When I was twelve, 1957, I saw a cute little Nash Metropolitan car and thought I’d someday have one of those! When I was 18, met a boy who had one, went for a ride. No longer wanted one.
Thank you for your work. We have two rescue dogs, and they have been the absolute best.
I always wanted to hire a local artist to paint murals on my walls. My parents wouldn’t allow it.
Neither will my wife. ;). I still think our bedroom and living room would benefit from murals. But that’s a dream left unfulfilled.
The best thing about fostering? It’s a reward unto itself. The critters make me happy, and everything beyond is a bonus.
I hate some of the circumstances our companions come from. But there’s nothing better than seeing them getting spoiled by the new family. I can’t rescue all of them, but I can rejoice when my babies find a good place.
PSA: consider adopting an older animal. The puppies and kittens are cute, but the adult animals are civilized!
Twizzlers! Supermarkets used to sell the 1 lb pack, which was easier than getting the COSTO plastic bucket that had each one individually wrapped.
All you need is “Film Noir Night”, guests, some good movies, and of course… twizzlers!
I quote Neil Young: When I get big I’m gonna get an electric guitar. When I get real big.
As a kid I always wanted my own, real, full-sized gumball machine. I have one now and I love it. My nephews think it’s pretty cool too. It holds about 8-9 pounds of gumballs.
I also have several Lego sets. I love Lego. Platonically.
I recall being about nine years old and realizing that someday I could buy all the M&Ms I could eat.
Funny how specific it was…not just any candy, but M&Ms.
Up until I completed college I wanted a pool table – big time. Four years later, when I had the money and space to get one, I realized it would quickly be relegated to occasional use and decided to pass. Never changed my mind.
I have a Robotron:2084 arcade machine in my game room.
Due to not having kids or a wife to prioritize my buying habits I pretty much have those things. I have spent considerable amounts of money on crazy stuff.
And yes, I do contribute to charitable organizations to salve my conscience. 
Thank you. You just saved my bank balance (and possibly my marriage).
Now, can you test-drive a BMW Isetta for me, and tell me how bone-jarring it was, and how it was so loud that you couldn’t even hear the Cubs game on the tinny stock AM radio? Bonus points if you critique a Renault 2CV, too.
Oh, and if you could build a treehouse out of legos and tell me how boring it was, that’d be great.
When I was a kid, I couldn’t wait to grow up so that I could eat hot dogs whenever I wanted. Now that I’m an adult, I RARELY eat hot dogs, but it is nice to know that I can have one whenever I feel like it.
Who grows up wanting a 10k 3d printer? I didn’t even know those existed until a couple years ago. I don’t think kids who know about 3d printers are grown up yet.
Same for me. I still look at them online and in magazines at least once a week but then I realized what a horrendously bad financial decision that would be. The only way I would buy a plane would be if I stumbled across a really old classic like a Piper Cub or Aeronca that needed a good home for a cheap price. Those exist but even that would be questionable.
It would still be a (fun) money sinkhole but at least it wouldn’t break the bank. When I was 10, I was thinking more of the lines of a Mooney or even a small jet but the money for those today will make your eyeballs pop out of your head (even a new Cessna 172 is prohibitively expensive at about $300,000 and those are just the Toyota Corollas of the airplane world; helicopters are much worse).
I still plan to get something but it may just be a fancy ultralight or a powered parachute. That will do just as well because, truth be told, I have little practical use for a real airplane even if I could afford any one I wanted without blinking.
Astronomical Telescope. When I had my 40th, instead of little presents, everyone chipped in and paid for it. So I guess I really didn’t buy it.
When I was a kid I wanted a house with my very own backyard pool. That’s what I have now and it’s awesome.
A trailer.
When I was eight years old, and I learned there were houses that you could hitch up and drive wherever you wanted, I was sold.
I couldn’t understand why anyone would buy a house that was stuck in one spot.
FWIW, I never bought one.
A Corvette, but it’ll never happen. Like most sports cars, when you’re old enough to afford it you’ll look stupid in it.
When I was in elementary school, (in the 60s) I wanted a little car I could drive myself. I seem to recall seeing them in ads, but I didn’t know anyone who had one or who could afford one. I don’t even remember if they were battery powered or had a small engine.
Fast forward to 1976, shopping for my first new car (to be financed by Daddy National Bank) - I got me a Datsun B210 - a little car I could drive myself! 
So that goal was realized.
There were a few girly moments when I dreamed about wearing makeup and high-heeled shoes and evening gowns, but I got over all that in my 20s. Life is all about comfy shoes and jeans and not fussing with painting my face, and it’s definitely better!