What's the best mistake you ever made?

calvert6183
calvert6183 Posts: 539 Member
edited December 2024 in Chit-Chat
What's the best mistake you ever made? I had this asked to me in a job interview. I never had thought about it before.. What is yours?
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  • coliema
    coliema Posts: 7,646 Member
    That is a very interesting question :smile: I'm interested in seeing answers, I'll have to get back to you on my answer.
  • MrsR0SE
    MrsR0SE Posts: 313 Member
    Choosing to do music A Level. I failed it, had to do retakes, went to University in a different town a year later than planned, and met my now husband as a result :)
  • curvykim78
    curvykim78 Posts: 799 Member
    Getting pregnant at 19!~
  • calvert6183
    calvert6183 Posts: 539 Member
    That is a very interesting question :smile: I'm interested in seeing answers, I'll have to get back to you on my answer.

    I agree, it will interesting. i had never thought about it before. It makes you think am I humble, able to realize and admit my mistakes and if i learned from it. Its tough.
  • digitalbill
    digitalbill Posts: 1,410 Member
    Interestingly enough, not fighting harder to save my (first) marriage.
    Once I saw those divorce papers, I really thought about not signing them and fighting for the marriage.
    I signed them anyway and, for about six months, I second guessed my decision.

    It turned out for the best.
  • Lil_MiSsSunshiNe
    Lil_MiSsSunshiNe Posts: 167
    Going home with that one guy. Yea, I was that girl. Still together 1 1/2 later.
  • calvert6183
    calvert6183 Posts: 539 Member
    Going home with that one guy. Yea, I was that girl. Still together 1 1/2 later.

    Nothing wrong with that. We all have done that. Thats a good mistake. I never was that lucky with those things.
  • livinginwoods
    livinginwoods Posts: 562 Member
    My husband. :heart:
  • bathsheba_c
    bathsheba_c Posts: 1,873 Member
    Agreeing to try a long distance relationship for a whole year despite only knowing him for two months. :)
  • azziria
    azziria Posts: 33 Member
    Falling pregnant with my son (too much champagne, not enough precautions, old enough to know better... 'nuff said!).

    He's fourteen now, utterly gorgeous and shaping up into a very fine young man, and having him in my life has enriched it more than I can possibly say (well, him and his younger sister, who was planned with military precision!).

    I always say that he was 'an accident but not a mistake', and I'm very lucky to have him :-)
  • mommy2AR
    mommy2AR Posts: 2,796 Member
    The best mistake I have ever made.... would be finding this site....seriously, lol

    It was a complete accident I found this site instead of using spark people

    Typically i would say that if it was a good thing then it wasnt a mistake... mistakes give off a negative feeling IMO
  • calvert6183
    calvert6183 Posts: 539 Member
    I agree, this site has helped me in so many ways. So many great people on here.
  • jdploki70
    jdploki70 Posts: 343
    Accidentally proposing to my wife of 11 years...
  • gaveruz
    gaveruz Posts: 47 Member
    My best mistake was flirting with my now husband. Nothing can top that! It has turned to be the best thing that have ever happened to me.
  • mommy2AR
    mommy2AR Posts: 2,796 Member
    I agree, this site has helped me in so many ways. So many great people on here.


    So true!!!
  • calvert6183
    calvert6183 Posts: 539 Member
    Accidentally proposing to my wife of 11 years...

    Thats cool.
  • Altarian
    Altarian Posts: 230 Member
    took a risk on a dating website with someone i thought was a bot who turned out to be someone who i use to hate but forgot about. We have been together for 6 years now with 2 kids and one on the way.
  • Laura_Suzie
    Laura_Suzie Posts: 1,288 Member
    I don't really believe in mistakes. Everything happens for a reason.
  • aki7chien
    aki7chien Posts: 85 Member
    Getting pregnant at 19!~

    Same here. Now she's a Senior Airman working as a aircraft mechanic and got married last year so now I have a wonderful son-in-law too. She's my best friend besides my husband and I talk to her every day. :heart:
  • shaynak112
    shaynak112 Posts: 751 Member
    Kinda cheating on my first boyfriend. It sounds like a terrible thing, but I ended up with my current boyfriend because of it. Over two years later, and I don't regret it. I wish I had gone about it a different way (broken up with the first guy first instead of leading him on) but I'm happy with the result.
  • Sharonks
    Sharonks Posts: 884 Member
    I took a wrong turn and ended up stuck in a driveway. The guy who lived there is now my husband.
  • SpydrMnky27
    SpydrMnky27 Posts: 381 Member
    Not using a back up method to bc pills while on antibiotics. Lol Got pregnant after being together for only 5 months. Still together 7 years later. I've done some dumb stuff in my life but I'm proud of this one.
  • taunto
    taunto Posts: 6,420 Member
    Every mistake I made was the best mistake I made. Because my mistakes are what made me, me.
  • xHelloQuincyx
    xHelloQuincyx Posts: 884 Member
    sleeping with my best friend two years ago <3

    bahhaha, but who who goes into a hotel party not looking for mistakes.

    no way i would say it at a job interview though.
  • Austin1988
    Austin1988 Posts: 243 Member
    I wouldn't say it was my mistake, I blame it on the Trojan company. But I have the sweetest 2 yr old daughter anyone could ask for because of it. :smile:
  • TrueBlueBruin78
    TrueBlueBruin78 Posts: 311 Member
    sleeping with my best friend two years ago <3

    bahhaha, but who who go into a hotel party not looking for mistakes.

    no way i would say it at a job interview though.

    Agreed!

    My biggest mistake, to some people, might be choosing to retire after my knee injury from football and not sucking it and playing. I had to think about my future and i knew if i kept playing football, i would not have a healthy future. All the choices we make, right or wrong, has lead me to this point in my life. Learning from past mistakes is the greatest thing we can do to over come them.
  • hedgiie
    hedgiie Posts: 1,226 Member
    starting a family early as young as 17 years old. i never regret this and the main reason why i learn many things in life. also i'm lucky to find a good wife.
  • BeetleChe13
    BeetleChe13 Posts: 498 Member
    Dropping out of college. Well, putting it on hold really, since I'm going back in August hopefully. If I hadn't dropped out and moved back home, I never would have dated my husband. Things worked out way better than I could ever have planned it.
  • Josie_lifting_cats
    Josie_lifting_cats Posts: 949 Member
    Inviting some guy I met on the Internet out from California.

    9 years and two kids later he's still my favorite.
  • Cold_Steel
    Cold_Steel Posts: 897 Member
    Lol after my then high school girlfriend broke up with me, I dated one of her friends.

    Best mistake I ever made ?

    I ended up back with my first girlfriend now my wife of 6 years, been together for 10.

    If I wouldn't have done that and become friends during that relationship months later after that break up I don't think we would have gotten together again like we did.

    Not too many people can say they broke up with their current wives 10 years ago dated their best friend and then ended up back up with their gf then got married.

    I was an a hole yes, but it built a stronger friendship through the psychotic craziness.
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