Do you do much wishing

[Daisy]

Qwerty - that all seems very odd. But I'm sure your mum had her reasons why she stopped going to chapel. My mother was brought up a Wesleyan, but then switched to C of E. I never knew why, but she wasn't a regular churchgoer. At least I wasn't made to go to Sunday School or anything. I often did, because there was nothing else to do on a Sunday, and went to various non-conformist Sunday schools!

Gem - I think you're right - we've moved on and accept the way things are much more than we did when we were younger.

[Grauntie Mag]

My middle brother and I were sent to Sunday School just to give the parents peace for an hour. We spent our collection money on a Frys Five Boys bar each and sat outside and ate it. I don't think we went in very often.
I wish I had one now...🍫

[Daisy]

GM - they were yummy, weren't they!

[Plantaholic]

Oh I remember those, yummy.

[Glammanana]

I have always wished I had at the time the strength to go against my mother when I wanted to leave school and go on to Nurses Training,it would have meant me moving home and living in the Nurses Home and she thought I was too young to leave home so I ended up working for BT in Bold Street Liverpool and trained to be a Telephonist on Direct Enquiries I have always regretted that.Also I wish I could repair the relationship with my sister we fell out yrs ago over my DS1 and his then girlfriend & baby girl I have tried many times to fix the damage and she does not want to know we where so close it breaks my heart .Everything else is good in my life and all I wish for is good health for my family and friends

[Qwerty]

So sorry to hear the relationship with your sister is broken but like you say thankful for what you do have, it's funny how a simple thread brings out some of our thoughts good and bad 😀😢

[Clover]

There's an old Scottish saying : If wishes were fishes, we'd all cast nets in the sea!

That reminded me of another relevant old saying
" If wishes were horses,beggars would ride"

[Grauntie Mag]

I remember that being said in our house Clover.
Daisy and Plant, I can see the wrapper now...I'm wishing very hard for 3 bars.

[Daisy]

Glamm - it's sad that you weren't able to become a nurse. These days there are more opportunities for mature students to go into new careers - I was able to go to uni on a part-time course as a mature student, so I could work and study at the same time. Those opportunities weren't around years ago. What a pity your sister is so determined not to heal the rift between you. I worked in the Littlewoods Building in Liverpool and OH worked in a bank - first in Victoria Street then Bold Street.

GM - Oooh yes - a bar of Frys Five Boys would go down very nicely, thank you.

[Glammanana]

I treated OH to Frys Chocolate Cream bars yesterday,you don't see them very often and have to buy them when you can,I also remember the Five Boys we would buy them on a Saturday when we got our pocket money,my sister would have hers nearly all week just having one different filling every day she had loads of will power whilst my brother and I would have ours eaten as soon as.

[Daisy]

Ooooo, Frys Chocolate Cream bars were just as yummy. I wonder why they are so hard to find?

[Mimi]

I suppose I have sometimes wished for the material things in life but there are two wishes I have , one is I wish I had made a different discussion when I was 13 about who I would live with, mum or dad . That was hard and I now know that I made the wrong discussion even though it hurts to admit it.
The second one is very hard and personal, just wish I could speak to someone about it . What I need is a little less fooling around and a little more serious discussion.Thats me the 'Great Pretender '
( See what no sleep does, dwelling on issues, sorry )

[Gemini]

Mimi, that was a very big decision to have to make at 13, and none of us would have known, at that age, what was best. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, as they say!

About the other thing. Is there a trusted friend you could talk to about this? Or write to? Sometimes difficult things can be easier to talk about via e mail or snailmail, and often the very act of writing down what is troubling is helpful in itself xx

[Qwerty]

I suppose I have sometimes wished for the material things in life but there are two wishes I have , one is I wish I had made a different discussion when I was 13 about who I would live with, mum or dad . That was hard and I now know that I made the wrong discussion even though it hurts to admit it.
The second one is very hard and personal, just wish I could speak to someone about it . What I need is a little less fooling around and a little more serious discussion.Thats me the 'Great Pretender '
( See what no sleep does, dwelling on issues, sorry )

Regrets we do have them, I have something hard and personal that is difficult to talk about your not alone I too feel it difficult to talk to someone about even after 47yrs !