1

"There’s a whole other world when you find out that you can walk right into a store, buy a birthday cake and NOBODY asks you whose birthday it is. Not one person checks. You can literally buy a cake just because!!!"

2

"A metal detector. I always wanted one as a kid, but my dad said I’d use it a handful of times, then it would sit and collect dust forever.I bought myself one, and it turns out that my dad was right."

3

"Lego. So much Lego. I have a problem."

4

"I finally bought a house and have left it largely empty because I grew up in a hoarding household. So I guess I technically bought space."

5

"A bunny. 

I wanted one sooooo bad as a little girlI got myself a bunny."

6

"Hobbies for my kids, the ones they want. I wanted to play sports, and play guitar but was always told “No”. I wanted to learn to play literally any instrument, but was denied. I wanted to play Hockey too, but wasn’t allowed. It wasn’t because of money, I was put unwillingly into other activities that I never asked for or wanted.

So, when my kid asked for cello lessons at the age of 7, they got cello lessons. When my youngest said they wanted to give up soccer for ballet, we swapped soccer for ballet. My only rule is they have to finish the season, they are not allowed to join a team or group and quit part way through (without good reason), they have to finish the season before quitting."

7

"When I was little my grandma bought one of those fiber optic flower lamps. I was obsessed with it and always asked her to turn it on. She ended up putting it in an empty fish tank so I couldn’t touch it. I now own three of them and I turn them on whenever I want."

8

"I couldn’t always eat fast food as a kid so when I became an adult I ordered a ton of it all the time and that was a mistake"

9

"Red lipstick, my mom let me wear makeup starting at 13, but I was not allowed to wear red lipstick ever, even at 17 when I was about to leave home, she’d make me throw it away if I bought any with my own damn money. She said, “Only whores wear red lipstick.”

So, I wear red lipstick all the time, it’s my thing."

10

"Not something I bought per se, but I run the AC/heat whenever I’m hot/cold. I’ll pay the bill if it means being comfortable, especially if it’s the summer."

11

"Feeding the giraffes at the zoo. “It’s just a second and it’s over, it’s not worth it,” my mom said. I feed all the animals at the zoo now."

12

"Weird but anytime I’m at a parade or firework show I buy whatever my tiny 5 year old self would have wanted. A light up unicorn sword? Yep! I love it intensely for that night and then give it to a friend with small children. Healing me and paying it forward. Buy the weird thing!"

13

"A sewing machine! I was told I would not learn how to use it so they weren’t going to waste their money. Now I’m a freaking sewing fanatic."

14

"An Easy Bake Oven!!!!!!And yes, cooking a “cake” with a light bulb s#cks"

15

"A skateboard. I had every kind of ball and toy car known to man but I wasn’t allowed a skateboard because it was for boys."

16

"Andes mints. My first paycheck many years ago I bought a whole pack of them and it was glorious. Also… I’m old."

17

"An American girl doll.

I loved those books SO MUCH and my favorite ones were about Samantha. She was always my favorite.I wanted one for Christmas so bad.

I never got one. I remember that christmas. My sister got a brand new Nintendo D.S. and I got a barbie doll. They made all sorts of excuses about how I wouldn’t play with it and how expensive it was. But all I saw was how much my sister was favored and that sh#t hurt.

20 or so years later, American girl is doing a revival of the original style. I bought one so fast it made my credit card scream but a few weeks later I had the doll I’d always wanted."

18

"Braces for my teeth"

19

"I wasn’t denied it as a child, but we never had a recliner growing up, and I always thought of them as Status symbol or sign of making it or being an adult. So, when I made it, sort of, I got a recliner. Now, I’m a successful, functioning, reclining adult."