Not Every Girl Wanted to Be a Princess

The royal wedding is this weekend and everyone is writing and talking about it being every little girl's dream to be a princess. Jane Fallon took to Twitter to encourage the girls, like me, who grew up wanting to be something else.

If I read one more wedding article that contains the words 'It's every little girl's dream to be a princess'...-- No. It wasn't. It was my dream to be a writer. Or a gymnast. Or a professional tree climber. Or a cat. Never a princess. #TweetYourNonPrincessyLittleGirlDreams

— Jane Fallon (@JaneFallon) May 17, 2018

As a child, I wanted to be an explorer or an archologist. Watching Indiana Jones and The Mummy on repeat until my mom hid the movies from me. I had endless books about explorers. Don't get me wrong, I loved Disney too but I, like many other girls, had a different dream.

My four year old daughter wants to be someone who builds seesaws for playgrounds. #TweetYourNonPrincessyLittleGirlDreams

— Helen TamblynSaville (@helentamblyn) May 18, 2018

1. A CAT 2. ME 3. BIGGER #TweetYourNonPrincessyLittleGirlDreams https://t.co/kHRmv7MOS6

— Ollie (@myleftfang) May 17, 2018

Little girl me was absolutely desperate to be a cowgirl ...mainly influenced by a complete obsession with Calamity Jane ❤️#TweetYourNonPrincessyLittleGirlDreams pic.twitter.com/Mb85IdkLYn

— Laura (@Mum_Reader) May 18, 2018

I wanted to be
1. A fighter pilot
2. A doctor that operated only on legs (less messy)
3. A talking tree (after reading the Magic Faraway Tree)
4. A murderous nun (I watched Black Narcissus when I wasn't supposed to, I was 8)
5. A writer #TweetYourNonPrincessyLittleGirlDreams https://t.co/KPnDKABnYh

— A Goveas (@coffeeandpaneer) May 17, 2018

What were your non-princessy dreams?