I would love to have a house in NoVa with an acre so I can plant my own fruit trees, and my garden. I have a tiny garden in my townhouse and I grow my own herbs, tomatoes, cucumbers and zucchinis, but that is it. If I have land, I would be growing all our vegetables, and maybe even have some chicken. The girl can keep dreaming.

I hate apartment living I want a single family house.

I'd buy the farmland next to the house and take down the hunting stands. And make home repairs - windows, doors, floors, walkway and patio. And take care of dead trees. And upgrade shed into she-shed.

Anonymous wrote:A cottage on a lake. But an old school cottage on a quiet lake with loons and ducks, not some McMansion on Deep Creek or anywhere with jet skis and noisy speedboats.

So I'll probably need a private jet too to get to where I want to go.

On Golden Pond!

I am not poor and I cannot afford a lot of the listed things. They would be great but I have to make choices or I wouldn’t have the things that I value more.

Almost everyone has more than someone else and, except for a very small few, almost everyone knows someone that has more than them.

I would love a gym membership also, and Invisalign, and I want to have a facial!! I've never had one. And a massage. I'd love to try the whole spa experience at least once.

I would also love to go to the grocery store and buy everything we want without thinking about the price.

I would also love to have that experience clothes shopping. Like going to Zara and buying everything I like.

I would also like to have a properly funded college acct for my kid and a properly funded IRA for myself.

I've always dreamed of having a little house with a garden. Maybe someday...

And of course I would love to travel internationally. Pretty much anywhere (within reason for safety precautions of course).

And my child really wants to see a Broadway play so I would take her to that.

I thought this would be a fun exercise but now I just feel kind of sad that I'm still broke after all these years...

I think about this a lot. I own a home (well, the bank does) and I often think about what I’d do with a million dollars handed to me.

1) pay off the house ($360k remaining)
2) kitchen reno + deck off of kitchen ($140k)
3) Reno both bathrooms ($60k)
4) Clean up landscaping and trees ($25k)
5) the rest would be savings, but with a new car for me so I can give my teen my current (safe and reliable, but boring) car.

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Anonymous wrote:Financial security. Enough money to pay off any debt that my spouse might incur. Enough to know that my kids and I will be okay no matter what life throws at me.

You could have this now if you had a more trustworthy spouse.

I did it few times on low income and my kid is working on making minimum wage. It's #1 want and the rest would follow.
I gave my money away several times as I knew I could get to financial freedom again be it on low income.
It's easy for me. I never knew it was such a challenge for others. It's like they have blinders on. I asked and only heard excuses.

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Anonymous wrote:I have most of what I need though am not rich. If this is my fairy godmother, I’d love an inground pool and maybe a tennis court. And that could be at my weekend house, which I would need also. Thank you!

Same. I'd want a pool, a vacation home, and never to travel economy again.
I am comfortable but can do any of these (home due to zoning and septic - we could prob afford that in our primary residence if we worked those out).

*can't

Anonymous wrote:I have most of what I need though am not rich. If this is my fairy godmother, I’d love an inground pool and maybe a tennis court. And that could be at my weekend house, which I would need also. Thank you!

Same. I'd want a pool, a vacation home, and never to travel economy again.
I am comfortable but can do any of these (home due to zoning and septic - we could prob afford that in our primary residence if we worked those out).

A 1-story house for aging in place in a beautiful location.

Business class travel. Luxury travel with private tour companies.

House cleaners.