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JT · 07-31-2003, 02:20 AM

Since we are mostly teenagers here, I want to know: What would be your ideal adult life? Where would you live? What kind of home? What kind of job? Married? How many children? What type of hobbies? Feel free to add other details...

My ideal adult life would be like this....

I want to live in a Southern California suburb, most preferably a cul-de-sac in Granada Hills It's easier to befriend your neighbors that way, even though some may turn on you. A cul-de-sac would be perfect because you can easily have parties and such in the middle and it'd be fun to drive circles lol. I'd be married (to whom, I don't know) with 3 children: a daughter named Siobhan, a daughter named Erica, and a son named Fielding (seriously lol). I'd work as a doctor, or maybe I'd be a soap opera he-diva (heva for short). I'd have a home computer, of course, with SO threads printed off of it and stacked on the desk onside of it, so the kids could read what daddy enjoys lol. We'd have subscriptions to various magazines including TV Guide, Biography, ABC Soaps in Depth, Soap Opera Digest and Soap Opera Weekly, so the kids would know why daddy loves his stories. I'd raise the kids to be nice, interesting people, but to be smart in their decisions. I'd show them tapes of primetime soaps instead of letting them watch Jerry Springer. I'd be involved in their school too. If my child comes home saying the teacher hates them, I will go to school and tell that teacher off! For Christmas, we'd come back to Louisiana so they can be with the family and such. Back in Granada Hills, they'd attend public school, and I wouldn't force them into sports. Hell, I'd turn them away from sports. I'd let them spend the night over at their friends' houses. I'd be, well, the perfect parent. With my job, I'd try to be a well-respected doctor. If I can't be a doctor, I'd be a TV actor. Perhaps a primetime soap actor myself? Yeah, I can deliver a good slap. When the kids grow up and out, me and the wife would enjoy our senior years doing what we do best -- be good people. Sure, we'll hate a neighbor or two, but we'd be good people.

How would your life be?

vienna waits · 07-31-2003, 02:26 AM

I dont even want to think about adult life! I'll go to college for four years.. get a job. Get a masters. Save up a lot of money. I want to get married in my late twenties.. and have two kids. 2 boys.

None of this appeals to me right now though.

Chad22 · 07-31-2003, 02:31 AM

I Wanna live in a big house right here In Maine with a Wife, 2 Sons Chad Jr. And Peter, And a girl that id let my wife name. I Also want to have a cabin by the lake to go to whenevr i feel like it.

Not sure what i wanna do for a job yet.

Crimson and Clover · 07-31-2003, 02:32 AM

I want to live in the mountains, i dont really care which ones as long as its pretty. I want a little cabin like house on a lake. I will be married to Jose and have a daughter (dont know what her name will be, probably Jasmine.) I will have my own little shop in the closets city and make everything that i sale in it. My child will probably be home schooled. I would raise my kid to be understanding and openminded to everything I would come home often so my mom will be able to see her granddaughter.

ok i cant think of anything else

Small Wonderian · 07-31-2003, 02:36 AM

My adult life would be....

Making an 8-year career in the Air Force (and also going to school to pick up my Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry), then re-opting for another 6 years of service. By the middle of the second stint of military duty, I would get married (after I dated the woman of my life for a while). After marriage, we would live on-base in military housing either on Langley AFB in Norfolk, VA or Bolling AFB in Washington, DC (one of those two bases would be my base choice). While my wife is either getting started on her career or in the middle of it, I would slowly start to wrap up my military career and focus on going to graduate school to pickup a Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry (or something close to that). Once I officially get an honorable discharge from the Air Force, me and my wife would buy a house in western Maryland (preferably around the city of Cumberland). Then we would start to focus on having some kids. By the time my third year of graduate school rolls around, I hope to have 2 or 3 kids (maybe more) with my beautiful wife. The kids would be baby-sat by my mother or her mother and/or father while we are at school/work, then the kids would be with us during the evening and overnight hours, and at times in which we can stay home. After graduate school, I would immediately find an internship at a major chemical company and work there for an "x" amount of time. My wife would be close to finishing her career and then she would probably settle down in a more time-friendly job so she can watch the kids a little more. The kids would be placed in day-care around the age of 3 or 4 and then enrolled in school shortly afterwards. They will grow up to be successful adults, and me and my wife will still be working, but will start to slow down and think about retirement. Then, me and my wife will retire and live off of our savings and pensions (we hope to have a lot of money when we grow old) and live the rest of lives happily and contentedly.

Hollow · 07-31-2003, 02:40 AM

Good topic

I'm definitely gonna be a model. i'm not a teenybopper with a stupid dream, the truth is i've never been interested until modeling agencies started asking me to be one. So i'm gonna be one since so i can be famous and rich... lol. I'm gonna get a big 2 floor baby blue house and a pink VW bug (if not pink, any color, i love VW bugs.) i want a few kids but not too many... and i'm gonna let them dress how they want and do what they want because i know what its like to not have those freedoms. And... I'M GONNA HAVE PAPER DISHES!!! That's right- no washing the dishes! Paper plates, paper bowls, paper napkins, paper cups, plasticware...i cant wait.

consentida · 07-31-2003, 03:04 AM

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Originally posted by ~°Sarah°~
And... I'M GONNA HAVE PAPER DISHES!!! That's right- no washing the dishes! Paper plates, paper bowls, paper napkins, paper cups, plasticware...i cant wait.

Get a maid to wash them for you...lol.

anyways...my adult life...heh...um....lets see...

I will be out of college and have a degree in something (music, theatre, teaching, whatever). I would like to pursue my dream of acting and singing because performing has always been my first love. I'd be married in my late 20's, early 30's. Maybe have a kid or two, even though I really dont want any. I'd own a house in California probably. And if I ever do become rich and famous, I'd buy my mother a house. And I give some money to family and charities. I'd make movies and albums. But I wouldnt want to be over-popular, just moderately popular...yeah...

starsprite · 07-31-2003, 03:51 AM

Finish getting my BEd, move to California preferably(or stay here)...be a kindergarten teacher, open my own dance studio, be a cheerleading coach and if I could do some acting in there that would be great too. I want to get married, have 3 kids: 2 boys(Zack and Eric) and 1 girl(Lissa) and ya that's about all...live a nice happy life!

Mijada · 07-31-2003, 10:27 AM

Well I'm 31 now and my adult life isn't really what I imagined it to be when I was a teen. I always thought i would be married by now with a house and a whole bunch of kids, I just haven't found the right person yet. I guess I'm pretty happy though. I have a decent job and am independent. I don't have to answer to anybody. It still would be nice to have a boyfriend (theres this neighbor guy I sort of have my eye on though. I hope to "accidently" bump into him in the parking lot or something) Even if I don't marry or have kids I will not regret it, lifes too short for that.

*Pleasant Tomorrow* · 07-31-2003, 02:57 PM

I'll be discovered as this awesome writer, then I will move to NYC and get a job as the head writer of SNL. I'll also become an actress...maybe stand up comedy or something, with a little work. In NYC I'll meet the perfect guy who has to be funny, yet smart...and cute and sweet. We'd get married and I'd make my dad and mom's boyfriend sit together at the wedding because they hate each other and I'm sick of it...so when I get married they'll be too happy to get mad at each other. I'll basically force them to be friends. So anyway, the perfect guy and I will have two girls named Audrey (the oldest) and Maya. I've always liked those names. Since I'd be rich, I'd give a lot of my money to poor people...I don't need a big house...what am I going to do with a big house? Walk in it? Sorry, I don't do walking.

I don't need a big pool or anything like those rich people either. A normal sized one is fine. I don't need a lot of electronic crap either...like all those rich people have. They have everything. I don't want my kids being spoiled now do I? So anyway, we'd all basically be one big happy family. Yay.

That's what I want, hey, you asked for ideal life

Stormtracker TF · 07-31-2003, 03:05 PM

I want to be an Architect, get married around my later 20s and live in a rather large waterfront house, and have 3 or 4 kids. And id buy a Cabin up in maine to go to in the winter. To me that would be an ideal life for me.

*Marilyn Monroe* · 07-31-2003, 03:11 PM

Hmm...this is a very good topic!

I have 2 lifes that I want, but I dont know which one I want most. lol This is a problem.

1. Finish high school, go to a good school, get a job as whatever I can get, and work my way up to the top. This plan also includes getting married and having kids. Not so sure I want this one.

2. Finish high school, get into a VERY good school, become a doctor, and work my way up there, to become a renowned doctor. This plan includes having a huge family, too. That's important to me, now. I want a ton of kids, but I dont know how I'll work that into my life.

I'll live in New York, hopefully. Or somewhere on the East Coast.

I forgot some things. I want to adopt a baby, give money to breast cancer and AIDS research charities, have a pool, and have a maid.

¤I Love Clay Aiken¤ · 07-31-2003, 03:11 PM

What I want in my fantasy world and what will happen in reality are completely different, but in my ideal life...

I would move to NYC when Im 21 and stay for a few years- I only want to live their while Im young. I dont know what Id want for a job- manicurist at a nice salon in Manhattan. Id love to work for TV there though. Id meet a guy there and fall in love. We would get married. I want to get married at 22, but I dont really see that happening lol. When we get married Id love to move to Maryland for a while- or even outside the city of New York. I dont like change, so Id love to go back to Danville and live here forever. I have no desire to be pregnant, but I want kids. Two boys would be awesome. Id name them Chris and Jason. Girls would be nice, but I have no particular name for one, plus I dunno.. Id just love to have boys. We'd be a close family- like on Family Ties or Happy Days. Id want the boys the first 2 boys to be within a year or 2 of eachother, and the other one born about 5-6 years after. I want dogs- no more than 7. Of course everyone wants to be filthy rich, but Id love to be upper-middle class. I like being able to go on vacations now whenever we please and dont have to worry about things, and Id love to be able to do that with my family. I want good kids- like on Leave It To Beaver.

Yah, they get in trouble, but its all innocently done. Im so worried now that Id wind up having bad kids like on Jenny Jones and theyd be druggies sleeping around and drinking. I was never taught these things, but I never did them. I plan on drilling my kids about it when theyre real young and just hope for the best. I want to be a very leniant parent, but still enforce the rules. Id love for my kids to be open with me and be able to joke around about certain things. I want my kids to do good in school, but I wouldnt be upset with them if they got all C's- just as long as theyd put the effort in and try their best, Im proud of them. Oy, Im going off topic.

TJL · 07-31-2003, 05:09 PM

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Originally posted by ¤MsConanOBrien¤

I would move to NYC when Im 21 and stay for a few years-

A few years...

Yeah, that's what they all say...

AnaheimPMWitch · 07-31-2003, 10:10 PM

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Originally posted by Mijada
Well I'm 31 now and my adult life isn't really what I imagined it to be when I was a teen. I always thought i would be married by now with a house and a whole bunch of kids, I just haven't found the right person yet. I guess I'm pretty happy though. I have a decent job and am independent. I don't have to answer to anybody. It still would be nice to have a boyfriend (theres this neighbor guy I sort of have my eye on though. I hope to "accidently" bump into him in the parking lot or something) Even if I don't marry or have kids I will not regret it, lifes too short for that.

i'm with you on that one IS IT just me OR when you get to be our age is IT HARDER to find THE RIGHT guy?

07-31-2003, 02:20 AM	#1
JT Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 29, 2001 Location: USA Posts: 7,223	Your Ideal Adult Life Since we are mostly teenagers here, I want to know: What would be your ideal adult life? Where would you live? What kind of home? What kind of job? Married? How many children? What type of hobbies? Feel free to add other details... My ideal adult life would be like this.... I want to live in a Southern California suburb, most preferably a cul-de-sac in Granada Hills It's easier to befriend your neighbors that way, even though some may turn on you. A cul-de-sac would be perfect because you can easily have parties and such in the middle and it'd be fun to drive circles lol. I'd be married (to whom, I don't know) with 3 children: a daughter named Siobhan, a daughter named Erica, and a son named Fielding (seriously lol). I'd work as a doctor, or maybe I'd be a soap opera he-diva (heva for short). I'd have a home computer, of course, with SO threads printed off of it and stacked on the desk onside of it, so the kids could read what daddy enjoys lol. We'd have subscriptions to various magazines including TV Guide, Biography, ABC Soaps in Depth, Soap Opera Digest and Soap Opera Weekly, so the kids would know why daddy loves his stories. I'd raise the kids to be nice, interesting people, but to be smart in their decisions. I'd show them tapes of primetime soaps instead of letting them watch Jerry Springer. I'd be involved in their school too. If my child comes home saying the teacher hates them, I will go to school and tell that teacher off! For Christmas, we'd come back to Louisiana so they can be with the family and such. Back in Granada Hills, they'd attend public school, and I wouldn't force them into sports. Hell, I'd turn them away from sports. I'd let them spend the night over at their friends' houses. I'd be, well, the perfect parent. With my job, I'd try to be a well-respected doctor. If I can't be a doctor, I'd be a TV actor. Perhaps a primetime soap actor myself? Yeah, I can deliver a good slap. When the kids grow up and out, me and the wife would enjoy our senior years doing what we do best -- be good people. Sure, we'll hate a neighbor or two, but we'd be good people. How would your life be?
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07-31-2003, 02:26 AM	#2
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07-31-2003, 02:32 AM	#4
Crimson and Clover Member Forum Star Join Date: Jun 09, 2002 Location: NC Posts: 17,345	I want to live in the mountains, i dont really care which ones as long as its pretty. I want a little cabin like house on a lake. I will be married to Jose and have a daughter (dont know what her name will be, probably Jasmine.) I will have my own little shop in the closets city and make everything that i sale in it. My child will probably be home schooled. I would raise my kid to be understanding and openminded to everything I would come home often so my mom will be able to see her granddaughter. ok i cant think of anything else
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07-31-2003, 02:36 AM	#5
Small Wonderian Back From a Long Hiatus Forum Celebrity Join Date: May 23, 2003 Location: in Redskin Country!!!!!!! Posts: 20,316	My adult life would be.... Making an 8-year career in the Air Force (and also going to school to pick up my Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry), then re-opting for another 6 years of service. By the middle of the second stint of military duty, I would get married (after I dated the woman of my life for a while). After marriage, we would live on-base in military housing either on Langley AFB in Norfolk, VA or Bolling AFB in Washington, DC (one of those two bases would be my base choice). While my wife is either getting started on her career or in the middle of it, I would slowly start to wrap up my military career and focus on going to graduate school to pickup a Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry (or something close to that). Once I officially get an honorable discharge from the Air Force, me and my wife would buy a house in western Maryland (preferably around the city of Cumberland). Then we would start to focus on having some kids. By the time my third year of graduate school rolls around, I hope to have 2 or 3 kids (maybe more) with my beautiful wife. The kids would be baby-sat by my mother or her mother and/or father while we are at school/work, then the kids would be with us during the evening and overnight hours, and at times in which we can stay home. After graduate school, I would immediately find an internship at a major chemical company and work there for an "x" amount of time. My wife would be close to finishing her career and then she would probably settle down in a more time-friendly job so she can watch the kids a little more. The kids would be placed in day-care around the age of 3 or 4 and then enrolled in school shortly afterwards. They will grow up to be successful adults, and me and my wife will still be working, but will start to slow down and think about retirement. Then, me and my wife will retire and live off of our savings and pensions (we hope to have a lot of money when we grow old) and live the rest of lives happily and contentedly.
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07-31-2003, 03:51 AM	#8
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07-31-2003, 02:31 AM	#3
Chad22 Captain Juke N Jive Moderator Forum Addict Join Date: Nov 23, 2002 Location: Caribou, Maine Posts: 71,662	I Wanna live in a big house right here In Maine with a Wife, 2 Sons Chad Jr. And Peter, And a girl that id let my wife name. I Also want to have a cabin by the lake to go to whenevr i feel like it. Not sure what i wanna do for a job yet.

07-31-2003, 02:40 AM	#6
Hollow Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Dec 16, 2001 Posts: 30,406	Good topic I'm definitely gonna be a model. i'm not a teenybopper with a stupid dream, the truth is i've never been interested until modeling agencies started asking me to be one. So i'm gonna be one since so i can be famous and rich... lol. I'm gonna get a big 2 floor baby blue house and a pink VW bug (if not pink, any color, i love VW bugs.) i want a few kids but not too many... and i'm gonna let them dress how they want and do what they want because i know what its like to not have those freedoms. And... I'M GONNA HAVE PAPER DISHES!!! That's right- no washing the dishes! Paper plates, paper bowls, paper napkins, paper cups, plasticware...i cant wait.

07-31-2003, 10:27 AM	#9
Mijada Spencers mom Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 02, 2001 Location: eastern US Posts: 4,093	Well I'm 31 now and my adult life isn't really what I imagined it to be when I was a teen. I always thought i would be married by now with a house and a whole bunch of kids, I just haven't found the right person yet. I guess I'm pretty happy though. I have a decent job and am independent. I don't have to answer to anybody. It still would be nice to have a boyfriend (theres this neighbor guy I sort of have my eye on though. I hope to "accidently" bump into him in the parking lot or something) Even if I don't marry or have kids I will not regret it, lifes too short for that.

07-31-2003, 02:57 PM	#10
Pleasant Tomorrow Member Forum Addict Join Date: Feb 19, 2003 Location: New York Posts: 69,525	I'll be discovered as this awesome writer, then I will move to NYC and get a job as the head writer of SNL. I'll also become an actress...maybe stand up comedy or something, with a little work. In NYC I'll meet the perfect guy who has to be funny, yet smart...and cute and sweet. We'd get married and I'd make my dad and mom's boyfriend sit together at the wedding because they hate each other and I'm sick of it...so when I get married they'll be too happy to get mad at each other. I'll basically force them to be friends. So anyway, the perfect guy and I will have two girls named Audrey (the oldest) and Maya. I've always liked those names. Since I'd be rich, I'd give a lot of my money to poor people...I don't need a big house...what am I going to do with a big house? Walk in it? Sorry, I don't do walking. I don't need a big pool or anything like those rich people either. A normal sized one is fine. I don't need a lot of electronic crap either...like all those rich people have. They have everything. I don't want my kids being spoiled now do I? So anyway, we'd all basically be one big happy family. Yay. That's what I want, hey, you asked for ideal life
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07-31-2003, 03:05 PM	#11
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07-31-2003, 03:11 PM	#12
Marilyn Monroe Diamonds... Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 24, 2001 Location: Where gentlemen actually prefer brunettes Posts: 4,811	Hmm...this is a very good topic! I have 2 lifes that I want, but I dont know which one I want most. lol This is a problem. 1. Finish high school, go to a good school, get a job as whatever I can get, and work my way up to the top. This plan also includes getting married and having kids. Not so sure I want this one. 2. Finish high school, get into a VERY good school, become a doctor, and work my way up there, to become a renowned doctor. This plan includes having a huge family, too. That's important to me, now. I want a ton of kids, but I dont know how I'll work that into my life. I'll live in New York, hopefully. Or somewhere on the East Coast. I forgot some things. I want to adopt a baby, give money to breast cancer and AIDS research charities, have a pool, and have a maid.

07-31-2003, 03:11 PM	#13
¤I Love Clay Aiken¤ MISS APRIL Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 19, 2001 Location: Parsonsfield ME Shaws - Screwing my way up the employment ladder! Posts: 68,780	What I want in my fantasy world and what will happen in reality are completely different, but in my ideal life... I would move to NYC when Im 21 and stay for a few years- I only want to live their while Im young. I dont know what Id want for a job- manicurist at a nice salon in Manhattan. Id love to work for TV there though. Id meet a guy there and fall in love. We would get married. I want to get married at 22, but I dont really see that happening lol. When we get married Id love to move to Maryland for a while- or even outside the city of New York. I dont like change, so Id love to go back to Danville and live here forever. I have no desire to be pregnant, but I want kids. Two boys would be awesome. Id name them Chris and Jason. Girls would be nice, but I have no particular name for one, plus I dunno.. Id just love to have boys. We'd be a close family- like on Family Ties or Happy Days. Id want the boys the first 2 boys to be within a year or 2 of eachother, and the other one born about 5-6 years after. I want dogs- no more than 7. Of course everyone wants to be filthy rich, but Id love to be upper-middle class. I like being able to go on vacations now whenever we please and dont have to worry about things, and Id love to be able to do that with my family. I want good kids- like on Leave It To Beaver. Yah, they get in trouble, but its all innocently done. Im so worried now that Id wind up having bad kids like on Jenny Jones and theyd be druggies sleeping around and drinking. I was never taught these things, but I never did them. I plan on drilling my kids about it when theyre real young and just hope for the best. I want to be a very leniant parent, but still enforce the rules. Id love for my kids to be open with me and be able to joke around about certain things. I want my kids to do good in school, but I wouldnt be upset with them if they got all C's- just as long as theyd put the effort in and try their best, Im proud of them. Oy, Im going off topic.
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