Speaking as someone who was also 13 around the time GMail was doing their invite thing, yes. I coveted that thing. I listened to TWiT with Leo Laporte and heard them talk and talk about it, and scoured web forums looking for one.

It's not that weird really.

I think coldtea was implying that there's something else that 13 year old boys (assumption from GP name) generally want more than anything, and it's generally a bit more physical than Gmail invites.

Not to mention they don't listen to ..."TWiT with Leo Laporte "!

Man I loved that podcast for some reason. I was a weird kid.

The only thing else I really wanted was video games, which were effectively not allowed in my household.