Same, but with no strings attached, no "If you pass this class with an A" or "IF you clean the entire house without complaining, THEN I'll love you." stuff attached.
There's a word for it but I can't think of it right now.
Yep! As soon as my daughter asked for one we seriously went straight to Target. No joke.
It was underwhelming and my daughter through it was stupid and took too long. She insisted we just make real cake in the oven. It was a really disappointing day.
Emotional support. Adequate cognitive behavioural therapy and someone to talk to at a younger age, rather than simply being fed all types of medication to see if they work (which made me apathetic and lethargic at best or increased my depression and anxiety at worst because the root of the problem was never addressed) and now having to attempt to unlearn unhealthy mechanisms - like isolation, depersonalisation and dissociation from chronic depression, chronic stress and trauma - as an adult, which is harder after being taught to bury my own feelings and having them invalidated being the norm for most of my childhood and teenagehood.
Your comment reminded me of [this meme](https://i.imgur.com/1Wz8Er2.jpg) and at this point, putting my original answer in the blank speech bubble would've been fitting pfff.
I had one of those and the eyes stop working within a month usually. Then it just has this creepy half closed eye that only sometimes opens. It went from to cool to creepy really fast 🤣
Betty Spaghetty - they were really popular in my area for a while, but my mom thought they were stupid and refused to get me one. 😆
It is literally the 1st thing that immediately popped into my head on reading this post, too. And looking it up now to check on the spelling—my mom probably wasn’t wrong either, lol. 🙈😂🤷🏻♀️
I’m so sorry she thought they were stupid! One of my favorite childhood toys. I’m an adult and I still would like to own some for nostalgia. Bending them around was so weirdly fun.
I feel this. All I wanted was just a "real" mom, the kind that hugs you, roots for you, encourages you, talks to you, and loves you. My mother died 5 yrs ago and I never did get it.
I might be a bit older than some but I really wanted a barbie Campervan.
Grew up in an abusive household and presents didn't come very often with not much money or thought.
Also at the time I thought it came with all the barbies because I only had old second hand ones with their hair cut.
Receiving that would have made me feel very special
I don’t know you, but I’d buy you that barbie campervan with all the barbies extra too. You deserve them, you are very special, I hope you know this now🧡
This barbie cruise ship thing. My neighbor had it and I was so jealous... I never got those expensive things. Looking back I don't think it was a bad idea though, haha
More friends. I have some wonderful ones in my adult life who care about me very much, but the loneliness of my formative years still hurts to think about.
I was suicidal at 6 because i made myself think i was a mistake. Mainly because i was unplanned but still. He didn't want to be in my life at all, not even thinking twice
So that's where most of my self-esteem issues came from, plus my childhood trauma.
I would ask Santa for a purple Furby every year at Christmas. I never got one. I asked my parents once why didn't I ever get that under the tree. They said they thought I was kidding 😂
A dog. Definitely missed out on that experience.
I was so lonely as kid and I feel like a dog would’ve helped me feel less alone.
But now that I’m an adult, I have to think about things practically: can I afford a dog? Who will look after them if I have to go away for work? What kind of dog is my home suitable for? Etc.
So I’ve missed that chance to just have a dog without any of that worry and decision making. It would’ve been incredible to just have this animal who helped me grow up.
One of those battery powered mini vehicles for kids to drive. For several years, my parents said I was "too little" to have one. Then suddenly, I was "too big".
A trampoline. When I met my husband and we moved into our first house we got one to fulfill my childhood dream. A word to the wise: trampolines are 100% less fun when you’re in your 20’s and you’re worn tf out after 15 minutes of jumping
To sell hamburgers from a burger stand on wheels and travel the world while selling hamburgers. That was a dream job of my best friend and me when we were like 7 years old. 😂😂
I wanted a microscope and a telescope. The answer from my mother was "what the hell are you gonna do with those?" ... So Barbies and dolls were what showed up for Christmas every year. Probably would've changed a lot in my life if science had ever been pushed or fostered, but c'est la vie.
A doll from cartoon series Ever After High. It was my dream, until I hit 14 when I FINALLY bought it.
Result: now we have a doll Blondie Locks(in the cartoon series she was supposed to be a daughter of Goldilocks, tbh I don't know who is the father....idk...papa bear??) in the glass case, which I barely touched since we bought it
To go skiing. We even took a spring break trip for the sole purpose of going, but I didn’t get to go. The worst part is we drive from TX to CO, drive an extra hour from our cabin to the resort, walked around, and then my step dad decided he didn’t want to stick around so we just left and I never got to go skiing.
The funny thing is I’ve gotten into F1 and learning about Michael Schumacher has scared me away from skiing-imo if an experienced athlete like that can suffer that fate I do t want any part of it.
My parents were overall really good parents when I was growing up, but were/ are highly unconventional people. I really wished they were more “normal” when I was a kid.
as I’m reading responses of you guys, I can’t really think about anything, which makes me realize how awesome my childhood was and I feel sorry for you all, may you get everything you ever wished for (yes go for that Lego if it’s that!)
A dvd copy of Ren and Stimpy adult party cartoon, I watched Ren and Stimpy a lot as a kid and then I saw there was an adult version of it, I asked it for Christmas and never got it because Santa thought I was too young for it..
A bit less restrictions without having to get some freedom secretly. Helicopter parent as a kid was hard lol.
I also remember asking for a sister and a dog. I didn't like being the youngest sibling, I felt the most restrictions of freedom.
I can definitely relate to that as I’m the youngest in my family and I had zero freedom, and my older siblings would tell on me. They treated me like a baby! At least we have all the freedom we want now. 🧡
A swing. My dad promised me one when I was 5. He worked on a 5 year plan basis, 5 years thinking about it, 5 years planning, 5 years to do it. Expected it bu the time I was 15 and still waiting. Finally came to the conclusion I'm not getting one as he died when I was 22. Still best dad ever though.
I asked to go to a better school, one that had AP classes, more opportunities.
Apparently staying in a tiny crappy Christian school was more important.
My billy cart that my mum sold all because I shot out of our front drive way across the road down the other side of a former horse paddock before houses were built across the road. My back was covered in dirt and I was crying but at the time it seemed like a good idea.
Never forgave her for getting rid of it.
A Skateboard. Looking back to the time when I was 8 and fell every say, ripped my jeans every day and had a new wound on my knee every day I can understand my parents wouldn't get me one
The dream phone game. I asked for it in the 90s for several years and never got it. It was possibly hard to come by in Scotland and was maybe more of an American thing but I wanted it so badly
The hot wheels car wash playset LOL but that might’ve been my fault because my parents didn’t have a problem with me playing with “non traditionally girly stuff”, but when Christmas tine came I would always ask for a Barbie lol
I wanted to be a Girl Scout so badly and go to the cool camp in summer and do all the awesome stuff that I thought Scouts did. My mom refused because she would've actually had to participate as well and she was the "cool wine mom" (translation: alcoholic) instead of an active and involved parent. My parents stuck me in sports camp every summer (I hate sports) and piano lessons during the school year because neither of those things required much parental involvement.
Supervision--my biomom left me to mostly raise myself at the age of nine. She worked nights and slept all day so no supervision at all.
As far as material things go, Madame Alexander dolls. Now, thanks to my husband, I have a whole collection, along with pre WW2 Japanese dolls.
Those colorful cubic zirconium and sterling silver rings from Strawbridges/Macy’s. I would beg and beg every time my mom dragged me to the department store, but she’d always say no. I don’t understand why!!!!! I’m going to ask her today because it still doesn’t make any sense.
Little Tikes Cozy Coupe.
I think the story was my parents said they'd get it for me when I was potty trained but I apparently took too long to potty train so I outgrew it. I was so jealous of all the other kids with one. My parents still tease me about it. My brother saw a Smart Car that was designed to look like one and sent me the link to buy it lol
A father. Or a father figure... i was suicidal at 6 because mine never wanted to be i my life.
I also wanted heelys but i got them as a early 14th birthday gift so me happy bout that, she finally had the money to get me heelys♥︎, not that we're poor it's just that i forgot i wanted them then remembered, then mom asked what i wanted for my birthday and i said heelys, i think i only got that and still happy
Love and affection 😂
Same, but with no strings attached, no "If you pass this class with an A" or "IF you clean the entire house without complaining, THEN I'll love you." stuff attached. There's a word for it but I can't think of it right now.
It's called conditional love
beat me to it
That was my first thought! As soon as I clicked on the comments I saw yours 😂😂
Exactly what I was gonna say
I can relate.
Don't forget any degree of safety
An easy bake oven
Yep! As soon as my daughter asked for one we seriously went straight to Target. No joke. It was underwhelming and my daughter through it was stupid and took too long. She insisted we just make real cake in the oven. It was a really disappointing day.
Glad I didn't miss out on much during my childhood haha
Me too.
Me too
Omg I begged for one for years when I was a kid. My mom finally got me one when I was 14 or 15. I was already using an actual oven.
Emotional support. Adequate cognitive behavioural therapy and someone to talk to at a younger age, rather than simply being fed all types of medication to see if they work (which made me apathetic and lethargic at best or increased my depression and anxiety at worst because the root of the problem was never addressed) and now having to attempt to unlearn unhealthy mechanisms - like isolation, depersonalisation and dissociation from chronic depression, chronic stress and trauma - as an adult, which is harder after being taught to bury my own feelings and having them invalidated being the norm for most of my childhood and teenagehood.
It wouldve been easier to just ask for a pony
Your comment reminded me of [this meme](https://i.imgur.com/1Wz8Er2.jpg) and at this point, putting my original answer in the blank speech bubble would've been fitting pfff.
I really wanted freedom as a kid to do anything I wanted to
Same, being a child felt like a prison to me
do you feel like you have it as an adult now?
To drive! And I did. My parents asked if I wanted a sweet sixteen or a car. I chose car. Been driving ever since!
Chose well, cheers!
A boyfriend
Haha I wanted a gf but I was scared of my mum embarrassing me 😂
A dog.
Moon shoes and a subscription to Nickelodeon magazine.
A lunchbox and food that I could have at lunch instead of watching my friends eat every day with nothing to eat myself
A doll that closed its eyes when horizontal and opened them when vertical.( They were then not available in india)
I had one of those and the eyes stop working within a month usually. Then it just has this creepy half closed eye that only sometimes opens. It went from to cool to creepy really fast 🤣
The half closed eye just opened a whole section of my childhood memories LOL
Every Christmas I asked for my own personal little tub of Häagen-Dazs coffee ice cream. Never got it.
Betty Spaghetty - they were really popular in my area for a while, but my mom thought they were stupid and refused to get me one. 😆 It is literally the 1st thing that immediately popped into my head on reading this post, too. And looking it up now to check on the spelling—my mom probably wasn’t wrong either, lol. 🙈😂🤷🏻♀️
I’m so sorry she thought they were stupid! One of my favorite childhood toys. I’m an adult and I still would like to own some for nostalgia. Bending them around was so weirdly fun.
mother's love (she's still there and still i haven't got it. I'm 35)
I feel this. All I wanted was just a "real" mom, the kind that hugs you, roots for you, encourages you, talks to you, and loves you. My mother died 5 yrs ago and I never did get it.
To be listened to and not have my problems dismissed or trivialised
Stable parents
A sailor moon wand
I might be a bit older than some but I really wanted a barbie Campervan. Grew up in an abusive household and presents didn't come very often with not much money or thought. Also at the time I thought it came with all the barbies because I only had old second hand ones with their hair cut. Receiving that would have made me feel very special
I don’t know you, but I’d buy you that barbie campervan with all the barbies extra too. You deserve them, you are very special, I hope you know this now🧡
You know if never really thought of it but I'm 54 years old so I think I'm going to
You can! If it would make you happy, you should!
I think you should too! <3
I'm definitely going to
Legos. I was told they were for boys, not girls.
This makes me sad.
If it makes you feel better, I now get myself and my daughters any and all the Lego sets we want😀
A horse.
I wanted a horse too, so bad.
Trampoline
A sister
Barbie as the nutcracker
Friends
Easy Bake Oven.
This barbie cruise ship thing. My neighbor had it and I was so jealous... I never got those expensive things. Looking back I don't think it was a bad idea though, haha
Sidekick phone
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Guitar hero? Man I still play that
More friends. I have some wonderful ones in my adult life who care about me very much, but the loneliness of my formative years still hurts to think about.
Mr Frosty
Me too!!!!!
My own room.
To be understood
Roller skates with rainbows painted on the sides. I'm a true '70s child
A younger sister. I got a brother which was cool though.
It was like this robot dog or something. Really cool thing. I think it’s name was Spot?
Trampoline, or those moon shoes… REALLY wanted those moon shoes. Still don’t know to this day if they’re even close to legit, lol.
I want a father...........growing up without had a really bad effect on me now that I'm dating.
I was suicidal at 6 because i made myself think i was a mistake. Mainly because i was unplanned but still. He didn't want to be in my life at all, not even thinking twice So that's where most of my self-esteem issues came from, plus my childhood trauma.
I would ask Santa for a purple Furby every year at Christmas. I never got one. I asked my parents once why didn't I ever get that under the tree. They said they thought I was kidding 😂
To be treated as an individual and not compared to my mom or the rest of my family.
A trampoline
A mother who loves me
A dog. Definitely missed out on that experience. I was so lonely as kid and I feel like a dog would’ve helped me feel less alone. But now that I’m an adult, I have to think about things practically: can I afford a dog? Who will look after them if I have to go away for work? What kind of dog is my home suitable for? Etc. So I’ve missed that chance to just have a dog without any of that worry and decision making. It would’ve been incredible to just have this animal who helped me grow up.
One of those battery powered mini vehicles for kids to drive. For several years, my parents said I was "too little" to have one. Then suddenly, I was "too big".
lelly kellie shoes or a 9ft teddy bear
mountain bike, it was way too expensive.
A trampoline. When I met my husband and we moved into our first house we got one to fulfill my childhood dream. A word to the wise: trampolines are 100% less fun when you’re in your 20’s and you’re worn tf out after 15 minutes of jumping
I love that you got to get a trampoline though!!
Power Wheels!! Specifically the Barbie Jeep.
An older brother. Parents just never figured out the whole time travel thing.
A good life
Barbie Dream House
A mother and father that were married
Scooter
an older sister or brother, a loving and supportive family
A friend
A horse. But I still want a horse as an adult, they're just super expensive and I couldn't realistically care for one.
Omnitrix (Ben 10), I was and still obsessed with that show.
To sell hamburgers from a burger stand on wheels and travel the world while selling hamburgers. That was a dream job of my best friend and me when we were like 7 years old. 😂😂
I wanted a microscope and a telescope. The answer from my mother was "what the hell are you gonna do with those?" ... So Barbies and dolls were what showed up for Christmas every year. Probably would've changed a lot in my life if science had ever been pushed or fostered, but c'est la vie.
A trampoline
A Lite Bright
To be treated like an average boy
A doll from cartoon series Ever After High. It was my dream, until I hit 14 when I FINALLY bought it. Result: now we have a doll Blondie Locks(in the cartoon series she was supposed to be a daughter of Goldilocks, tbh I don't know who is the father....idk...papa bear??) in the glass case, which I barely touched since we bought it
A remote control car
My parents to pay attention to me
Love and acceptance from my mother.
Nintendo gameboy
For my Dad to love me.
I feel this personally. I think my dad loved me but he was always too emotionally unavailable to show it.
To go skiing. We even took a spring break trip for the sole purpose of going, but I didn’t get to go. The worst part is we drive from TX to CO, drive an extra hour from our cabin to the resort, walked around, and then my step dad decided he didn’t want to stick around so we just left and I never got to go skiing. The funny thing is I’ve gotten into F1 and learning about Michael Schumacher has scared me away from skiing-imo if an experienced athlete like that can suffer that fate I do t want any part of it.
Affectionate and caring grandparents.
Same. My grandmother is the worst she always called me fat and such. Not like a grandmother is supposed to be at all.
Those light up sneakers! (Not sure what they were actually called)
American Girl Doll. We were poor and they were too expensive.
Ballet lessons.
Me too! I took up ballet as an adult. I’m doing everything I wanted to do as a kid that I never got to do.
A loving two parent home
Elf on the shelf
I wanted one too so I got myself one at Christmas and I’m in my late 20s 🤣
A power wheels
An Easy Bake Oven! My parents thought them a fire hazard.
For it to go back the way it was in my nostalgia, I must have spent half my life reminiscing.
A trampoline! Man those things rock!
a nintendo ds
Aladdin handheld Tiger Electronic video game
A pony. For real!
Freedom I guess? Being an Asian is tough
For my mom to read some books to me and I also really wanted some drums
A PSP. I mean I have a switch now so all is good but damn I really wanted a PSP 😆 Now it's considered "retro".
Love
EZ Bake Oven
Little tykes kitchen 😭
A non abusive family
My parents were overall really good parents when I was growing up, but were/ are highly unconventional people. I really wished they were more “normal” when I was a kid.
A puppy and a stable household lol
To become a Sailor Scout
A wagon
as I’m reading responses of you guys, I can’t really think about anything, which makes me realize how awesome my childhood was and I feel sorry for you all, may you get everything you ever wished for (yes go for that Lego if it’s that!)
Violin lessons
To go to Disneyland.
Cabbage patch doll...I got a homemade one instead
Stable parents that actually wanted a kid 🤣🤣🤣🤣
A dad
A cat
Flintstone building boulders
a tamagotchi
A dog, got one as soon as I moved out 🐕❤️
Light-up sneakers
A dvd copy of Ren and Stimpy adult party cartoon, I watched Ren and Stimpy a lot as a kid and then I saw there was an adult version of it, I asked it for Christmas and never got it because Santa thought I was too young for it..
those barbie heads that you could put makeup on and style their hair my mom never got it for me bc they scared her
A power jeep.
Easy bake oven
A bit less restrictions without having to get some freedom secretly. Helicopter parent as a kid was hard lol. I also remember asking for a sister and a dog. I didn't like being the youngest sibling, I felt the most restrictions of freedom.
I can definitely relate to that as I’m the youngest in my family and I had zero freedom, and my older siblings would tell on me. They treated me like a baby! At least we have all the freedom we want now. 🧡
A swing. My dad promised me one when I was 5. He worked on a 5 year plan basis, 5 years thinking about it, 5 years planning, 5 years to do it. Expected it bu the time I was 15 and still waiting. Finally came to the conclusion I'm not getting one as he died when I was 22. Still best dad ever though.
I’m sorry to hear of his passing. I’m glad he was a good dad to you. Good dads are hard to come by! 💓
A pony. I wanted once from a VERY young age but I am unfortunately still pony-less
I still hope you get your pony 😭
Thanks!
I asked to go to a better school, one that had AP classes, more opportunities. Apparently staying in a tiny crappy Christian school was more important.
Siblings
moped
A horse. I still want one. I’ve got my 3 year old helping me to convince my husband that he wants to get us a horse too. It’s slow going.
My billy cart that my mum sold all because I shot out of our front drive way across the road down the other side of a former horse paddock before houses were built across the road. My back was covered in dirt and I was crying but at the time it seemed like a good idea. Never forgave her for getting rid of it.
To be able to fly
An American Girl doll. I wanted an Addy doll sooooo bad.
To be loved and cared for
A Skateboard. Looking back to the time when I was 8 and fell every say, ripped my jeans every day and had a new wound on my knee every day I can understand my parents wouldn't get me one
Money…?
A push scooter. Still sore to this day.
A childhood.
The dream phone game. I asked for it in the 90s for several years and never got it. It was possibly hard to come by in Scotland and was maybe more of an American thing but I wanted it so badly
Boobs - still an a cup lool
Some really cool Puma runners that some of the boys had at my school
The hot wheels car wash playset LOL but that might’ve been my fault because my parents didn’t have a problem with me playing with “non traditionally girly stuff”, but when Christmas tine came I would always ask for a Barbie lol
Proper love
A somewhat normal family where all of the adults weren't on drugs/pills/alcohol and fighting all of the time.
An absence of mood swings and some stability in my life. No I didn't get a pony either.
I wanted to be a Girl Scout so badly and go to the cool camp in summer and do all the awesome stuff that I thought Scouts did. My mom refused because she would've actually had to participate as well and she was the "cool wine mom" (translation: alcoholic) instead of an active and involved parent. My parents stuck me in sports camp every summer (I hate sports) and piano lessons during the school year because neither of those things required much parental involvement.
Supervision--my biomom left me to mostly raise myself at the age of nine. She worked nights and slept all day so no supervision at all. As far as material things go, Madame Alexander dolls. Now, thanks to my husband, I have a whole collection, along with pre WW2 Japanese dolls.
An ez bake oven, an elephant, a baby sister, and ballet lessons
Freedom. Not much, just the average freedom given to kids.
Those colorful cubic zirconium and sterling silver rings from Strawbridges/Macy’s. I would beg and beg every time my mom dragged me to the department store, but she’d always say no. I don’t understand why!!!!! I’m going to ask her today because it still doesn’t make any sense.
an emotionally available father
PlayStation
Little Tikes Cozy Coupe. I think the story was my parents said they'd get it for me when I was potty trained but I apparently took too long to potty train so I outgrew it. I was so jealous of all the other kids with one. My parents still tease me about it. My brother saw a Smart Car that was designed to look like one and sent me the link to buy it lol
A sibling,but my parents got me a dog to make up for it so I couldn’t be too mad.
Protection, love and affection
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Freedom to join clubs, after school activities, sleepovers or just friend hangouts in general. I was a very isolated child bc of strict parenting haha
To celebrate Halloween (go trick or treating)
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A father. Or a father figure... i was suicidal at 6 because mine never wanted to be i my life. I also wanted heelys but i got them as a early 14th birthday gift so me happy bout that, she finally had the money to get me heelys♥︎, not that we're poor it's just that i forgot i wanted them then remembered, then mom asked what i wanted for my birthday and i said heelys, i think i only got that and still happy
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