Regrets

mrmarius
mrmarius Posts: 1,802 Member
edited October 4 in Chit-Chat
So we all have to live with regrets, in some cases we can make up for them and in some cases we cant. What do you most regret in life?


For me I'd say i regret not chasing after my dreams when i was younger, i really just floated thru life and didnt push to get the things i wanted accomplished. some of those dreams i can forget (ie the NBA) and others are attainable but just delayed.
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  • godroxmysox
    godroxmysox Posts: 1,491 Member
    I regret not going to college right after high school....now I know I should go, but have no desire to.
  • Kany
    Kany Posts: 336
    My regret is that I didn't minor in photography when I was in college but instead double majored in something that I'm not even using. Now it's really hard to find time to go back to school but I haven't given up yet. One class a year! :)
  • brandenocs
    brandenocs Posts: 146 Member
    I regret not pursuing sports and getting lazy/overweight. Granted half of that was due to injury so not really my bad... Oh well.
  • ShelleyD81
    ShelleyD81 Posts: 237 Member
    About 18 months ago I slipped a disc in my back, it's taken a long time to get over it and I still have bad back pain now.
    I know that anyone can slip a disc and back pain can also affect anyone but when you are overweight it is more likely that this will happen.
    I regret not realising sooner that I needed to lose weight and have a healthier lifestyle and to also be more active.
    I wish I'd worked this out 2 years ago and maybe I could have prevented all the pain I've been through.
    Other than that I don't really have any regrets :bigsmile:
  • _GlaDOS_
    _GlaDOS_ Posts: 1,520 Member
    I do not regret anything. In fact, I don't even believe in having regrets. :flowerforyou:
  • Iamfit4life
    Iamfit4life Posts: 3,095 Member
    One thing and one thing only.

    That I ever picked up a ciggarette. That's all.

    Everything else, to have it changed might change where I am in my life right now. Not a risk I'd be willing to take.
  • ch178
    ch178 Posts: 364 Member
    I regret having such a long engagement, if I hadn't waited the extra time my mom would have still been here to see me get married
  • DannyMussels
    DannyMussels Posts: 1,842 Member
    attempting to dance on the ceiling.

    damn you lionel richie
  • love22step
    love22step Posts: 1,103 Member
    I made lots of mistakes, but if I hadn't made them, I wouldn't be where I am today. I've learned a lot from my mistakes, and I trust that God has used everything in my life for good. God can repair any damage I may have caused in the lives of my family members and loved ones, and I pray He will do that. Theoretically, changing my past would change my present. I'm a happy woman, and I wouldn't want to do that!
  • DWilbanks
    DWilbanks Posts: 420 Member
    gee thanks for posting this topic, I was already bummed about not loosing anything for two weeks and just maintainging, now I get to think about my biggest regret.

    Biggest regret= not having kids, and it's seldom I don't think about it. I think I would have made an awesome mother.
  • NicolCook
    NicolCook Posts: 489 Member
    So many things I would love to change if given the chance, but try not to look at them as regrets. I look at them as life lessons, of growing and learning not to be so ignorant the next time.....hopefully in some cases there won't be a second time :) Some of the weight-related ones are the fact that I never took a before pic in my bikini, and i never took measurements. I really wish I could get those back!!
  • nothingisred
    nothingisred Posts: 292
    I try not to have regrets because I believe that all the choices I have made have made me who I am today, and I quite like that person.

    I do regret that I didn't take Art at A Level though. I still can't work out why I didn't, everyone always told me I was so talented and I loved it. Maybe I'd be studying fashion design instead of fashion marketing now if I had. Not that I don't love the course I'm doing but I always wonder what if.

    I also regret the way things ended between me and my ex, that is definitely my biggest regret by far.
  • Qarol
    Qarol Posts: 6,171 Member
    I regret inviting my in-laws to my wedding...
  • glockster972
    glockster972 Posts: 704 Member
    Not staying in the Army for 20 years.
  • love22step
    love22step Posts: 1,103 Member
    Biggest regret= not having kids, and it's seldom I don't think about it. I think I would have made an awesome mother.
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    I wouldn't do it myself, after having 4 kids, but one of my best friends adopted twins when she was 52. There are always foster kids out there who need good mothering, too. It's not too late!
  • CaptainGordo
    CaptainGordo Posts: 4,437 Member
    Regrets? I've had a few, but then again too few to mention. I did what I had to do and saw it through without exemption. I planned each charted course, each careful step along the byway. And more, much more than this... I did it my way.
  • FearAnLoathing
    FearAnLoathing Posts: 4,852 Member
    I have none
  • Grimmerick
    Grimmerick Posts: 3,342 Member
    My one regret that I actually think about from time to time still is when I saw my old neighbor with a dog that wasn't his in his backyard. He had a BB gun and he was trying to shoot at the dog. I stopped him of course and made sure he let the dog go, but I really regret not ****ing kicking his GD @ss and making his life hell while I was a teenager and could get away with it!! Literally at this moment I regret not beating his face in and shoving that BB gun where the sun doesn't shine and pulling the trigger.
  • BigDaddyBRC
    BigDaddyBRC Posts: 2,395 Member
    You do not have to live with regrets. Look at who you are today, accept, and be proud for it. Life is what you make of it. Enjoy it
  • amelia_atlantic
    amelia_atlantic Posts: 926 Member
    I regret not going to college right after high school....now I know I should go, but have no desire to.

    Mine is the opposite! I regret going to college right after high school. I wasn't ready and I chose my college on a whim. I had a series of very bad years after that.

    BUT! You live and learn. My college experience now is 100% different and better.
  • _Ben
    _Ben Posts: 1,608 Member
    Still younger, and work my hardest to not regret anything (major). Obviously we all make mistakes, and I regret those, but as for missed opportunities, if its a reasonable possibility, and I can afford it, ill do it, regardless what others think. Such as buying a bike. My mother was furious, but I know if I didnt do it now, Id regret it forever
  • sharonsjones
    sharonsjones Posts: 574 Member
    You do not have to live with regrets. Look at who you are today, accept, and be proud for it. Life is what you make of it. Enjoy it

    Exactly! Besides I wouldn't be the person I am today if it wasn't for all the mistakes I made!
  • KaleidoscopeEyes1056
    KaleidoscopeEyes1056 Posts: 2,996 Member
    My biggest regret:
    When I was in high school, I got an invitation to the Indiana Academy which was a residential high school with very rigorous academics. The students in this school get accepted to colleges like Yale and Harvard, and I choose not to go. Why did I choose not to go? One of my friends talked me out of it. Where is that friend in my life now? We stopped being friends the very next year. I'm pretty sure she was just jealous of me...
  • scotslass
    scotslass Posts: 317
    Walking away from my brother when i seen he was drunk 9 years ago in JUne, he was found dead the next day, i think if only i had spoken to him x
  • acstansell
    acstansell Posts: 567 Member
    I regret not following my instinct and staying with my high school boy friend when we left for college. My instinct said to break up with him and part friends - but he wanted to try an LDR. I put WAY more into it and then he dumped me for a girl he met at his school, and broke my heart. I know that I the things I learned from the break up have shaped me, both for the good and the bad, into the person I am today. But, I would have much rather parted ways before college and remained friends - I don't think I would have become that much different than I am now. And I wouldn't have lost touch with a person I was close with for almost 10 years (our break up was ugly).

    But - w/out that experience, I wouldn't have taken 2 years of being single to get to know myself and what I want out of life - which led me down the path to the wonderful man I am now married too. On top of that, he found what he wanted in the woman he married - they are happy and have a new baby boy! Things work out the way they are supposed to, I guess.
  • sdwelk11
    sdwelk11 Posts: 825
    That I didnt go to college right out of high school and now I am in college in my 30's with the final goal being to obtain my Nursing Degree.

    I also regret not seeing the early signs of my Mom's illness and thinking that if I had she might still be with us..
  • DeenaSteelerGirl
    DeenaSteelerGirl Posts: 421 Member
    Walking away from my brother when i seen he was drunk 9 years ago in JUne, he was found dead the next day, i think if only i had spoken to him x



    Awwww.. so sorry. Very sad... but not your fault ((((hugs)))))
  • warmachinejt
    warmachinejt Posts: 2,162 Member
    i regret not having joined a gym 6 years ago instead of a year ago i could be competing already with a lot of trophies :\
  • scott1024
    scott1024 Posts: 279 Member
    Regrets? I've had a few, but then again too few to mention. I did what I had to do and saw it through without exemption. I planned each charted course, each careful step along the byway. And more, much more than this... I did it my way.

    Damn! I regret having started to read this ^^ and now it's stuck in my head...And it's the Elvis version. FML
  • CaptainGordo
    CaptainGordo Posts: 4,437 Member
    Regrets? I've had a few, but then again too few to mention. I did what I had to do and saw it through without exemption. I planned each charted course, each careful step along the byway. And more, much more than this... I did it my way.
    Damn! I regret having started to read this ^^ and now it's stuck in my head...And it's the Elvis version. FML
    Shazam! :laugh:
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