I wanted piano or violin lessons. My parents got me recorder lessons instead. Recorder = MOST BORING INSTRUMENT EVER. They told me that if I practiced, "maybe" I could get piano or violin lessons later on. After a few years of "maybe next year" I gave up trying to change their minds. But now I sing
I also wanted a kitty cat. My parents didn't want a cat around the house. I brought the cutest kitten home one day, in the hopes that they would fall in love with his sweet face, but they made me return him