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

A donkey. No, I never got one but once I had a home of my own I got cats, dogs, rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, fish, birds, tortoises and a duck.

Oh yes- Id have loked a sister. But I have a daughter and that's lovely

Liked not loked

Always, all my life I've wanted a sister. Also wanted a Porsche Carrera but never got that either. Now I'd just like good health.

I always wanted long hair and was so envious of friends who had plaits and I loved watching their mums do them . My mum was right though when she told me that my thick wavy hair was not suitable to grow long ... boo hoo .

When I was small there was a very upmarket stationery shop in the centre of Glasgow which sold fantastic boxes of coloured pencils. I think they were made by Lakeland and the best was a fantastic selection of (I think) 144 different colours displayed in a box which concertinad and had three tiers. I could not imagine anything more wonderful and extravagant. I think one Xmas I did get a box of 24 colours but I can still visualise that amazing collection.

I loved Lakeland coloured pencils. I can still remember getting a new box with all the colours lined up in order. When I had a set with my name printed on I was in heaven!! I don't think today's children wuld be so enraptured with that as a present!

Lewis Hamilton got his private jet and (alledgedly) went to great lengths to avoid paying £3.5 mil VAT. How much money do these greedy, avaricious people need? All the tax avoided by these millionaires/billionaires is money not going into the public purse for hospitals, schools, nurses, doctors, teachers et al. we ordinary JAM's pensioners pay our way, why should the filthy rich be any different?

I always wanted Confidence !

A horse. I was given an ex racehorse by my boss when I was 23, 6 weeks after I got married, that was fun telling my new husband! Brilliant feeling though after all those years and I had little money so my boss let me root around for all my tack and old rugs etc, really lovely just like I imagined, had him ten years although I had to loan him out but it was a good arrangement where I had full access and no cost.

I had a longing for Lakeland coloured pencils, too. I had to wait until I was an adult to get them.

Actually I think the pencils I lusted after were called Derwent pencils.

When we married we were given a beautiful dinner service. Those were the days when at Sunday lunch or when visitors came round for a meal one put the best china out. What I wanted and didn't have was a nice coffee set to serve coffee after the meal.

It was 15 years before I could afford a coffee set and by then the move to more casual eating patterns had arrived. I had it in a cupboard for about 10 years, hardly ever used it so gave it to a charity shop.

A horse,and at 56 I got my first! 66 now and on my second.

There's nothing I'm particularly bothered about getting now, but when I was little my much-loved granddad used to say we could buy a Shetland pony and keep it in the garden. Of course, it was a sort of a joke and I suppose I knew that but there was always a part of me that hoped it might happen. Although I don't yearn for a Shetland pony now, if I see one anywhere it always brings back memories of my dear granddad.

I've wanted to move house after we'd been here for 2-3 years, we're still here 40 years later. I still dream of a nice little bungalow but my DH refuses to move.

I read all the Biggles books when I was around 10 - 12 and always wanted to be a pilot. They wouldn't let girls join the ATC in those days, so it never happened. But then there was the family's gift of a flying lesson when I was 74 and how I wished I could have done it when I was young! They once gave me a balloon flight too which was great fun. I guess I have always had my head 'in the air'. Now I would really like to see this planet from space, but I don't think that is going to happen!

I've just remembered I always wanted long hair too - so much so that I used to wear a grass skirt on my head and plait it and make a pony tail - the fact that it was green never really worried me! Now it is long but I'm never satisfied with it - maybe I need to find another skirt!!

I spent my life being bounced around at the mercy of circumstances (well who hasn't?) and always longed for a real home that I picked for myself and where I felt comfortable and safe. Well, I don't want to jinx it but am due to move at the weekend to my fairytale cottage in the woods, by the stream and with it's own workshop for me to potter away my days.
A dream come true!

I always wanted an E-Type Jaguar, not practical now so I have to make do with the occasional outing in my (Male) friend's Mazda, how I manage to get in & out of it I'm not sure.

We went out the other weekend & the question was "top on or off"

Sounds idyllic.

That was for NanaRayna
However, I would also settle for a Mazda Mx

Oh nanarayna how wonderful! Reading through all these postings I've remembered various things throughout my years but I'm similar to lilyflower in thinking twice and saving instead though in a much smaller way i think.

I am an only child. When I was young I desperately wanted an older brother who would stick up for me when I shot my mouth off! Oddly I never did get one!

NanaRayna I'm really happy for you!