Things you wanted when you were a kid and still miss....

amother

Chocolate

Mon, Sep 09 2024, 2:57 am

I didn't have most of the things mentioned but I honestly don't feel like I'm missing out. Did I at the time? Probably.

I bought a swingset for the little girl in me who never had one though.

amother

Razzmatazz

Mon, Sep 09 2024, 4:05 am

A doll house.

One of my friends had a very creative mother who made beautiful doll houses for each of her many daughters (maybe the son - I think there was just one son - got one too, I don't remember!)

And we had a museum near our house that had gorgeous dollhouses too.

I have since then always wanted a doll house. I got a cheap one for my girls when they were little but we couldn't afford a really magificant one.

iyh I will get one for my grandchildren.

Chayalle ↓

Mon, Sep 09 2024, 4:42 am

A cabbage patch doll.

And yeah, to go to sleepaway camp.

Of course my kids had both of these LOL. But reading this thread was funny, the things I DID have that other people pined for.

BTW you don't need piano fingers to play the piano. My fingers most definitely are not.....

amother

↑ Springgreen ↓

Mon, Sep 09 2024, 4:42 am

amother Catmint wrote:

A juicy sweater.
I was literally the only one of 90 plus girls in sem who didn't have one

The school l worked in gave out juicy sweaters. (2017)

amother

↑ Tanzanite

Mon, Sep 09 2024, 4:46 am

amother Razzmatazz wrote:

I want to get a beautiful collector's item doll house, more for decor than for the kids.
https://miniatures.com/shop-by.....ions/

amother

Zinnia

Mon, Sep 09 2024, 6:33 am

amother Alyssum wrote:

Slime. My mother didn’t allow it and now I let my kids play with it whenever they want. And yes it DOES come out of clothes.

How old are you? I feel like slime is a newer thing.

amother

Eggshell

Mon, Sep 09 2024, 6:50 am

So many things! Most of all clothing I think. & a nice room. My parents are wonderful but they were immigrants & not very social, they really didn't understand the norms.

amother

Latte

Mon, Sep 09 2024, 6:53 am

amother Catmint wrote:

A juicy sweater.
I was literally the only one of 90 plus girls in sem who didn't have one

I’m so sorry, I know you’re not exaggerating. It’s so sad when trends become mandatory. Like where’s the fun in that?

amother

Daffodil

Mon, Sep 09 2024, 7:32 am

American girl doll. In my days it was only the rich spoiled girls who got one.
The catalogs were my treat. I drooled over them.
A dollhouse. That was one of the first toys I got my kids.
I always tell my kids they shouldn't complain they have waaaay more toys than I did. And somehow I never complained I was bored!

amother

Mintcream

Mon, Sep 09 2024, 9:16 am

A functional home and parents that cared and loved me.
My father is a narcissist and my mother was emotionally unavailable for us and missed my many milestones in life. They continue to unavailable to their grandchildren as well.
I luckily learned many lessons in life to never make these mistakes on my own children.

amother

↑ OP

Mon, Sep 09 2024, 11:29 am

How were kipling bags still in, so long ago?

Maybe cultures are different, Im in UK.

My daughter got one at beginning of high school.
Very expensive but seems like everyone got one.

I am now seeing the littlest kids walking around with them.

Today I did carpool for my youngest whose 5 ,and noted that every other kid im the car had a kipling bag.

Kiwi13

Mon, Sep 09 2024, 12:09 pm

I wanted a my little pony collection.

My daughter has one. It was a wonderful healing experience to get it for her (and I got to play too!).

↑ Aurora

Mon, Sep 09 2024, 12:34 pm

amother Chocolate wrote:

I didn't have most of the things mentioned but I honestly don't feel like I'm missing out. Did I at the time? Probably.

I bought a swingset for the little girl in me who never had one though.

I also didn't have a lot of the things mentioned, but never really felt I was missing out.

Though there was this one toy I really wanted which was really detailed little mini-scapes of rooms and things like that. Still think they're cool, but don't need them now.

amother

↑ Springgreen

Mon, Sep 09 2024, 12:52 pm

amother OP wrote:

12 years ago I got myself a Kipling camera case cuz inner had a Kipling briefcase.

amother

Black

Mon, Sep 09 2024, 1:12 pm

Kiwi13 wrote:

I wanted a my little pony collection.

My daughter has one. It was a wonderful healing experience to get it for her (and I got to play too!).

I did the same with Barbies. My mom hated them, and it was all I wanted. My kids have sooo many!

↑ Chayalle

Mon, Sep 09 2024, 1:18 pm

amother OP wrote:

Had I known this, I might have been tempted to take my stock of hand-me-down Kiplings that my own DD's no longer use, when I visited relatives in the UK a few weeks ago.

Just kidding. But Kiplings are out in the US, at least where I live.

When my sister (in her 30's) was in high school, they were fashionable for high school girls.
A little later, they were in style for upper elementary school girls.
And later, maybe for younger (if you were the type to bother buying it for young kids.)

flowerpower

Mon, Sep 09 2024, 1:22 pm

American girl doll- got one for my girls. They never looked at it😭

Game boy. Only the richies owned one. My boys got one. I used to play Mario disks with them.

chili-n-cholent

Mon, Sep 09 2024, 2:40 pm

Chayalle wrote:

Kiplings are actually very in in BP these days Smile