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

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a good singing voice

Absolutely a good singing voice.

Height.

Shiny hair

Being taller.

@ManifestingJoy I haven't quite accepted the frustration of my shortness yet but your post made me very happy! I'll get there...

Height, a loving family, a loving husband.

I don't think I have made peace with any of my long list yet. Although I feel like I am getting to an age where I need to (early thirties). Is this an age thing? How do you make peace with things that cause you so much pain? If the big things don't matter then what really matters and what are we even doing here?

All that goes over in my head is the Linkin Park song lyrics from 'in the end', "it doesn't even matter how hard your try".

It’s interesting to see quite a few (female?) posters saying height. I’m quite tall, but don’t see it as a particularly sought after attribute?

A tan that doesn't come from a bottle

Being slim and having a nice house

@m1shap3

A tan that doesn't come from a bottle

God yeah. I've still not come to terms with my pastiness though, damn it!

It’s interesting to see quite a few (female?) posters saying height. I’m quite tall, but don’t see it as a particularly sought after attribute?

I'm less than 5' tall. I only want a couple of inches, I'm not greedy!
It would be so nice to be able to look people in the eye when I speak to them , buy womens clothes that fit (petite is usually for someone who is about 5'2) to be able to see over the counter in sandwich bars, reach the rails if you are standing up on public transport, reach the pedals in any car and have better vision when driving, and to not to have primary school children tell me they are taller than me!!

Imatramp1
Hugs, honestly, I'm sure you're not. I'm not very bright but I'm happy with being me

thenightsky my only way of stopping a bike is crashing!
Hamtonn i hope you feel you can keep trying and hopefully something will click

Ilovemycat happy birthday in advance, make sure you treat yourself if nobody does- a bit of pampering, a nice walk, some cake and a good book or some tv you love

A sister.

Always wanted one,m. Have two younger brothers who I love dearly but I have always longed for a sister. I'm glad my two DDs have one.

Oh yes, not being good at maths
It actually annoys me.

@CasaBonita

A horse

Mine is a horse too. 🥲

Owning my own home. Earn a very good salary but life is so expensive, each time it’s just about in reach some shit happens and pulls the rug. I give up.

A wife.

I married a man when I was an extremely religious teenager (my religion forbade gay relationships), and my marriage is good and we love each other. But I'll always be gay.

A career/personal income and independence 😢

Love

@Idony - you sound bloody brilliant 🥰🥰🥳🥰

@DressBitch
I was encouraged to try different extra curricular activities as a child.
Sadly I wasn't very good at any of them.

A bowel that works properly.
Not going to uni
Am having severe difficulty accepting I come below a relative of dh.( we have had countless rows about it).

Being slim

In laws who just don't seem that bothered about me. I always hear other in laws say about how wonderful their DILs are, 'the daughter they never had, best thing to happen to their DS' etc and I feel sad I'll never have that. I really tried for many years with mine to be warm and welcoming but looking back I think somehow they'd chosen not to like me, so it was never going to make any difference how nice I was to them. Wish I had known and I might not have gone to so much trouble for so long, but I did and their reaction has always been cold and it's hurtful.

I'm lucky to have a lovely family though, very close to my parents and siblings. And my children are fab which PILs acknowledge-but never that that's anything to do with me obviously!

My full blown career with its lovely potential earnings. Went pt when dc started school as couldn't find the childcare to help with school pickups. Its gone down the drain ever since. I am ok with that though now.

My dc more than make up for the lack of career but I wish I'd managed to do both even though I really couldn't and did try very hard to keep it going.

10:38Glassofshloer me too x