It is Saturday night and hubby and I just hanging out, so I thought I would play a game on CC! Many of us as mothers, tend to put family first; we always come last, or not at all. It you were granted one wish that you must use for yourself alone, something that would seem selfish to others, what would it be?
While I have several, and depending on my mood, it might change, there is one that stands out. I have course, frizzy hair that is a bit longer than shoulder length, and I hate dealing with it. I do not wash it nightly mainly due to the time it takes, although it really doesn’t need doing daily; every other to every 3 days would be ok. It takes me almost 2 hours to shower, wash and condition, dry and then flat iron my hair. Add the $300 I spend to have a Keratin treatment 2-3 times a year makes me want to shave my hair off!!
So my wish would be to have beautiful, silky, wash and wear hair that didn’t take time out of my day If my hair would look terrific everyday of the week, not just the first day I did it, I would be happy!
My selfish wish is that my basement would flood just enough to ruin everything stored down there, so I could throw everything away without a pang of guilt.
I can’t think of anything that would be for me alone because the things I wish I could do involve my family ( like travel )
Possibly a shopping spree , but it makes me feel guilty even thinking about indulgent things for me alone
We have a Steinway grand piano, built in 1917, that needs major repairs. Ten to twenty thousand dollars. I played seriously as a kid, but haven’t played much at all while my kids were growing up. I always expected to play more once we had an empty nest, but now it sounds terrible. And I can’t even dream about fixing it until we get our two younger ones out of school. So my selfish wish would be to get the piano fixed and play it every day.
Can my totally selfish wish be that my husband didn’t have his rare and probably inherited chronic health problem so that we could hike or sail into the sunset years instead of dealing with progressive mobility issues?
My non-family, non-state-of-the-union selfish wish would be that I was a couple inches taller. I didn’t even have to think about this one! I’m short. 5’3.5". My closest friends, who are all at least two full inches taller than me, “get to” eat and drink so much more than I am without gaining weight. Jealous. You hear me, Adrianne and Liz? You two can just knock it right off. :@)
My selfish wish. That we had the money to go to the Caribbean for Christmas next year with my sil and bil. But we are too poor and too practical to spend $700/night for a 2 bedroom condo, it is not an all inclusive so extra, extra for everything else. And that my kids wouldn’t whine that they don’t want to spend their limited vacation time with mom and dad.
But we will pay off their school loans for them and not go on a extremely expensive vacation. Sigh
I want to be that woman in the ads …that tall, beautiful, slender blonde standing in the wheat field with her fingers just brushing the tops of the wheat with the autumn sun rays streaking the field gold. I want to put on that long sundress and gaze longingly into the distance. That’s it. That’s my very own selfish wish.
Jensen. I would be looking you straight in the eyes
Jen and sax- I would be looking up to you at 5’0". At this age I am very used to it.
It would be nice to have all the time in the world with no responsibilty.
Can I change my wish? Lol this is so me, I can’t even make up my mind on a selfish wish!
One time, I want to make a decision without thinking about it. An expensive crazy and never even think about it and how much it cost. Especially I want to make a decision without figuring out how to pay for it. Just once, throw caution to the wind.
I’m the practical person married to a practical person, who always makes decisions and knows how I’m going to pay for them. Always the extremely cautious person.
I am really torn between my 3 choices, thanks to the good suggestions above:
Story my genealogy and family pics in waterproof basement containers and have a tornado blow off the 2nd story of my home,
Make some on the fly, expensive decisions instead of analyzing and researching everything to death,
Grow a few inches–4 or 5 would be great. I used to be 5’3", but D’s growth clinic says I’m now 5’2".
I absolutely, completely despise being short. Guess I’ll go with #3. Maybe if I continue for a few decades with the Bag a Week group I can get a smaller house.
I note all the responses from women who hate being short. Until I got fat, I loved being petite. I am 5’2" and would never want to be taller. I just want to be thin again. My husband is 6’ tall and I have never been attracted to short men. The only sadness I feel about being short is that my sons are not that tall. They range from 5’7" to 5’11".
Oh, and if I had one more related wish, it would be that I could wear high heels again. My podiatric and knee health don’t allow it, sadly.
I’m going to go with this. Watching my mom’s decline in physical and mental health has been extremely difficult for my siblings and me – and very difficult for mom.
If my hair would look terrific everyday of the week, not just the first day I did it, I would be happy!
And I can’t even dream about fixing it until we get our two younger ones out of school. So my selfish wish would be to get the piano fixed and play it every day. 