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

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a good singing voice

Height. Even though I’m in my fifties there’s a little part of me that still hopes I might grow beyond 5 foot 1.

A week without a migraine.
Have tried so many things over 25 years and just have to accept it is how my brain is.

A mum

the life I would have had without a disability

Not having a mum. She died when I was two. My dad remarried within the year to a woman who hated me. They were both emotionally and physically abusive all my childhood.

Good health (disabilities can make life so much less than it could have been)

A really happy marriage

Friends

A big enough house

to all of you who have lost children. It must be agony.

This thread has put my own unfulfilled desire ( to have a house rather than a flat) in perspective. So sorry @Belsizepark. My mum died when I was 27 and that was bad enough.

I was good at hockey as a teenager. The weekend I was selected for National trials , my period came . Not only was I unprepared for it but there all weekend trying to find some san pro , I had the usual terrible pains too. My hockey game and concentration suffered all day Saturday and I didn’t really recover until Sunday lunchtime. Worse , I was too embarrassed to say anything to the Coaches so they probably thought I was just not a good player .

I had a good final session Sunday afternoon but that was it and I was never contacted again after.

A worthwhile career and living by the sea

A daughter.
I adore the DSs but always wanted a girl, too.

No grandaughters yet, either.

Having now read some of the other posts mine sounds really insensitive. So sorry to all those that have lost parents young and lost children and had tough lives

Utility room

Lovely singing voice

@2beesornot2beesthatisthehoney how disappointing that must have been for you. Stupid periods.

Money

@Chasingsquirrels

Mr Frosty (as a child).

He was overated honestly. The syrup had a kind of toxic aftertaste and never covered the ice enough to make it edible.

A child

Slim legs that actually work properly

Being proposed to. Tho I guess in theory that could still happen!

Money 😆 - every time I get a pay rise it's deducted disproportionately from other income and i end up even worse off. Cost of living is going up all around. My example is probably pretty widespread right now though I'm not alone

So sorry @Belsizepark

@2bazookas I feel your pain. Could be lipoedema - there are support groups for the condition

The possibility to start back from scratch with my brother

A mom without hoarding disease

A father that gave me encouragement and kind words.

Being slim

Finding a partner

@FunnysInLaJardin I always wanted a girls world too 😂

@Sunbeamelephant why do you have to stay in your marriage? I can't imagine how unhappy you must be

Mine is parents that really care about me.

That meant to say not having parents who really care about me lol

A mother who loves me and would believe me when I told her my dad abused me.