-your-wish-when-you-were-four-what-would-you-be-today/125516/29 "2002-08-26T03:08:15Z")
an only child ---
**Author:** ![Genseric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Genseric](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genseric)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2002, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-would-have-got-your-wish-when-you-were-four-what-would-you-be-today/125516/30 "2002-08-26T03:14:37Z")
Luke Skywalker ---
**Author:** ![TalkingHead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@TalkingHead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TalkingHead)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2002, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-would-have-got-your-wish-when-you-were-four-what-would-you-be-today/125516/31 "2002-08-26T03:49:28Z")
I’m only 9 months off schedule!!! – I wanted to be a lawyer when I was three. The real question is whether I’ll ever be what I wanted to be when I was 18. I would even stand on the coffee table and argue the house rules, and I was constantly arguing my way out of things and into later and later bedtimes… oh well… When I was 7 I wanted to be Quincy, ME when I grew up. but then I witnessed a boil biopsied off someone’s rump when I was 16 and changed my mind… ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2002, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-would-have-got-your-wish-when-you-were-four-what-would-you-be-today/125516/32 "2002-08-26T04:00:56Z")
I’d be eating ice cream and my parents would like each other. I’m eating ice cream right now, so I suppose I can’t complain too much. ---
**Author:** ![GopherGod72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f0a364/32.png) [@GopherGod72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GopherGod72)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2002, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-would-have-got-your-wish-when-you-were-four-what-would-you-be-today/125516/33 "2002-08-26T04:34:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Persephone \* > \*\* > Now I’m 35, and I just want to be Indiana Jones. > > \*\* Now now Purse, hes only human, just like the rest of us. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2002, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-would-have-got-your-wish-when-you-were-four-what-would-you-be-today/125516/34 "2002-08-26T05:15:41Z")
A kitten. ---
**Author:** ![Osbie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/cdc98d/32.png) [@Osbie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osbie)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2002, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-would-have-got-your-wish-when-you-were-four-what-would-you-be-today/125516/35 "2002-08-26T05:26:53Z")
Like **Muffy’s Sis** and **Slainte** , I would have been a ballerina. I distinctly remember my dad suggesting that perhaps I wanted to be a doctor… ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2002, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-would-have-got-your-wish-when-you-were-four-what-would-you-be-today/125516/36 "2002-08-26T05:36:29Z")
I wanted to be a mathematician. Yes, in fact I was a very boring child. I am in the midst of becoming a physicist which is somewhat close I suppose. I also wanted to be a caterpillar. This was long before Ralph Wiggum wanted to be one. I had a pet caterpillar at the time, I think it was a woolly bear. My sister is taking biology so maybe she can figure out how this dream can come true. ---
**Author:** ![Flymaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c4cdca/32.png) [@Flymaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flymaster)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2002, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-would-have-got-your-wish-when-you-were-four-what-would-you-be-today/125516/37 "2002-08-26T05:47:31Z")
I’d be Michael Jackson. I knew a kid in 1st grade who would be a truck. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2002, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-would-have-got-your-wish-when-you-were-four-what-would-you-be-today/125516/38 "2002-08-26T05:47:58Z")
A “car fixit man”, i.e., auto mechanic. ---
**Author:** ![Joyfulgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f04885/32.png) [@Joyfulgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joyfulgirl)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2002, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-would-have-got-your-wish-when-you-were-four-what-would-you-be-today/125516/39 "2002-08-26T06:11:43Z")
An entomologist. I looooved to dissect and watch bugs all day. Barring that, I wanted to be a sea monkey and live in a tree. At the same time 😃 I’m still working on the Entomology thing. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2002, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-would-have-got-your-wish-when-you-were-four-what-would-you-be-today/125516/40 "2002-08-26T06:12:07Z")
I was going to be a teacher and a doctor and a vet. ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2002, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-would-have-got-your-wish-when-you-were-four-what-would-you-be-today/125516/41 "2002-08-26T11:08:36Z")
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