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

Oh Lemongrove - me too! A quiet, settled life with DD happy ...
Also on a lighter note - I've always longed for thick hair ...

I always wanted to play Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady and Anna in Merry Widow. I did Anna,but too late now for Eliza!

I’d like to play Lady Bracknell now, but don’t think I could remember the lines !

That’s really sad ??

A clean, tidy, well maintained home! Never going to happen with umpteen GC and a wonderful but terribly messy DH.

I always wanted to be four inches taller, but am still stuck at five feet, so no hope there! Like gilly I wanted an engagement ring, but we could not afford it at the time. I have since settled for an eternity ring (my second - toddler DS having flushed the first one down the lavatory! How he ever survived to be fifty I will never know!).
More latterly, I got the thing I wanted most in the world - my lovely grandson.

Yes I wanted a narrow boat to live on. I saved for years then opted out of pension scheme at work...Took the lump sum. This year, in June I moved from where I rented to my boat. Dreams can come true even for 66 year old grandmothers. ..hahaha

That's lovely Shnakie . That diamond was meant for someone ( in this case your DD) , just not you !

I would have only have ever wanted a simple ring but unfortunately never met anyone with any money!

A mother... have now adopted my partner's mother....we get on so well and I adore her. Had to wait a long time, but count myself very lucky to have her. She always wanted a daughter and treats me like her own.

I always wanted a sibling.

gillybob I got a lovely large diamond for my 1st engagement. Next two marriages I had it reset. They didn't work out either! Finally gave it to my future son-in-law to reset one last time. He and DD have been happily married for over ten years!

Sussexoldbag if I ever meet Mr Right you can be my bridesmaid ?

I always wanted to be a bridesmaid. It never happened, won't happen now.

A few things for me.....
A lasting loving relationship. I've given up. I haven't managed to get past 3 years. I'm 45 now. I have a myriad of health issues & I'm definitely not a catch. So I'm resigned to being single.
I'd love to have my own greasy spoon style cafe. I love cooking and baking. Feeding people is a passion. But money is an issue. Who knows what the future holds though.....

Having travelled many miles, throughout my career, my
dream was to take early retirement and open a teashop in the south west. Retired and purchased the ideal premises in an ideal location but never got round to the teashop bit.

I've always wanted to buy a plot of land and design my own house. I'm afraid it's never happened so I have to console myself with my interior design 'skills' such as they are.
Apart from that I can't think of material 'things' - though I longed for a pony as a child - which was totally unrealistic.

I wanted ice skates and did get some then almost never went skating as friends had lost interest. I should have gone on my own, of course.

I wanted a bike and was thrilled when I got a 2nd-hand one. I'm sad for the poster who was denied a bike only to see her brother be given one.

An Orangery or Victorian Conservatory - and no I never got one.

marelli At about 3 yrs old whilst everyone was still in bed
I climbed on the drop down leaf of my mother's blue 50s cabinet to get to the breakfast cereals.
And pulled the whole cabinet down on top of me.
Survived with just glass in my hair!

My paternal grandmother had a green one and a great aunt a red one.
I wonder if any have survived.
Mum left hers when moved to a new house with a fitted kitchen.

I wanted a tiny tears
But I eventually had something
much better.
A new baby sister

I always wanted a BVLGARI Serpenti watch like this but tge cost was too much to even contemplate.

An adult size garden swing with plenty of cushioning on the ground below - maybe a 2 seater?

A pony. Got one. Would like another but OH says no! For the first time in my life I have my own field to put it in.

Mr Right .......

A red pedal car. Anytime I had a wish to make that would be it. Never got one but my first car was red. Having said that I hate driving so maybe I will have a red mobility scooter eventually.

I always wanted an engagement ring. I've been married 3 times and never had even one .
I am currently wearing my late mums ring which is on loan.

Oh loopyloo I forgot that I had to wear those horrible pink NHS plastic specs when I was 6/7 and to add to the "glamma" I had to have a patch over one eye,mortified to say the least.
I must admit I do love my specs now and have loads of styles including sunglasses.