What is something you've had to make peace with never having?

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a good singing voice

The certainty of a healthy old age. Looking at my parents if I make it to my early 60s with my health intact it will be a miracle.

Someone to love and take care of me

Evidence of life on other planets and actually finding aliens

A long drive way I could gallop my horse up, weaving in and out of the trees.

2nd child...bigger family at all ... so sad and impossible to change

Family

Design my own intricate house with a bathroom I can play baseball in and a king size tube big enough for 10 plus me and definitely a secret room. I always wanted a secret room.

A second child
A non- obese body
Lots of energy and ambition
A beautiful spacious house

A daughter. I love my son to bits but always knew, for various reasons, that he would be my one and only. One of each would have been nice.

Being able to converse with my Welsh in-laws. I've tried classes, books and everything. At least I can say a few standard phrases, and pick up some words in the conversation!

@KnotKnot

Being able to converse with my Welsh in-laws. I've tried classes, books and everything. At least I can say a few standard phrases, and pick up some words in the conversation!

Don’t they speak English?

A proper career.

I have a PhD but never knew what I wanted to do. I told myself I wasn’t ambitious and DH asks I both wanted one of us to be around for the children. So now I’m 50 and stuck in the equivalent of a school administrator job.

My mum used to say “any road will get you there if you don’t know where you’re going.” That’s pretty true for me.

A girlfriend.
Married mum of dc. Gay. No one can ever know.

@PrinnyPree

Having a dog. I grew up with dogs (golden retrievers) but my husband just isn't a fan. We have a cat who is lovely though (didn't rate cats till I became a cat owner)

Basically having a dog would make both my lovely husband and cat unhappy (although I would love for my baby to grow up a dog lover).

Maybe your husband and cat will turn out to be dog lovers...

a few extra inches... in height

Legs.

I do have legs but they are not the size I ordered and deserve. I wanted the longer ones with narrow feet. What they sent was a set of wide peasant feet on short legs only one size up from " average hobbit".

@Bakedbeanhead my heart goes out to you 💕. we have to live well and be happy; that's what they'd want and we have our wonderful memories to sustain us 💐

Being able to converse with my Welsh in-laws. I've tried classes, books and everything. At least I can say a few standard phrases, and pick up some words in the conversation!

They don't speak English? At all?

Not being able to eat most nice food and eating the same meals day in and day out

Enough money!

Brian.

My wedding
Owning my own home
Being sensible!!! That’s the biggest one, I always say stupid stuff

• justice (after rape)

A decent living wage.

Good looks.

Slim body

@Glassofshloer, yes they speak English very well. But Welsh is the first language of the extended family, and even when group conversations are in English, they gradually transition to Welsh!