To ask what unfulfilled childhood dreams you have managed to fulfill in your adulthood?

[NotTooOld]

This is slightly lighthearted. I am in my 30s now with 3 young kids. Didn't have a lot growing up but two things I remember clearly I always wanted to have was a decent pair of rollerblades and Furby Unfortunately my parents couldn't afford it and didn't think it was necessary. Feel so stupid as I am actually considering to buy those (not for my kids but for myself). Just because I can and because I have always wanted. Silly things but I really believe it would make me happy . Anyone here has done something similar and if so did it make you feel better?

I wanted a pet
Since I left home I have always had at least one cat
Go on an aeroplane
Easily done and now travel quite a lot
I wanted to own a gold omega watch
Just bought my second one

@Pringlesonthetable Oh, that was the same as mine! I was 45 though
I loved Swallows and Amazons so much. I wanted to be Nancy so much, but I've actually turned out to be Susan

Legoland!

@bsc also one of mine but still can't sail :( I'm more Titty than Nancy I think!

I always wanted to go to Disney. I was Disney obsessed as a child and it was always a dream which due to circumstances never could have happened. However I have been twice with my dc and it has been so magical each time!
I always wanted to have my friends to sleep over my house. Again I couldn't because of circumstances but now as an adult I love the freedom of being able to have who I want to stay.
Not really a dream but being able to have a shower or cook/ eat food whenever I want! My dm was always a bit controlling in that way

At least you have your writing then @undercoveraessedai !

Tara336, this is me too, complete with convertible Moved onto bigger cars now and 2 gorgeous dc😁

@bsc indeed, and the daydreaming - but can't cook to save my life 😂 I like to think we all have a bit of Nancy hidden in us somewhere though x

My thought (aged 9+) was that I wanted to be accepted by my peers. I have since learnt that I shouldn't change myself to be accepted by other.

My materialistic dream was buy whatever books I wanted. As a child of a poor single parent I was only allowed two new books a year, one for birthday and one for Christmas. I had to use the library for any reading material before I started employment. Nowadays I purchase used books from charity shops, oddly I generally only get brand new books or book vouchers for birthday/Christmas 🤷‍♀️

Having my own horse. I rode other peoples, worked at the riding school, had lessons but never owned. I asked for a pony every day from age 2! My parents couldn’t afford it and thought I’d grow out of it.
I finally bought my first horse at 30. So pleased!

I wanted a dog. Especially a yellow labrador. I achieved that and he lived to a good old age (15) before he sadly died last November.

I wanted to visit Universal Studios in Los Angeles and also Disney Land. I got to do both of those.

@Pringlesonthetable and the other S&A fans - me too! I did discover though that I loathe camping and I'm not too keen on the Lake District....

My husband is a lifelong keen and competitive racing dinghy sailor, 2nd in the UK and 3rd in Europe last year in his two-hander with our son crewing.

I learned to crew him after we met and have my own small collection of trophies. I retired a year or so back after an unplanned swim in the Thames

Having a bath in water that no one else has been in before me and enough of it hot. Still think of it as a great luxury. My Dc laugh at my "lobster baths". I've been looking to move and have seen several houses with new bathrooms where the bath has been replaced with giant shower, not for me until I get too old to haul my bones out of a hot bubbly bath.

New clothes, especially new bras not secondhand ones.Even my first ever bra was secondhand and didn't fit. I cried. I spent a lot of money in my 20's on fabulous lingerie.

As much chocolate as I like without being told " a moment on the lips, forever on the hips"

This is a nice thread.

I can't really remember much from my childhood, but I'd like to think I've fulfilled some of my ambitions

@undercoveraessedai and @bsc
I wanted to be John! The trans thing wasn't a 'thing' thankfully in the 1970s

I wanted to be George from FF too. She was my hero.

Thinking about it I also wanted to travel, that remains unfulfilled and unless I get more £ likely to remain so.

@pringlesonthetable @bsc that's awesome :) George was my hero too!

@jenthelibrarian That is cool. I do like camping. I took my own DC hiking/camping too. I still like to go out on my bike and pretend I'm on an adventure

The horse again! Bought one for my own 40th birthday after 35 years of dreaming and actually, it wasn't as much fun as I had hoped! Also, got a cat as soon as I moved out and always had one of those since. They have given me a lot more pleasure (and fewer trips to A&E ) than the horse did,

Where I grew up our house backed onto the railway line and I used to watch the trains thunder past from my bedroom window. On my 40th birthday my husband organised a driver experience day at a heritage railway and I got to drive and fire a pukka steam locomotive. It was totally totally awesome and everything I imagined. The engine is a living breathing fire eating monster that talks to you. I was sweaty, filthy and couldn't take the grin off my face ........ hmm that reminds of another dream

Long hair. My mum always kept mine pixie cut because it was so fine, under the mistaken belief that cutting it would make it thicker, also she was in the fashion business and liked the Twiggy aesthetic back in the 60s. I wanted plaits and ponytails and pretty hairbands and slides like my peers but could never have them. Dressing up always involved a pillowcase on my head to simulate flowing locks. I started growing it out when I left home to go to uni and it has never been shorter than bra length since. Mum has never liked it and started making pointed comments when I hit 40 that I should cut it ‘more in keeping with my age’. Nope. It suits me longer, I like it and I’m keeping it.

I also always wanted lots of cats but wasn’t allowed pets as a child. Ive always had at least 2 since I’ve owned my own homes and now have four. Mum doesn’t like that either. Oh well.

Surrounded by lots of children in a house by the sea. Complete :) oh and a dog that is my shadow. That’s not quite happened as he’s my husbands and just tolerates me as I feed him 🙄

I really wanted to have the lead part in a school play in secondary school but my drama teacher was highly disorganised and despite our school usually doing a play every year, past year 8, they never did one again until after I left. And although Milkmaid number 2 was a role I took on proudly; I always felt I was destined for more!
A few years ago I joined an amateur dramatics group and was cast as the lead in the pantomime just a week or so after my first session there.
Turns out I actually hated the majority of the experience so never went back after the panto wrapped but at least I fulfilled my teenage dream 🤩😅

Eating pudding before main 😂

Being able to buy brand new full price clothes from a shop, not having to make do with the sale bargains or charity shop finds.
Having a brand new car not a banger that breaks down all the time.
Funnily enough my kids love charity shops and refuse to learn to drive as they don't want the cost/see the point of a car (good public transport here!)