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What have you "always wanted"?

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MissAdventure Sat 09-Oct-21 20:58:14

I don't mean the usual stuff, like a healthy family or so on....
Someone watched me write, and said she had always wanted to be left handed.
She wasn't sure why, she just did.

I've always wanted long, dark hair.

PollyTickle Sun 10-Oct-21 10:06:15

Long legs, straight hair and an older brother.

muse Sun 10-Oct-21 10:06:52

From a very young age I’ve always wanted these things:
Confidence. Hurtful comments about my height didn’t help.
Size 7 feet please. With being tall, I’ve ended up with size 9s ?
If there’s such a thing as pretty toes I’d like some please. I’ve long, ugly toes. ?
Own and ride a 800cc or above motor bike. Never enough money and now too wobbly. Been on the back of a few though. In the 60’s my father and a boyfriend had one.
Play the guitar ?. Tried so many times

Oh! I did grow ?to love my height.

Shropshirelass Sun 10-Oct-21 10:09:27

Play the piano, I have thought about buying one and having lessons before it is too late. My gran and uncle were marvellous pianists.

hulahoop Sun 10-Oct-21 10:13:09

To live near the sea ,
To have more confidence in myself.
Long slim legs

Skydancer Sun 10-Oct-21 10:16:44

Someone to cook for me.
Straight shiny hair.
An indoor swimming pool.

Brunette10 Sun 10-Oct-21 10:29:50

To be taller than my 4.11.5 inches wink

PollyTickle Sun 10-Oct-21 10:37:43

muse I did grow to love my height.

Very witty

Jaxjacky Sun 10-Oct-21 10:40:45

Coolgran ??
I’m tall, 5 11, 34” inside leg, it was the bane of my life at school and in my teens, wouldn’t change it from my 20’s on.

Blondiescot Sun 10-Oct-21 10:44:06

A horse. It was the one thing I always wanted when I was growing up.

henetha Sun 10-Oct-21 11:15:11

Curly fair hair like my mother. And a nose which turns up at the end. I used to lie in bed pressing my finger at the bottom of my nose hoping it would do the trick. It never worked.

GrannyGravy13 Sun 10-Oct-21 12:12:49

Smaller boobs, I was seriously considering a reduction, had initial consultation then Covid came along angry

Marmight Sun 10-Oct-21 12:25:48

I always wanted a gypsy caravan for the garden. Now I can afford it, I no longer have the big garden for it ….. I’m now thinking more of a mobile home on wheels and becoming a fair weather ‘grey nomad’ and discovering my own country in my dotage ?

Amberone Sun 10-Oct-21 12:35:06

Callistemon

I went to adult tap lessons but I was a disaster, no co-ordination at all.

Me too! My feet actually got tangled up at one stage ??

Franbern Sun 10-Oct-21 12:57:54

I have always wanted to be able to sing in good voice and enjoyably for listeners.
Have also always wanted to be able to draw - and have other people (and myself)recognise what I have drawn.

For my legs to be at least two inches longer.

To have my own swimming pool at home.

ginny Sun 10-Oct-21 13:56:47

A house in its own grounds on a hill with a sea view.

Ro60 Sun 10-Oct-21 15:14:25

A normal, quiet life: 2.5 children, attentive husband, no health issues. ?
To be able to fly around the dance floor like my dear Pa used to -any type of dance really...
A soft top convertible - but now, with GC, that idea has flown out of the window.
To play the saxophone.

Callistemon Sun 10-Oct-21 15:22:31

Amberone

Callistemon

I went to adult tap lessons but I was a disaster, no co-ordination at all.

Me too! My feet actually got tangled up at one stage ??

I could either do the feet bits or the arm bits but not both together.
And none of it very well!

Callistemon Sun 10-Oct-21 15:23:56

In fact, what I really always wanted was not to be gawky.

3nanny6 Sun 10-Oct-21 15:55:17

A detached house with modern looking front and love those gravel drives, also lovely views from the rear patio window
and a terrace with manicured garden. I would have to have that fenced off so my dogs did not wander into the garden next door. On my front gravel drive is parked my shiny black rolls royce for when I am going anywhere.
These would be my first things to get myself when my lottery ticket wins.

threexnanny Sun 10-Oct-21 16:12:23

As a child I wanted to have a sister and also wanted curly hair. Later I wanted a perfect figure with no need to watch what I ate.
Now I am satisfied with what I have - a good husband and family, and I like where we live.

AGAA4 Sun 10-Oct-21 16:13:42

I would love a detached bungalow somewhere near my 2 daughters.
Would also like a small waist.

Greyduster Sun 10-Oct-21 16:20:32

Shropshirelass if you do, buy a digital one - piano tuners are as rare as hens teeth these days and you have to take out a second mortgage!

PollyTickle Sun 10-Oct-21 16:24:41

So many of you wishing for stuff I hadn’t even thought of. Now my wish list is even longer, ooh tap dancing, that would be fun.

nadateturbe Sun 10-Oct-21 17:45:44

To be free from anxiety.
I would like to have gone to university and got a degree.
I can't think of anything else.

BBbevan Sun 10-Oct-21 17:52:39

To get my books published