What's something you couldn't imagine owning when you were a child, but have managed to get it as an adult?

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lets-go-champ86@reddit

I expected to have a house, car, family. I have bugger all.

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the-cock-slap-phenom@reddit

How old are you?

I’m older Gen Z and I never thought I’d have those things, but I’ve actually done alright.

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I think one of the biggest cultural differences between Millennials and Gen Z is that Millennials at one point actually expected they'd have shit before the 2008 financial crash so Gen Z don't have that same feeling of loss because we just always knew we were doomed

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Able_Fault_2481@reddit

Nah i dreamed to have it by 30 was working hard for it, was on target, then covid happened and I lost my way along with a whole lot of other people my age (1996 - 1999 age gap). Since then just accepted its going to be very unlikely but now thats had a knock on effect and pretty much feel whats the point since

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glasgowgeg@reddit

That's the opposite of what OP is asking. They want to know something they didn't think you'd have, but you now do.

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ChelseaGem@reddit

Same.

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IllustriousApple1091@reddit

Same.

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According-Let3541@reddit

A bit like you - I dreamed of having an en-suite when I was younger. Whilst I still lived at home. I got a job that required me to get up at 5.30am every morning and my parents were resolute that the heating did not go on that early. Getting out of the warm shower and then walking across a cold landing back to my bedroom where I had an electric heater, I solemnly swore that when I had my own home, I’d have an en-suite so I’d never experience that cold again. And I got myself that en-suite and loved it!

But I also realised that as a grown up with my own house, I can turn the heating on whenever I want 😂

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DescriptionFuture851@reddit

I haven't got one, because I don't want one.

However, my friends parents had a fridge with a water dispenser. Back then, I thought they were rich as fuck.

These days, I genunally don't understand why you don't just walk a few steps to the sink? It's much easier.

Also, you actually need to fill it up with water from the sink, so honestly what's the point?

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WalkerJoggerSprinter@reddit

Unfortunately, a plentiful supply of sweets and snacks.

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suchperfectmess@reddit

Coca Cola for me - I was never allowed it growing up because it sent me a bit wild. It’s the one ‘luxury’ I’d always get for myself when I moved out.

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InkedDoll1@reddit

Same. But also, the restraint to not eat them all at once without my mum there to tell me off. I think bc of her my eating will always be somewhat disordered, but it's a work in progress.

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Goats_Are_Funny@reddit

Same, cans of Monster are also on my list

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Minchaminch@reddit

Unfortunately because financial restriction is easier than self control? Yeah, I can afford to eat a share bag of crisps every day, but should I? Aldi mighty yeast nuts apparently contain 6 servings yet they never seem to last more than 2 days...

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OldRancidOrange@reddit

A farm. It’s a small one but it’s still a farm.

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ATSOAS87@reddit

What do you have on your farm?

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OldRancidOrange@reddit

Sheep, a few pigs every other year, 6-10 chickens and two Pygmy goats (and various cats and dogs). Also have a couple of hay fields.

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ATSOAS87@reddit

Dope. I hope you enjoy it even with all the stress of running a farm.

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Minchaminch@reddit

Honestly, this has been a long time dream. Not a working farm to make money, just a farm that was mine. Grow my own food. Raise my own animals. Be mostly self sufficient. Unfortunately my dream requires buying said farm and funds to pay for the things I can't grow/breed so is never likely. Congrats on actually living your dream!

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smitchldn@reddit

We paid the mortgage off a few years ago. I constantly look all that stuff I’ve acquired over the years and doesn’t seem real that I own any of it. Never felt like I deserve it. It’s like a constant source of impostor syndrome.

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Healthy_Chipmunk_990@reddit

Well throughout my childhood we had ups and downs. My parents had an art business in 90s Eastern Europe. One thing I never had was a secure home. We always moved for one reason or another. By the time I was 20 I lived in 20 different flats/houses/dorms. Even when we bought a house with a huge garden in the picturesque mountain village we had been living for a while all renovation works stopped and they sold the house with all the plans when they heard the land above the property will be developed. Yes, it sounded grim for privacy and there is indeed a huge apartman complex on the hill above that house we sold. But fun fact vegetation and trees are so high the garden still remained totally obscure and private. So instead of having a house with a huge garden and pool we kept on renting until my parents divorced.

Long story short: My family always moved so I did not feel having a secure home as a kid. I am still renting. But I have been living in the same flat since 2018 here in London.

I guess my landlords have kind of already figured the only reason I’d be moving if I bought my own place. It is a good deal for them and me too. They had multiple nightmare tenants before and I want a fix address.

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cbawiththismalarky@reddit

i bought myself a yacht, it's not as fancy as it sounds, it was £30k and it costs me a fortune, but everytime i go for a sail i get a large grin and I absolutely love it

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Cow_Launcher@reddit

I want to tell you a story, though there is little point to it.

My friend, (Jon) divorced his cheating wife. He decided to buy a yacht, adopt a young cat that had sea-legs, and do his own thing. Living like a Miami Vice character.

The two of them (cat and man) lived together peacefully in Portsmouth harbour, sometimes venturing out in to the Solent and over to the Isle of Wight. Upgrading the boat as he went. I used to see him a few times a year at club and car shows.

He got a cancer diagnosis just before Covid19 hit, and he died a couple of years ago. We in the car club did a collection for the cancer charities who looked after him, as well as Cats Protection League. Kitty went with the sister and is happy, but on dry land now.

I dunno. I just wanted to remember him to you.

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Healthy_Chipmunk_990@reddit

I life well lived.

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Gold-Creme-9597@reddit

Thank you for sharing this, it totally made my day and I’m so glad your mate got to live the life he deserved along with a furry bestie.

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SWTransGirl@reddit

This is such a lovely story, thank you so much for sharing it.

At least Jon and kitty got to spend some time together living the grand life, before he passed.

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Cow_Launcher@reddit

He deserves to be remembered. I wish that I could have the grace to deal with the shit handed to him that he did.

He bought a boat that was a bit of a wreck, and restored and upgraded it. New engine, upgraded water system, refreshed electrics.

We land-lubbers watched his mission with some envy, all while he hid his diagnosis from us.

The last time I saw him, I barely recognised him, but he was determined to live his life, kitty by his side. He achieved that.

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cbawiththismalarky@reddit

Very sad and inspiring at the same time

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lalajia@reddit

thank you for the story (and for the cat update!). my condolences on the loss of your friend x

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Cow_Launcher@reddit

Thank you! I loved that man, loved how he processed the hand that life dealt him.

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FlyingCatsConnundrum@reddit

Do you need a skipper's license to own and/or drive a yacht?

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cbawiththismalarky@reddit

No not at all in the UK, I have one just a day skipper one, that's enough to rent a boat anywhere else in the world

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Grenache@reddit

I'd love a boat but being the the NW the tides are insane so you can only get it in an out for an hour either side of high tide and I'm not paying two grand a year to put one on a lake.

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cbawiththismalarky@reddit

I'm in the NW at Preston marina

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Grenache@reddit

How is it for getting in and out? Can you nip up the ribble and wonder about the Irish sea and head back? I'm only the other side of Preston myself.

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cbawiththismalarky@reddit

Yes you just need a good plan, I tend to go to the isle of man a lot

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Grenache@reddit

Guess I’ll be seeing you in the Marina then.

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No_Law_1528@reddit

Is it legal to drunk drive in a yatch?

Imagine in your 20s picking up girls for a “joy ride” in a yatch

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cbawiththismalarky@reddit

If you have a crash that hurts someone you might be in trouble, but otherwise it's fine

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Lonely-Permission901@reddit

Indeed: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-44924244

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_Cridders_@reddit

"Never thought I'd be on a boat"

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davidbrooksio@reddit

Never thought I'd see a lonely island lyric on AskUK.

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RedHal@reddit

Doesn't everyone own a nautical-themed pashmina afghan?

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Dissidant@reddit

To be fair, "Great Day" is bloody mint and could apply just as well over here with the amount of coke doing the rounds

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Dissidant@reddit

It's a big blue watery road

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super_starmie@reddit

Poseidon, look at me OoOoOOOHhhH

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Legacy_Raider@reddit

Never thought I'd see the daaaaay

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Dissidant@reddit

When a big boat coming my way

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OctaneTroopers@reddit

I was once told the 2 best days of your life are the day you buy and yacht and the day you sell it.

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cbawiththismalarky@reddit

Yeah like I said it's not cheap, and I don't use it as much as I would like but it's worth it to me

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Aromatic_Pea_4249@reddit

I read that as "I get a large gin" and was totally on board with that idea!

Well, it is Friday on a bank holiday weekend! 🍸

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cbawiththismalarky@reddit

often have a gin onboard ;)

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StratosphereXX@reddit

My own child ...

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Rasty_lv@reddit

I have a amazing gaming rig / setup that child me / teen me would be jealous af.

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No_Height_2408@reddit

Ben and Jerrys

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Subject-Proposal-903@reddit

In this economy?

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Fanny_Flapps@reddit

I never understood why people think "Hmm, what flavour of ice cream would I like? Oh yeah, obscene profits for already-rich people flavour" when there are literally hundreds of better choices

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CarsCarsCars1995@reddit

especially since it's priced like a premium product but filled with cheap fillers like soybean oil

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DenM0ther@reddit

I wonder if it’s always been the same recipe or if it’s a shittier version nowadays?

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Fanny_Flapps@reddit

Bizarre isn't it? It's made to be as profitable as possible while being as cheap as possible to produce.

I think we've upset same people that consider Gregg's to be haute cuisine :)

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UnacceptableUse@reddit

If you can't understand why people like Ben and Jerrys then I don't really know what's going on inside your brain. Even if it's disgusting you should be able to understand that taste is subjective

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No_Height_2408@reddit

Only other choice round here is haagen daaz or supermarket brand fella

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Yoguls@reddit

I still haven't lived my childhood fantasy of having a full vienetta to myself

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Brilliant-Second5749@reddit

I have. They don't taste as good as you remember

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aChocolateFireGuard@reddit

The chocolate in them doesnt seem as thick. (I say doesnt seem; it is definitely not as thick)

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neilm1000@reddit

I still haven't lived my childhood fantasy of having a full vienetta to myself

There's a chap who eats whole ones on the tube.

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Yoguls@reddit

Absolute abhorrent behaviour on public transport

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karlware@reddit

I once had a freezer drawer full of cornettos. Childhood me could never have imagined such depravity.

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E-Step@reddit

Occasionally I buy one at full price and feel very fancy indeed

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Brilliant-Second5749@reddit

Mr 1% here

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retrolental_morose@reddit

As a blind kid, I walked into the school library and trailed my hands along shelf after shelf of books. Stories! Thousands of them! None of which I could read. Braille books were hard to get hold of. I spent many of my weekends with a big flatbed scanner, turning secondhand paperbacks from charity shops into text documents my computer could read to me or I could turn into Braille.

Nowadays I just open the Kindle ap and the books are all just, there. I couldn't have imagined access to bestselling fiction on the day it comes out at the time.

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Accomplished_Bison87@reddit

I love this! I’m so glad you have all the books ❤️

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emydawn@reddit

4 lifesize Lara Croft statues 😂💕🙌

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shinigami_kid42@reddit

Mine is the same as yours but the only difference is I still live in a flat. I hope that one day I will own a house.

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Baby8227@reddit

Just a house. We were council house kids and the idea of owning my own home was always a pipe dream as a kid; for others but not for me.

I am the proud owner of a 5 bed semi and am still a bit in awe of myself lol.

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ElijahJoel2000@reddit

LEGO, proper LEGO not third party cheap stuff

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phatboi23@reddit

proper LEGO not third party cheap stuff

tbh some of the modern knock off stuff is really good.

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ElijahJoel2000@reddit

Yeah, I do have a couple of specific kits using Lego adjacent building systems.

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Flimsy-Detective7643@reddit

My mum used to buy lego from car boot sales and give it a good wash, cheers mum :)

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CorpusCalossum@reddit

I've never had my own Lego and never had it as a kid due to cost.

I'm thrilled my daughter has been able to have real Lego.

We've had hours of fun together with it and to date I've not stood on a single piece.

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xDzerx@reddit

Awesome. I've never been into lego too much myself but some of the collections I see people have look amazing on shelves.

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krypto-pscyho-chimp@reddit

A motorbike. Rode a friends fizzy 50 on some waste ground when I was maybe 10. Was a pillion on probably stolen offroad motorbikes. No helmets. Riding on unfinished roads. A big TV. We had a black and white one for a long time and after that a coin operated colour one. A decent bed. I had the same mattress for at least 10 years as a child. Pretty sure it was a 20 year hand me down. Decent shoes. They were always terrible. Got me bullied at school for being the wrong style or colour or too old. I don't remember ever having boots or trainers. Only hand me down wellies and hand me down football boots.

I had no idea of the neglect I suffered at the time. The poverty was normal. Alcoholic Father. Fostered and Adopted. Seems I was a cash cow more than anything.

I moved out at 16, got a job and my first 50cc motorbike.

Some lovely woman rear ended me in my MILs car. The compo paid for my first 40" TV, full motorbike licence, a decent bed and mattress.

I'm on my 3rd big bike now. Looking at a 4th. I have a 43" TV gifted to me. I have a king-size bed gifted and a good mattress I paid for myself.

I have around 12 pairs of boots and shoes now. It wasn't until my 40s that I realised I had been wearing shoes and trainers that were too small.

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Crafty-squirrel1234@reddit

Congratulations on buying your first house with a garage! I have a flat with two balconies, to watch the world going by. As a child, living in a village, where nothing interesting ever happened, that’s the lifestyle I wanted.

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notanadultyadult@reddit

I have an American style fridge. It’s huge. Never thought I’d own one. It makes 2 different sizes of ice cubes!

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wlsb@reddit

Are they good ice cubes? I've only ever had ice cubes from an American fridge dispenser on one holiday, and they tasted... stale? plasticky? chemically?

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DameKumquat@reddit

You do need to clean the cube maker regularly and refresh the water if you don't use it often.

Friends thought the fridge included in the place they bought was broken, didn't make cubes, until I cleaned it and as if by magic, it then worked.

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phatboi23@reddit

refresh the water if you don't use it often.

some are plumbed in :)

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DameKumquat@reddit

Yeah, but if you don't use it for ages, you've got the same water sitting inside the machine getting stale.

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phatboi23@reddit

Good point

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wlsb@reddit

This was a rented holiday house. The house was cleaned between the previous occupants and us but God knows how long it had been since the ice cube maker was cleaned!

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Ok_Shirt983@reddit

Probably never, just like the black with mold ice maker in the cellar of your local pub.

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PM_YOUR_MUGS@reddit

My old one was plumbed in, didn't realise it was over producing ice on the Fritz. When I unclogged it, it was a mixture or stale and grotty ice mixed with all the muck that goes around the air of my kitchen. Was not nice to say the least

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notanadultyadult@reddit

No complaints from us tbh. We do clear out the ice and replace every now and again. It’s handy to always have ice available and I wasn’t a lover of ice trays when I had normal fridges in the past.

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Missing-Caffeine@reddit

Do you live in a hard water area? That's my major concern (also lack of money but lets focus on the hard water)

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DarthScabies@reddit

I use filtered water for my ice cube trays. You can definitely the difference.

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Gadget100@reddit

As a lover of ice-cold drinks, I’ve wanted one of one those since I first encountered one at a cousin’s house in the US.

Could never justify it when I lived on my own. But when I moved in with Mrs Gadget, I had an excuse. I now get through a lot of ice.

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KnownAndNamed@reddit

Just want to say congrats. It’s very cool.

I had a garden and garage growing up but just had my first baby and have neither so I need to aim to get this kid his garden!!!!!! That feeling will be similar to yours I’m sure.

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TaylorKatana@reddit

Detached house, mutha of a garden, a dozen guitars and amps to blow the neighbours away (if I had any neighbours….😬)

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ImmediatePiano6690@reddit

Dogs. As an allergy sufferer I never thought I'd have one, now got 2 sproodles.

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vibeupyourlife@reddit

A dog but for a slightly different reason. As a kid I used to be terrified of them now I have one who's my best mate and I couldn't imagine life without him.

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BG3restart@reddit

It was a dog for me too. My mum wouldn't let us have pets, other than goldfish. I think she thought she'd end up doing all the work. She was probably justified. As soon as I moved to a suitable property after I got married, we got a dog.

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sjl301@reddit

I grew up on a council estate and in winter, the small amount of snow was prime for making snowmen or snowballs, all the kids on the estate would race to use up fresh snow from the cars, pavements, areas of grass etc. and it would be gone by 10am most snow days.

I moved out to the countryside and have a small paddock. That first snow was glorious - 2 acres and i didn’t have to share any of it!

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Regular_Number5377@reddit

A sports car. Not like a specific car but I always liked the idea of having a sporty, two seater car with a proper folding metal roof, finally got that this year with a used MX-5, and it’s been awesome. It wasn’t expensive, it may or may not pass its next MOT, but every time I see it and drive it I get a huge smile on my face.

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Own-Heat2669@reddit

Came from a chaotic upbringing moving from council estate to council estate. The thought of owning anything felt pretty remote.

Anyway, now own a house with a drive and garden in a quiet area.

Have to remind myself of the difference at times.

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TrainingUnlucky9814@reddit

How did you get out?

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Own-Heat2669@reddit

Luck. I was pretty much set to leave school and become a postman (which isn't a bad thing and ultimately may have lead the same way.

However, I got encouraged to stay on to A levels. Again, I was going to leave and work, but a very kindly teacher took it upon themselves to arrange a scholarship for me.

It's a long meandering story and ultimately my poor mental health meant that I had to quit my degree and find a way to work for myself.

I taught myself how to code and accidentally set up a business that ultimately got acquired.

It didn't make me rich by any stretch, but it gave us enough to get on the way to a safe and stable environment.

So, I guess a combination of education, luck and having an inquisitive mind!

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TrainingUnlucky9814@reddit

Thank you, that is inspiring. If only everyone could be as humble and recognise the role of luck. But also you taught yourself to code well enough to make a living, that's no mean feat.

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GarlicEmergency7788@reddit

Not the guy that you replied to but I've got a similar story. It was education for me

You can be talented in a lot of ways in that give you a 0.001% chance of making it really big but ultimately a lot of the time your first foot in the door for a reliable and decent enough wage is through having some kind of qualification

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Snorkmaiden87@reddit

I could probably list quite a few things because when you grown up poor on a council estate, with abusive and neglectful parents, even small things like owning nice shoes as an adult become something you look at as an achievement. But I think the one that sticks out to me most prominently is I always wanted a nice dining table and chairs and the space to put one. I'd visit other kids homes and they had these nice kitchens with tables and they would all eat there together and I became fixated on having one when I "grew up" and once I could afford to (even though it was second hand it was very nice) I recall thinking...wow I actually did it and can sit here with my own child and it was one of the first moments I recall thinking "I did it!"

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Dadbodposterboy@reddit

A phone that fold out into a mini tablet and can be plugged into a monitor to use as a computer.

I was born early 80s so phones weren't a thing in my childhood

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r_keel_esq@reddit

When I was very small, I fantasised about living in "A house with stairs" as we lived in a ground-floor tenement flat.

We moved to one when I was six, and the reality was not as good as I had hyped the idea to be. Doubly so when I had a bad sickness bug and was halfway down the stairs when Vesuvius erupted.

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scsewalk@reddit

Having a dishwasher. I didn't really know anyone who had one when I was growing up. I used to think I'll know I've made it when I have a dishwasher. Now everyone has them but I got my first one 6 years ago.

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Sussurator@reddit

For me it’s the places I’ve been. Going on safari has to be the main one though, we went to the Serengeti, saw the great migration, slept in fancy canvas tents.

A proper adventure.

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BowiesFixedPupil@reddit

I sometimes buy Walls Vienetta.

I'm not a huge fan but being able to buy what I perceived to such a luxury dessert any time I please is certainly a nice surprise in a world of rampant inflation.

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bcscroller@reddit

I once asked my dad for a magnum out of the ice cream van. The look was of horror and betrayal

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username_not_clear@reddit

A BMW and a Jaguar.

Admittedly both are over 20 years old, have a little rust and require regular repairs and fettling, but thats my beemer and my jag.

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bcscroller@reddit

Me too brother

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bcscroller@reddit

A drawer full of batteries. They were like gold dust when I was a kid. Add a couple of biscuit tins full of non-expired or only recently-expired medications

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bcscroller@reddit

A German car

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Super-Surround-4347@reddit

I grew up in inner London and my dad didn't drive after I was about 10 as we just didn't need to.

I moved to the Nirth West and now drive. Started aged 31 when my son was born.

For me, it's a half decent car to drive my family around in. I still find it super cool to drive my family around, just dadding.

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magicpea@reddit

Cake for breakfast

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jtr99@reddit

Steady on! Next you'll be lying around in a toga having people polish grapes for you

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Puzzled_Caregiver_46@reddit

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ButterflyRoyal3292@reddit

My daughter.

Im 35 and she is 6 months old, never imagined i would be a father, even at 30 I didnt expect it

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Human_Environment_92@reddit

A house. Of my own. Little me would never believe it.

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SufficientOpening218@reddit

a whole assed house, with a YARD

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TrialsandFibulations@reddit

Ice hockey gear. I was obsessed in primary school. I took it up in uni and haven't looked back

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SumeLaMarciana@reddit

Mines isn't as impressive as a garage but... highly pigmented colour pencils. I always had cheap pens/pencils/feltips when I was younger and didn't know that coloured pencils could be so vibrant.

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Hassaan18@reddit

My own games console.

Even 8 years ago (as a 20 year old) I didn't think I'd have one.

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Chelz91@reddit

Juicy couture tracksuit… it’s a limited edition… I always wanted one as a kid and my mum always said no. Because I was a child and it would be inappropriate for me to have juicy written across my ass as a minor. Well I’m not a minor anymore and my tracksuit is a prized possession and I feel beautiful whenever I wear it AND it makes my bum look extra juicy which is an added bonus

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55caesar23@reddit

A bow and arrow set. A real one that can fire a long way

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Itchy-Book402@reddit

As a child, I always wanted to travel. I had some friends with more affluent parents, and they were going on holiday to Greece or Spain. For me, summer holidays were visits to distant family in the countryside. So when I had an opportunity to work, that was the first goal I was saving towards - to go somewhere exotic.

Another one was buying my own laptop. I remember when they first came out in the 90s. I thought that's so amazing to be able to fit the whole computer into a suitcase.

Funny enough, I became a digital nomad. I travel with my laptop around the world. Although not as much as I used to few years ago.

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Minchaminch@reddit

As a kid almost every holiday was in Wales. That was all my parents could afford because my older sister worked at Butlins so we got discount. We went to France once. Nothing fancy, just a campsite (but big tents with electric!) and it was wonderful. I've since been on a Mediterranean cruise, to Laos, Nepal, Canada, America, Germany and several other places. Some absolutely amazing holidays. Those weeks in Butlins were some of the happiest days of my life though. I'd swap watching the Jazz (my team) play at MSG for trudging through a muddy field in Pwllheli looking for a random wishing well with my dad any day!

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oldie349@reddit

As a kid I went to Butlins once. Was in my early teens, and it was the only overnight holiday I had. It was exciting to go in a canoe and a swimming pool. Mostly all we ever had besides that was a day trip to the seaside with the Sunday school, and a packed lunch.

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anabsentfriend@reddit

I agree about the travel. My school friends would have holidays abroad every year and come back with tans and stories about sandy beaches and hotel pools.

I was an only child of a single parent living in a council flat. My mum did her best and we'd usually go camping for a few days. It was nice, but it wasn't exotic.

Over the past decade I've been to Aus, NZ, USA, SEA and all over Europe.

I still get excited just getting on the plane. I could never imagine that I'd go to such places. I never take it for granted.

I've still not been able to buy a brand new laptop. I have difficulty spending money. Even my trips abroad are done on a shoestring, staying in hostels. I worry about being poor again.

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oldie349@reddit

A house and a car.

A decent pension.

Shares.

A full litre of milk all to myself to drink if I want. Every way if I want.

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CompanyOtherwise4143@reddit

A big shiny Mercedes

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Ok_Analyst_5640@reddit

https://youtube.com/shorts/bz7oFGFONkM?si=BJGoPlV4yX5Q0B_o

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InterestingSubject75@reddit

Like many i grew up in a single patent household on benefits etc. now i own a house and I've paid off the mortgage. Mortgage free. Still can't believe it.

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bored_toronto@reddit

James Bond's actual watch. When I was a kid, I sent off some money and crisp packets to get a James Bond digital watch. They returned my money as they had ran out! Years later, I bought Pierce Brosnan's Omega Seamaster version for my 30th.

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wnttak@reddit

A label maker. I don't know why my parents wouldn't get me one. Probably because I'd label everything like I do now.

Ambitiously though, a velux window. They always felt posh.

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Ismays@reddit

My husband bought me a label maker a couple of years ago. It gets used a lot! He remains astonished at how pleased I was, and how much joy it continues to bring 🤣

(I must once have said out loud that I’d always wanted one).

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wnttak@reddit

If it can be labelled, it shall be labelled!

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Minchaminch@reddit

I only realised how much I wanted a label maker when I worked somewhere that had one! I made soooo many labels! I've purposely not bought myself one because I know I'd get carried away if I had one at home...

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wnttak@reddit

It is a slippery slope

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Melodic-Professor183@reddit

We recently moved from a 2 bed terrace to a big house... Everytime I go in the utility room I chuckle. I have a utility room! How the fuck did that happen!!

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Putrid-Beach_@reddit

Couple more guitars

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jonewer@reddit

Can't have too many guitars

How many do you have, by the way?

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Putrid-Beach_@reddit

7

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jonewer@reddit

Amazing! Me too!

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Putrid-Beach_@reddit

Excellent!

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Nathan_DUB_LON@reddit

Not owning. But I went to China and Japan in my 20s. Standing on the Great Wall of China was surreal. I never thought id see it in person.

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aredditusername69@reddit

A projector. My current one cost 60 quid lol.

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FerretChrist@reddit

A variety of synths and musical equipment.

As a broke-ass teenager I used to stand in Smiths reading the music technology magazines, because I couldn't even justify spending £3 to buy the magazine itself, let alone ever imagine having £1,000 to buy the kit reviewed in them.

Now I have a decent job and own all the kit I ever dreamed about, and have no time or energy to do proper justice to it.

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jlt33333@reddit

Not a purchase but actual savings.

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Jammin4B@reddit

This is a great shout, and same, having money in the bank, ie. not living paycheck to paycheck, and not worrying about unexpected costs or even just regular bills is definitely something that seemed ‘for rich people only’ to me as a child.

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th902@reddit

"Paycheck". Seriously?

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mankytoes@reddit

Yeah I'm in my mid thirties and I just got promoted, and now I have an extra £500 a month, it's a fucking vibe, I'm investing and everything.

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NebCrushrr@reddit

A home studio. I was crazy about music growing up and really wanted to make dance music, but there was no way I could afford it. Now I'm 52, with modern technology it only cost me a few hundred really.

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charliechin@reddit

A wonderful and boxed 64DD along with a JP Nintendo 64. Got it in my living room and o love see it everyday. Makes me very happy

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Morganx27@reddit

A gaming PC. When I was 14ish, all I wanted was a gaming PC, and the absolute dream was one capable of running GTA V. When I was 19, I went to buy a gaming laptop and realised that GTA V was no longer the pinnacle of modern gaming, and that everything can play that game these days. Earlier this year, I bought myself a full gaming PC!

It can handle absolutely everything I've thrown at it so far, Baldur's Gate 3, Cyberpunk 2077 all on max settings, it's incredible. I bought it during RAMmageddon (when the prices of RAM pretty much quadrupled overnight due to AI) so I had to scale back the amount I bought, but now I have it and it's beautiful.

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JimDixon@reddit

I used to think international travel was something only rich people did. The first time I planned a trip to England, I was nervous about telling my parents because I was afraid they'd think I was a reckless spendthrift. But now I've been all over the UK as well as to parts of Ireland, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Iceland and Canada, and it feels perfectly normal to want to see the world.

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davey-jones0291@reddit

House and a lathe aren't what i thought would be achievable when i was a kid

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mannyrerobate@reddit

A Gibson guitar.

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InaudibleForeplay@reddit

Does having a job count ?

I struggled at school and didnt think ide be able to get a decent one let alone hold one down, being able to to get a salary and not being dependant on anyone feels crazy every month.

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ImColinDentHowzTrix@reddit

My white whale was a very specific Spider-Man figure that I agonised over buying at a car boot sale in the late 90s. I ultimately chose to go with a WWE action figure, but regretted it almost immediately. Once I was an adult I always tried to find it and piece together from memory what it looked like, but for years I had no real luck.

Then one day, after I'd stopped looking, guess what popped up on Ebay for a tenner? Just sits in its box on my shelf, but I got the fucking thing in the end.

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UnacceptableUse@reddit

A dishwasher

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Remote-Pool7787@reddit

It’s not lame, it’s really cool. Congrats on your new home

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mr_woodles123@reddit

The star wars special edition xbox 360. The D-pad on the C-3P0 controller is a little chipped, but the console looks like R2-D2 and beeps like him when it turns on. I spent quite a lot of time looking at it in a book when I was a kid.

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elaine4queen@reddit

As a kid I wanted a dog and to live at the sea side. It took a while but I got a dog and live at the seaside. Both of these things are great!

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SdanoG@reddit

Never thought I’d drive out of volvo in a brand new v60 or any new volvo but its done (my dad would have been delighted)

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snittersnee@reddit

A pet snake. Never had the space at home as a kid but always thought they were mint. He's just the coolest creature I've ever owned and watching him scooting around is something I never thought Id get to see.

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dollyrar@reddit

I've pre-ordered the NEO-GEO AES console, a kind of complete reproduction of the original 90's console out later this year. It was truly mythical as a child, looking in the back pages of magazines like Mean Machines and CVG for ad's of this arcade-perfect console with games that were £200 each. Even if you were pretty well off, there was no way in the world any kid in this country was sweet-talking your Mum in to spending that amount of money on a bloody computer game!!!

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LunaLouGB@reddit

Not something I own but I always dreamed of being a keeper at some sort of animal park when I was a little girl but never believed I'd be lucky enough to do it. I am now a volunteer keeper at a wildlife conservation and rescue park at the weekends. I have even got to the point where some of the animals recognise me and are excited to see me. I know little me would be grinning from ear to ear to know this was coming!

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Smeeble09@reddit

A cinema room.

I've got a sort of home cinema setup (dropped ceiling, lights, proper 5.1.2 system, oled etc) so close enough it counts in my mind.

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SuperDinkle406@reddit

A summer house, holiday home. Somewhere to escape to whenever we want. Not a rental, just ours. Basic, but ours.

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sbdavi@reddit

A computer with 32gb of RAM… didn’t even think it was on the cards..

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gaspoweredcat@reddit

there are many, a house of any sort (but with garage is one for me to, not that i have anything to put in it as we also have a shed and i dont drive) i only did that one last year

the big one for me, ever since i was a little kid, i wanted to go to Japan, the far away incredibly cool (and supposedly expensive) place i never imagine a council estate kid would ever get to see, but then it happened, and then it happened 5 more times after! ive kind of shattered my own expectations many times in my life

but probably bigger than all that, i never thought id ever actually be truly happy in my life overall but i actually am, thats still a very strange one for me, ive been waiting for the rug pull but it doesnt seem to be coming

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maceion@reddit

Being happy is a very worthwhile end in itself!

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space_coyote_86@reddit

A Skoda. I thought I'd have a Ferrari by now.

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onefourk@reddit

An arcade machine, well two actually. I loved the arcades when I was a kid in the 90's and couldn't even conceive of owning one. Fast forward many years and I have a couple of Sega candy cabs, one with a MisterFPGA so I can play a ton of games on it.

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maceion@reddit

Very well done. My house built about 1955 has garage that will take am old mini, but not wide enough to take my modest size Honda Jazz.

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Arbrocultureexpert@reddit

Great question.

I think for me it was a car, thought it was hard to get, well it is but easier than some things.

Additionally this has really made me think about the house I own, I saved nearly £30000 for this and it's in the south of England, 30 minutes from London in a car and well, after turning 18 in 2008 (best time to become an adult), I think this is really an achievement I have probably kept on the low down.

I would love to live where I'm from in London but realistically my life was never going that way. I'm glad for the achievement I have made

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Comprehensive-Tie135@reddit

Analogue synthesisers. Full suspension mountain bike. Computers more powerful than I will ever need.

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Sam-Lowry27B-6@reddit

There are many family things that we all benefit from having my own house being the biggest but personally it was a James Bond watch. Always wanted one as a kid and then an adult and eventually was able to buy an Omega Seamaster. I really enjoyed having it for a while but eventually sold it as the money was better spent elsewhere

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JackXDark@reddit

I have one of them, but it wasn't because of James Bond.

My father was in the navy and for a while an American PX (their equivalent of the NAAFI) where he was stationed sold them for a ridiculously low price, so virtually everyone on his ship got one.

So, to me, that's what 'a watch' looked like in my head. Before I could afford one, I had a Casio diving watch that actually did a passable impression as it was clearly inspired by the Seamaster, but as soon as I could afford one I got one, and I'm wearing it right now.

I expect that it's because that's what I saw everyone wearing when I was a kid and it imprinted or something, but there's something about it that seems like it's just the right thing for a bloke to wear.

I've got no interest in having a Rolex or Patek or anything like that, but I did also get the Omega X33 - the space watch that the recent Artemis mission crew all wore, although I did get mine years ago. I quite like that, but am tempted to sell it now the prices of them have shot up. But it's just not the same as the Seamaster.

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DigitalStefan@reddit

A house.

Also a SuperCPU add-on for the Commodore 64. It’s tucked safely away in a drawer, slowly accumulating value.

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CodeToManagement@reddit

Do you have a C64 to use it with?

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DigitalStefan@reddit

I do. I have my original C64C from when I was a child.

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CodeToManagement@reddit

Cool. They just re released c64 breadbin and now c64c with wifi and hdmi 😃. I have one of each original hardware and the re releases breadbin. Such a cool old computer

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DigitalStefan@reddit

I have an Ultimate64 Elite board, an Ultimate Elite 2 built up into a new C64C style case and the new C64Ultimate breadbin 😎

Love them. Need to use or sell the original Elite board though. It’s doing no good sat in a box.

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Due_Ad_1404@reddit

VR

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HealthyRhubarb5800@reddit

Im so happy for you thats awesome!!!!

This ones a little silly but maintaining my nicotine adiction comes to mind. I got it secondhand when i was about 5 i think? Young enough to get significant impact from secondhand smoke lmao. I got withdrawals and stuff.

When i figured out what was causing the withdrawal symptoms, i started smoking when i could. About 9yro.but they still happened - they felt inevitable. I assumed when i was an adult with id and money to buy them, id have enough expenses to still have regular withdrawals.

1) i now know i can quit if i handle it for long enough (noone tells a 9 year old addictions are curable😅) 2) i am an adult with id, and money, and expenses - that streatch just far enough to keep me above the line of snapping at people i care about. Success.

Oh see also, i can buy my girlfriend a drink. I used to struggle so much affording my own that this feels pretty good lol

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Proper_North_5382@reddit

I always wanted a cat or a dog. Parents always came with the excuse of allergies, which is only true for cat hair. Couple of years ago a cat adopted me (thank you Cat Distribution System). Expensive as heck when it comes to food and treats but luckily no major vet trips yet.

It doesn't sound as if it's such a big deal, but he's gone through some stuff with me already and I'm so glad I've got him to get me through the worst of it.

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bondinchas@reddit

As a child, I went to the saturday morning cinema, and one of the characters I saw had a device that they could see a picture of who they were talking to - that was incredible science fiction then.

Now I have a mobile in my back pocket that I can not only make video calls with to anyone on the planet, but I can access all the knowledge available to man on it, anywhere and at any time. Owning something with that capability was a complete fantasy 60 years ago.

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CodeToManagement@reddit

The progression of technology is crazy fast.

I think about my grandad sometimes, he was born in 1921 and lived 95 years. In his life he saw tv be invented, then go black and white to colour - he owned the first tv on their street. The invention of transistors. Air flight becoming commonplace. The invention of the computer and it going from the size of a house to him owning a desktop, laptop and an iPad. The internet going from an idea and minimal thing used only in research to everyone having it. Telephones going from a luxury item to him having a smartphone. The entire space race to landing a man on the moon to having the ISS. That someone could be born in a time where indoor plumbing was a luxury lived to an age when there’s a space station orbiting us is incredible.

I’m only 40 but in my own life computers and the internet have gone so much more advanced. I got the internet with 56k dialup. Now I have 500mb broadband. That’s like a 10,000x increase in speed in maybe 25 years.

I had a c64 and Amiga as a kid (and bought them again now) my c64 with 64k ram sits next to my gaming laptop with 64gb ram - that’s like 1 million times more ram.

My first job was selling TVs and we had this rear projection flatscreen in the store which took 3 people to lift and cost about 3k. It was like 40-50” max. My 65” flatscreen cost 1/3 that and I could lift it one handed if I had to. Not to mention I have 4k resolution and that thing wouldn’t even have hit 720p.

I can’t even imagine what we could have if I’m looking back on the inventions through my lifetime in another 50 years.

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Minchaminch@reddit

For years my mum would ask "can you find out...?" And my answer would be "I can find out anything mum" Took a while for her to get around the fact that generations of knowledge that was mostly unaccessible for her outside of librarys and encyclopedias are literally at your fingertips now. She still adds the prefix "I won't ask if you can, because I know you can" before she asks her questions but she's getting there 😂

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stuaird1977@reddit

I'd say a decent job, I left school with no GCSEs (terrible school), and I think I was expected to have a crap job and my sister was the clever one. To be fair I was out in the 90s from 15 in pubs and clubs. Anyway knuckled down resat my GCSEs, then A Levels then after a year out did a degree. Managed to get management jobs and then ended up doing some proffesional quals. And here I sit, not rich at all but doing OK, married, child, house with a small mortgage left in today's terms. I guess I wasn't that thick after all

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xxiirlb@reddit

happiness! 🩷✨

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CoffeeandaTwix@reddit

Sometimes I think to myself that I own a three bed suburban house with a garden, drive with two cars on it and it's mega. Never mind just being a kid, there have been parts of adult life where I was expecting to have that.

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Major_Toe_6041@reddit

I’ve always lived in houses. I’m 19 and just finishing up my 2’d year of uni. I have good job prospects, but I still feel as though a house will be out of reach for a long time.

I’d say compared to the group you’re on about I’m still in the ‘child’ area, so I’ll say I’d love a 3-door 4x4. Preferably a Ford Bronco but as it’s only made in America there would be import fees and left hand drive to learn. So it’ll likely just end up being a 3 door Land Rover. I’d love to be able to just do overlanding and stuff to that nature whenever I please.

Given the things are £60,000 odd I suspect it may be unlikely, as I’m not entirely comfortable with the idea of paying for a car over time, I could get into a collision due to some other numpty on the roads before I pay it off.

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Elegant-Mission-4470@reddit

Having your own room/space. I went to a middling university on the max government assistance/student loans and had my own tiny room in the cheapest accommodation and had incredible imposter syndrome, from everything about the experience. Meeting middle class people for the first time was a culture shock and a mind fuck.

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jimmyboogaloo78@reddit

A house

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audigex@reddit

Garage, hot tub, brand new car, just owning a house at all never mind a fairly large one in a nice area

Although I should probably start with "Branded beans, bread, and ketchup" here... we grew up pretty poor. We should've been fairly well off (dad was a doctor, mum a nurse, in a fairly low cost of living area of the country), but my dad got sick and died and mum understandably struggled with 4 kids as a part time nurse

Really, I have a lot to be grateful for. Especially when my siblings, and indeed my mum, are all in much better financial shape these days, with homes and families of our own

"My kids are the kind of kids I used to throw stones at" - John Bishop

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Esexboy101101@reddit

When as a child I too lived in a top floor council flat with no money. When we would draw in class my pictures would always have a detached house, even though I didn't know that it was called that back then, with a Garden and a picket fence (I kid you not).

Now I live mortgage free in an old Spanish Fishing Village by the sea. A 3 bed detached with the beach as my garden.

I didn't get the picket fence though. Maybe I'll pop down the the DIY store this weekend.

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anycraicwiyou@reddit

fair play to you, that sounds idyllic- never worry bout the fence!

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Wooden-Bookkeeper473@reddit

I used to borrow my mates but it's much more satisfying to own your own Fleshlight. Feel like I've really made it in life.

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CorpusCalossum@reddit

Still, don't forget where you came from (in) and the generosity of your mates. Pay it forward and let others use yours.

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Banpainterman@reddit

RS prop masters stormtrooper armour

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Yogafireflame@reddit

NeoGeo AES, plus practically every game and a Sony BVM-20F1E. Unobtainable to me as a poor gamer kid growing up in the 80’s & 90’s. I now have the pleasure of owning it all (plus loads of other retro kit) and don’t have the time to play. LOL. 😂

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marxistopportunist@reddit

Same here but i'm not going to downgrade the size of the screen compared to what I remember, so my CRTs are mostly 27-33"

If you want to spend the minimum amount of money, r/ReplayOS and RGB-Pi2 with a Pi5 1gb gives you the best all-round emulation solution on the market.

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why-complicated@reddit

Pool

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fizzysmoke@reddit

I grew up on a redbrick council estate.Our front garden view was redbrick houses everywhere, my bedroom window looked out onto my neighbours redbrick house, we painted white football nets onto redbrick walls. You get the idea. My view for the last 20 years is green fields with horses and sheep and there's seriously not a day gone by since I've lived here that I don't appreciate it.

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ben_vtr@reddit

BMW M3, pined after one when I was a teenager, bought one in August 2020. Facelift E90 with the DCT. What a peach of an engine. Sold it a couple of years later and made about £4000 on it.

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therealstealthydan@reddit

I grew up in a relatively small town, there was a couple of houses in the area that were “the ones”. Absolute mansions and untouchable to my young mind. I travelled a lot and worked away, but ended up back in the area u grew up in and was fortunate to be in the position to now own one of them. It cost me over a million but it was absolutely the same as going to the moon for me when growing up.

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ClarifyingMe@reddit

I have no idea. I don't remember. I don't have my own home, I don't have my own car, and I don't remember what other material things I thought of wanting as a child.

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theModge@reddit

I don't know about as a child: my parents had a garage so I kind of assumed they were somehow "standard issue". As a younger adult for whom house prices actually meant something, having moved from terrace to terrace, having finally got a house with a garage feels like a major achievement.

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lavayuki@reddit

A house and a car. As a kid I was more into video games and toys. Never imagined getting adult things

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Funky-Melon@reddit

When I was a kid I used to be fascinated by BMWs, the styling, the logo, something about them, I just loved them.

I've since grown up, had several none BMW cars but this year I got my first BMW and I love it (sad I know!)

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Cheap-Vegetable-4317@reddit

It wasn't something I thought about as a child but my mother, and then as an adult I, would walk round the supermarket with a list doing sums to the penny and keeping track of how much I was spending and walking back around putting things back if I ran out of money before something I needed more. But for the last couple of years I've had enough money to just walk around putting things in my basket if it looks nice and I can buy things I don't need. I really enjoy that almost more than anything else I do all week.

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L-0-T-H-0-S@reddit

A Class IV Pulsed Laser and enough optical gear to bounce it off the reflectors left on the moon deployed during the Apollo 11, 14, and 15 missions and record the distance. I always thought that was way cool as a kid and I still do. I even built my own optics, I am that much of an geek, the math required was brutal.

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ctesibius@reddit

Have you ever thought about using the round trip to implement serial access memory, like a mercury delay line?

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MembershipKey1520@reddit

Wow, that's impressive, seriously 👍

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Corsairi@reddit

I saw in a film once (Down to Earth with Chris Rock I think) where a super rich guy walks through his home and music he was listening to followed him room to room.

My childhood dream was to be able to play a large collection of my favourite songs (randomly mixed not CD at a time) on speakers and be able to go into any room with it playing without lag or setup or adjustment.

I always thought it was a pipedream and that I was asking for magic.

I cannot begin to explain just how much joy I get whenever I play my Spotify playlist through my Alexa's! I sometimes just walk room to room whilst music plays because it still amazes me that I didn't have to become crazy rich to achieve that.

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WinnerEastern9192@reddit

A house, a car and a cat. I never ever had a thought about having a house so I was never dreaming about it. I grew up in family with not a lot of money, in rental flat, sharing bedroom with two sisters or later sleeping in a kitchen on foldable armchair. MY house is not big (UK house with very small bedrooms, one of them box room), but I love it so much. A car. My parents never had a car and I was never ever dreaming about owning one. I never even thought I will get a driving license. But after living 2 years in UK I realized I want more freedom to move around. I want to get to work on my own, I want to go to grocery shopping on my own (not only when my partner is free), I want to drive to Wales, Cornwall and other parts of UK and allow my partner to have a drink sometimes. Owning a car feels a bit surreal even after 6 years having it. A cat. Well, I was dreaming about having a cat, but I never thought I will have it as I never thought I will own a house. When me an my partner got a house I thought, what is a home without a cat, so we had to have it 😊

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FlyingCatsConnundrum@reddit

Gaming laptop. I regretted it immediately.

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FletchLives99@reddit

One of those tall, narrow townhouses.

Not a money thing, a growing up in the 1980s thing. Cities, even London, were depopulating then and the dream was a nice, sprawling detached house in the burbs. But all that started to change in the 90s, so now I live in a terraced house with four floors (in an area that was a borderline slum when I was 18).

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Saltysockies@reddit

A dog

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Disco_44@reddit

As a child I loved Panini sticker books. Now as an adult my daughter has started to get into them, I now buy the sticker packs in boxes of 50 packs instead of 1 or 2 a time. Makes me feel I have adult money and not pocket money. I still only give her a couple packs on a Saturday.

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_rayn3r_@reddit

this one is kind of lame but monster high dolls, my mum never let me have them bc apparently they were ‘creepy’ (i never found them creepy and she loved horror films so i doubt she did either so idk where she got that idea from, price wasn’t an issue either bc she brought me other things of the same price). since i have my own money now i brought myself one to fulfill my childhood dreams lol

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GlumAd9856@reddit

I grew up in a poor household I never really thought about the things I didn't have. There was just too much. But I didn't assume that I would be poor either. I guess I just didn't think about the future much.

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uncle_monty@reddit

Reebok Pumps. No chance of my parents buying me a pair, but I bought myself some when they were re-released in the early '00s.

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Cultural_Tank_6947@reddit

Sky TV. Oh wait I'm not Rishi Sunak.

I don't actually have much to add here, my dad did ok for himself.

Well done random stranger, onwards and upwards!

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xDzerx@reddit

Couldn't stand the guy prior to that comment of his. After that tho? He took the piss lol. I'm from a working family where my dad worked in a factory for minimum wage & mother worked part-time in a school as an assistant. We weren't poor nor well-off, I'd say average working class & we could still afford Sky smh.

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No_Law_1528@reddit

Tbf he probably got bullied in his posh school for not having Sky

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No_Height_2408@reddit

I went to posh school. Trust me you would get bullied for having it in a posh school.

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Savanarola79@reddit

I live on the top floor of a block of flats.

No money.

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heelturn-@reddit

Age

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oemvwmk7@reddit

Travelling.. first time i travelled outside my home country was when i was 30 and i emigrated .. ive now travelled to over 15 different places .. never thought i would

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TheDawiWhisperer@reddit

A Lego death star

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m1nkeh@reddit

Hmmm.. I hate these questions. I didn’t want for anything in my childhood 😬

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xDzerx@reddit

Old consoles & games my mother couldn't afford when I was a kid. We weren't "poor" per say but my mother had more important things to spend money on then wasting on various games I was interested in as a child.

Now tho? I have adult money and no plans for kids, so I spend probably too much on various hobbies lol.

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apeliott@reddit

PC

Didgeridoo

Apartment in Tokyo

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Mickleborough@reddit

Skiing.

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Particular-Bid-1640@reddit

A 'garage' ooh lala.

We call it a car hole!

But seriously: owning a house is pretty mad to me still

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xxxxxxxxxooxxxxxxxxx@reddit

Ford Mustang.

Always wanted one, felt great to buy one a few years back.

Really cool looking car.

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Logical_Strain_6165@reddit

I fly FPV drones as a hobby. There is so much tech their I couldn't even have imagined, but it's awesome.

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Mysterious_County154@reddit

MacBook

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CyberScy@reddit

A house (at 26), and although owning is definitely not the right descriptor, a wife and someone to love. Two (of three) things I had always dreamed of having since I was a child.

I never was a 'lad', random hookups and casual flings never interested me, I always wanted stability and i'm so grateful for it. Yeah the house is a piece of crap held together by tape and the previous owners shocking DIY and my wife and I argue, I still never wanted it any other way.

The third thing is children.

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Fit-Bedroom-7645@reddit

I'm very much the same as you OP, always wanted a place with a garage. And I've ended up with a place without one BUT... There's space for me to build one! It might just take me a few years to complete, but I can at least design it to suit what I want.

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