What was the one thing you wanted but your parents didn't buy for you?

[texas*princess]

I would tell my parents for years that all I wanted for my birthday was a baby panda cub.

Of course back then I didn't know they were on the endangered species list

[Rio_Kohitsuji]

A Go-cart!!


Never got one though I'm still bitter.

[justamom]

Braces-They said ...get this...my FACE would grow to match my TEETH! Real comforting to a kid.

However, they were right. Now I am known for my smile and people always say I have such beautiful teeth!

[queequek]

An X5
http://www.canadiandriver.com/news/0...bmw-x5-4-6.jpg

Or a trip to Easter Island

[bruinaphi]

I always wanted an Easy Bake Oven too. Parents said no way. So I used to sneak into the kitchen at night and bake weird concoctions b/c I wanted to bake. I'm still surprised that they never broke down on that one.

One of my good friends really wanted a Light Brite and for some reason her parents wouldn't get her one. A few months ago she bought herself the Light Brite Cube. She is so happy with it and her parents still don't understand why she's obsessed.

[juniorgrrl]

A Lite Brite. My mom said I'd eat the pieces and choke on them.

I finally bought myself one in college. And I put the pieces in my mouth. They tasted like candy.

[TriDeltaGal]

I have to agree on wanting a horse. I wanted one so bad from about 7 to 12, but alas I never got one!

Originally posted by bruinaphi
I always wanted an Easy Bake Oven too. Parents said no way. So I used to sneak into the kitchen at night and bake weird concoctions b/c I wanted to bake. I'm still surprised that they never broke down on that one.

One of my good friends really wanted a Light Brite and for some reason her parents wouldn't get her one. A few months ago she bought herself the Light Brite Cube. She is so happy with it and her parents still don't understand why she's obsessed.

HAHAH Laura I have to admit my parents didnt buy me an easy bake oven either and i use to make the wierdest concoctions of things gorwing up because i didnt get to learn to bake. I think that is why my cooking is pretty bad!

I had the Lite Brite and was always loosing those peices!

[bruinaphi]

I think that my expermentation is why I am a good cook today. I figured it all out myself and instead of being limited to the weird mixes and the size of that oven I had a full size oven and everything!

Of course, my mom used to come out in the middle of the night cuz the smell of baking would wake her and I'd get a nice lecture

[AGDLynn]

Black and white sports car!!

That and a decent record (yes, record) player.

[sageofages]

dance lessons. Ballet or tap.

We were always moving with dad being transferred (USAF) that my parents kept saying NO wah!!!!

If I weren't so "old" and "decrepid" I would take them now.

[SoProud2BeAnAlphaXi]

I wanted REAL Cherokee shoes, not knock-offs, and REAL Chemin de Fers, not knock-offs, but my parents refused to pay for either when there were perfectly good knock-offs, missing only the nametag (which was, of course, what really mattered). I'm still a little bitter about this.

[LoveMyKeyKKG]

I have two things:

1. An Atari - My brothers insisted on getting Intellivision (anyone else have this??) and my parents wouldn't buy a second game system. I wanted to play Frogger sooooooo bad.

2. A trampoline - My mom thought we would kill ourselves on it. If we got one today, it would probably have to be something like this.

[LoveMyKeyKKG]

Oh and one other thing...a RABBIT JACKET!! Man, you just weren't cool in my elementary school unless you had one.

[bruinaphi]

Originally posted by sageofages
dance lessons. Ballet or tap.

I take tap classes now. It's so much fun! I even have a tap board in my apartment so I can practice (of course my neighbors don't like the idea very much). You are never too old to take dance!

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