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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.

Omalinda Mon 11-Oct-21 10:51:43

Would love to be slim. Working so bloody hard to get there but not getting anywhere.

LeighC Mon 11-Oct-21 10:53:08

I would love to be as slim as I was when I got married at 22
A nice house with a sea view all decorated and furnished to my taste and not my bank balance!
Lovely white teeth
To have learned to Drive
To have had a Sister and a daughter. I have three Brothers and a wonderful Son who presented me with my precious Grandaugher.
To be able to sing, draw, paint and dance.
I do count my blessings every day though!

Rowsie Mon 11-Oct-21 10:55:20

Smaller boobs!

sazz1 Mon 11-Oct-21 10:56:03

A small stone built cottage with a big garden about half an acre.
A daily person that cleans and cooks

Naninka Mon 11-Oct-21 10:57:47

To sing so that people well up with its beauty. I love singing. My singing is shite.

To have a flat tummy and graceful, long legs with a gap at the top!

To fly invisibly although, as I get older, I do think how chilly this might actually be!

Nannan2 Mon 11-Oct-21 10:59:07

Being left-handed is not as glamorous as she thinks? oh, and i always wanted a lotto win?

Danma Mon 11-Oct-21 11:00:35

An older sister. That was never going to happen ?

HannahLoisLuke Mon 11-Oct-21 11:00:36

To live by the sea.

Lizzie44 Mon 11-Oct-21 11:01:20

(1) To swap my "worry" gene for a "confidence" gene.
(2) To live in France and become fluent in French.

Moggycuddler Mon 11-Oct-21 11:01:33

A Siamese cat. A straight nose. To be free of back pain and to not have rhinitis.

Alioop Mon 11-Oct-21 11:02:32

To get over how my ex husband has made me feel so rubbish about how I look.
Also to be taller than 5ft 2, another 6 inches and I'd be happy.
Swim

Kaggi60 Mon 11-Oct-21 11:03:40

I wanted a large family but are grateful in what I got.

Annaram1 Mon 11-Oct-21 11:05:19

A lot of things that grans wish for could be theirs if they just got down to it and got lessons.
I'd have liked a small nose.

lilyH Mon 11-Oct-21 11:07:17

A Knitting machine

Grandma70s Mon 11-Oct-21 11:08:58

Wong

When I was at school I always wanted to be called Elizabeth. I think it might have been because there was a very pretty girl in my class with that name!!!!

I wanted to be called Beryl. Not sure why. There were two ballerinas with that name, but I didn’t know any Beryls personally. When I moved to the senior school, I finally met a real Beryl. She was such a disappointment! I went off the name after that.

coastalgran Mon 11-Oct-21 11:11:18

To be taller, I am only 5' 3" and envied the tall girls at school, I have always been like Susan Calman in the bank advert in need of help for the higher shelves in shops.

Deed5y Mon 11-Oct-21 11:11:18

Any of the following:
A beautiful singing voice
To be a talented artist
Be a successful author.

Theoddbird Mon 11-Oct-21 11:18:09

I have short silver hair. I keep short as it is not thick. I would love long thick silver hair that I could pin up in an elegant way. I do have long very strong nails though...they never break. Many are jealous of those...hahaha

Lupin Mon 11-Oct-21 11:18:18

When I was 7 or so I wanted a fringe and a fitted coat with a velvet collar.
Now I would like to have 'wash it and leave it' hair and straight teeth.
I would also like to be slim, but a size 16 would do.

Kartush Mon 11-Oct-21 11:20:31

As a child I always wanted long hair, then when I married and had kids didnt have the time for it now I am 65 and have waist long grey hair so I guess you do get what you want if you wait long enough

ChristinaW Mon 11-Oct-21 11:20:59

A brain which allows me to sleep at night instead of whirring round as soon as my head hits the pillow

MissAdventure Mon 11-Oct-21 11:23:35

Kartush

As a child I always wanted long hair, then when I married and had kids didnt have the time for it now I am 65 and have waist long grey hair so I guess you do get what you want if you wait long enough

I always wanted long hair.
I can remember draping a cardigan over my head with the sleeves hanging down like plaits.
Now, I have long hair but I'm balding.
I look like one of 'Status Quo'.

Lemontart Mon 11-Oct-21 11:24:56

Nice teeth

grandmaz Mon 11-Oct-21 11:28:42

To live right beside the sea …so I can see and hear and smell it ?

Treetops05 Mon 11-Oct-21 11:30:53

To be really good at something, I can knit, crochet, sew, tapestry, cross-stitch- but nothing brilliantly