Are You a Princess or a Queen?

Bailey was watching a segment on Noggin about a firefighters. The little girl hosting the segment said she wanted to be a fireman when she grew up, and posted the question "What do you want to be when you grow up?" Bailey yelled out, "A Princess!" (The things she says cracks me up)

This reminded me of when I was teaching in Long Beach. A fellow teacher was going on interviews at a new district in Manhattan and was asked the question, "Are you a Queen or a Princess?" in her interview.

We all thought it was a peculiar question, but it did spark such interesting lunch time talk. This was about 9 years ago, and my answer was a princess. I loved being taken care of and did not like making all of the decisions.

I have not thought about that question for nearly 9 years.

Well, let me tell you...9 years later, at 33 years of age, a master's degree, many teaching and curriculum positions, a husband, two dogs, two children and a home of my own that we built from the ground up...I am now a queen. I like things the way I like them, I have no problem telling people what I want or making decisions. I still get all of the benefits of being a princess, ie. I am well taken care of...and I now understand why my colleague answered a queen!

Have fun discussing with your girlfriends and I would love to hear what your answer is.