# What's your wish?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-wish/396495>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 19, 2007, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-wish/396495 "2007-03-19T00:14:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Honeydew\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e19b73/32.png) [@Honeydew\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honeydew_1)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-wish/396495/41 "2007-03-19T15:40:14Z")

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I wish that I was pregnant. I had a miscarriage four weeks ago and its a horrible thing to have happen and to deal with. We would completley adore to have kids, I think we’d be great parents.

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**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-wish/396495/42 "2007-03-19T15:43:00Z")

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[QUOTE=chowder]  
Really and truly I wish I lived just around the corner from **ScareyFaerie**  
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My local’s just round the corner - that would be a fantastic place to live!

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**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-wish/396495/43 "2007-03-19T15:57:07Z")

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I wish I could find someone to love me, that I could love back.

I wish that, if I have to work, I had a job I enjoy.

StG

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**Author:** ![Mrs.Millamant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@Mrs.Millamant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Millamant)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-wish/396495/44 "2007-03-19T16:03:01Z")

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I wish for the three guys I know in Iraq to come back alive and whole.

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**Author:** ![frog\_princess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6bbea6/32.png) [@frog\_princess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/frog_princess)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-wish/396495/45 "2007-03-19T16:12:06Z")

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I wish my marriage was better.

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**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-wish/396495/46 "2007-03-19T17:53:20Z")

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My wish is that my kids will grow up in health, wealth and happiness.

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**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-wish/396495/47 "2007-03-19T19:00:35Z")

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I wish the boy I love loved me back.

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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-wish/396495/48 "2007-03-19T19:07:37Z")

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[QUOTE=Madd Maxx]  
I wish I could win the lottery so my wife and I can stay home and raise our kids.  
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And I wish to win the lottery right after you so my wife and I can stay home with OUR kids.

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**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-wish/396495/49 "2007-03-19T19:10:25Z")

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I wish I was more social.

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**Author:** ![nivlac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3bc359/32.png) [@nivlac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nivlac)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-wish/396495/50 "2007-03-19T19:50:46Z")

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I wish to live long enough to hold a grandchild, or two, or three.

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**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-wish/396495/51 "2007-03-19T22:08:40Z")

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I wish I could rid myself of all of my hatreds .

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-wish/396495/52 "2007-03-20T00:21:43Z")

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[QUOTE=Mrs. Millamant]  
I wish for the three guys I know in Iraq to come back alive and whole.  
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I’d like to get in on this wish

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**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-wish/396495/53 "2007-03-20T00:25:43Z")

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I wish that my birthday coming up didn’t scare me so much.

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**Author:** ![Kuizelemartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19b73/32.png) [@Kuizelemartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuizelemartz)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-wish/396495/54 "2007-03-20T00:58:34Z")

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I wish my friend wasn’t paralyzed.

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**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-wish/396495/55 "2007-03-20T01:08:54Z")

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I wish I had never been born.

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-wish/396495/56 "2007-03-20T01:11:43Z")

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[QUOTE=TPWombat]  
I wish I had never been born.  
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Despite my extreme self-pittying life is shit personality I’ve never wished that.

If I’d never been born I would not … be. I would not be able to experience the benefit of not having been born.

And I would not have experienced the few good bits of being an extant human being.

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**Author:** ![PoorWarblingOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4491bb/32.png) [@PoorWarblingOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorWarblingOne)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-wish/396495/57 "2007-03-20T01:18:17Z")

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I wish I could just get my act together and stop being so frightened by the every day responsibilities that other people seem to take in their stride, like opening bills and official letters…

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**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-wish/396495/58 "2007-03-20T05:11:50Z")

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Wow, only one wish?

I wish that we were financially secure enough to not worry about how we’re going to get my kids to college and to able to support my mother so she could FINALLY retire from her shitty job and take care of her health.

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**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-wish/396495/59 "2007-03-20T05:27:25Z")

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That I didn’t have to feel guilty every time it happens.

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**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-wish/396495/60 "2007-03-20T07:22:10Z")

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[QUOTE=TPWombat]  
I wish I had never been born.  
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Living in Portsm outh I suppose that’s only natural.Just kidding

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