What have you 'always wanted' and did you get it?

As an army child, I hated being uprooted every few years and longed for a home, husband, children and above all, roots. So I'm very content with life at the mo.

I did always want a sister, but grew up with two brothers. I wanted a sister so much that when Brother no2 arrived when I was four, I thought if I kept calling him 'Rosemary' he would become a sister!

A sister did appear when I was thirteen and we are now very close. So I feel blessed for all sorts of reasons.

A caravan,got one 3 years ago,a second hand tourer,I drive a Honda 125 Scooter so not much chance of towing it,between good friends prepared to tow and another friend storing it I have achieved my dream,now making memories with my grandsons ?

My wedding photos are just amateur photos too grannyactivist actually none are any good really. The best worst one has me standing in the park with a swans neck popping out from behind me and I look like a coffee pot !

Willo500 There are small electric keyboards that don’t take up much room.

I wanted a wedding photo to frame and put on show, but when I married The Wonderful Man we couldn't afford a photographer. It was before the days when everyone had a camera, however my oldest friend managed to take a couple of lovely photo's and had one enlarged and framed for us - and I'm looking at it now.

Reading all these hankerings I realise yet again how very fortunate I've been. Only one non-achieved dream will be ruby, golden and diamond anniversaries. At least the ones I had were terrific. Oh aye........

I would have liked a rural lifestyle, in a little cottage. Oh well...

loopyloo I did have a keyboard - my husband bought me it to practice on with headphones but then complained about the clanking keys so it was donated to my granddaughter. Like you I also hated wearing glasses and at 21 my parents bought me hard contact lenses which liberated me too although I was already married with 2 children by then! Still wear lenses - eyes now so bad I wouldn't dare have corrective surgery - just hanging in hoping not to lose what I've got left! Re the kitchen cabinets - we had one in our first house - it was blue like the Dingles on Emmerdale and did hold a lot of stuff but I hated it and longed for proper modern kitchen.

A little house in the countryside up a lane for hubby and me with no one nearby.

A Sindy doll. I wanted one when I was eleven but my mum said I was too old for dolls.

I always wanted a sports car. With the help of my now 2nd Husband, I got an MX5, and loved it. We often say we wish we’d kept it, it would be a fun, sunny weather car.

Like a previous poster, I always wanted a daughter, but had 3 sons instead. Love them to bits but still feel a sadness that I never had that mum/daughter relationship. I should really just be thankful for what I have.

How lovely! what a thoughtful present. You are blessed.

As an Elvis fan I always wanted to visit Graceland. Never imagined I could because of the cost. Then, 6 years ago, to celebrate the end of 10 months of gruelling treatment for breast cancer, my family, 3 sons, a daughter, daughter-in-law AND my ex-husband clubbed together to send me on this trip of a lifetime. I went with my youngest son, also a fan. We even had VIP tickets so could go round Graceland as many times as we wanted AND we stayed in Heartbreak Hotel! My family are the best. ❤️
Glad I saw this post. It reminded me, on a miserable grey day with me full of the cold, how blessed I am.

I feel quite lucky. I had a Tiny Tears, and a Tressie. I had a chatty Cathy too!

Oh, and the other thing I've always hankered for is one of those library kickstools, the ones on wheels that scoot around but become a 'strong and stable' stool when you sit or stand on them.

They're only about £30 nowadays, I don't know why I don't buy myself one.

A Tiny Tears doll! I never got one so when I had daughters, I thought that was my chance. But no, they wanted Baby Annabelle.

Still, I'm awaiting the birth of a real life Tiny Tears from one of my children this month, adding to the four I already have.

Yay! I’ll settle for that, Ann - we’ll do it so the scars won’t show Yorkshiregirl (well not much - needlework is not my strong suit!!). I’m fed up of my GS saying “I only have to grow another three inches, Nanny, then I’ll be taller than you!”

I always wanted a Hornby train set and a Meccano set, but no, apparently they were not suitable for a girl. I got around the problem by making friends with a boy who lived on my street. He had both, so I often played at his house.

Children, a husband, a dog, to live by the sea. Had them, no longer got a dog and do not live by the sea!

* Yorkshiregirl* chop of your unwanted 6 inches and Greyduster and I will have 3 inches each.
We will both still be shorta***s though.?

I always wanted a peaceful happy life.
Never got in though.

To be shorter. I'm nearly 6ft, and was bullied at school. Not as much an issue now, but still would love to be 6 inch shorter

Always wanted to be able to read music and I'm pleased to say I taught myself 3 years ago and then took some piano lessons. Reached Grade 1... and now teach myself to play pieces I have always loved. I would dearly love a cat. I have always had cats, but after my 17 year old pair of cats died in 2014, my husband won't let me have any more because of the pain I went through when I lost them. So I spend a lot of time talking to every cat in the neighbourhood or wherever else I happen to be!! I so miss the purrs and loving.

I wanted some cloisonne enamel combs for my hair. OH gave me some for my birthday but they were so heavy they just kept falling out.
The only other thing I've wanted for decades was to move away from Greater London. Achieved it at at last and, yes! Best thing we've ever done!

I always wanted a larder in my kitchen but modern houses just aren't big enough. In more recent years do crave an island in my kitchen but, again, kitchens aren't big enough unless you have lots of money and can affor a house with a big kitchen. How sad that I didn't crave something more exotic!