80. Expectations vs Reality: Growing Up

I Never Liked You

Matteo Lane and Nick Smith

Comedy

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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We thought adulthood would look one way, and it turned out… not that. This week, we talk about what we expected life to be like when we were younger — and where it ended up instead. 🎟️ Come see our live podcast September 21st in Philly!https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/020062D04239A3EB 🎧 Bonus Content: https://www.patreon.com/INeverLikedYouPodcast🔗 Nick: https://linktr.ee/nicksmith09🔗 Matteo: https://matteolanecomedy.com🎬 Producer: https://www.instagram.com/chris.mp4 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I remember going through a phase wanting a Shih Tzu with a high ponytail and named it Chloe.
0:09.0	Welcome back to that episode of I Never Like to with Mateo Lane and Nick Smith.
0:12.0	And today we talk expectations versus reality what we thought being an adult was like as a kid.
0:18.0	Or would be like as a kid?
0:20.0	It was a strange title, but I think you guys get it. What was your, like as a kid or would be like as a kid it was a strange title but I think you guys get it
0:22.6	what was your like as a kid what job did you want to do I wanted to be a comedic actor
0:28.8	like Jim Carrey and remember my uncle Mike because I would do impressions of like mad TV
0:34.7	and Saturday Night Live and Simpsons and my uncle Mike was always like,
0:38.9	are you going to be a Gen X Jim Carrey and I'm going to be your manager.
0:42.7	I don't even know what a manager was, but I was like, okay.
0:46.0	I, when I was really little, wanted to be an actor and then...
0:51.5	Where did it go wrong?
0:54.4	We destroyed those dreams. Where didn't it go wrong? We destroyed those dreams.
0:55.9	Where didn't it go wrong?
0:57.0	Yeah, joking Nick.
0:59.0	Then I wanted to be a lawyer.
1:01.4	What?
1:02.4	Then I wanted to be...
1:04.3	We have Nick as a lawyer in a Fortnite game once, and it was the most absurd arguments I've ever.
1:10.1	Do you want to hear one of the craziest stories from my childhood about wanting to be a lawyer?
1:15.0	I can't even believe I did this.
1:18.1	I, in sixth grade, so how old is that?
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