If you could go back and change 1 thing?

mermx
mermx Posts: 976
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In life, what would you go back and change?

Would you want to change 1 thing or more?

I wish I had been a better teenager and not so `full of sh`t` for my parents!

What about you ???
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  • bikermike5094
    bikermike5094 Posts: 1,752 Member
    I would have never agreed to that meeting in the laundry room in prison....
  • taylor5877
    taylor5877 Posts: 1,792 Member
    I wouldn't really change anything...but my high school was K-12 and football teams were 7-9 JV and 9-12 varsity. The JV was the scout team for the varsity and i got my *kitten* kicked all season long in 7th grade by a senior who ended up playing DIAA football. I would have liked a shot at him with senior me or me now. He was better overall, but I could have kicked his *kitten* in the trenches.
  • daffodilsoup
    daffodilsoup Posts: 1,972 Member
    I wish I wouldn't have based so many life decisions on relationships.

    Now don't get me wrong, I love where I have ended up, but I wish I could go back in time and tell 16-year-old me not to choose where I went to college based on the fact that I didn't want to be far away from my then-boyfriend. I am happy with my current situation, but I wonder what things would have been like if I went to school somewhere far away.
  • Darkskinned88
    Darkskinned88 Posts: 1,177 Member
    Probably stayed out the dining commons in college more...then again i would've never found MFP...so fuggit i'll go back and undo my last relationship
  • mermx
    mermx Posts: 976
    I would have never agreed to that meeting in the laundry room in prison....

    Oh dear! soap powders can cause so much stress...I wish that was one of the thing I had made a better decision with ;-)
  • DivineRED1
    DivineRED1 Posts: 134 Member
    I wouldn't have taken Paxil for anxiety and gained 30lbs.
  • mermx
    mermx Posts: 976
    I wouldn't have taken Paxil for anxiety and gained 30lbs.

    hmm yep but would you feel better or worse for not taking the meds???
  • tr33p1g
    tr33p1g Posts: 85
    I wouldn't have lost touch with my friends, but I don't dwell on it because I have a great family :)
  • scapez
    scapez Posts: 2,018 Member
    I wouldn't have had the gum grafting procedure done last week. I did it mostly for aesthetic reasons but the procedure was ghastly and the recovery is more than I bargained for.
  • dizzydi1968
    dizzydi1968 Posts: 564
    I would've stayed home on prom night!!
  • mermx
    mermx Posts: 976
    I wouldn't have lost touch with my friends, but I don't dwell on it because I have a great family :)

    yeh I understand that one for sure!
  • mermx
    mermx Posts: 976
    I wouldn't have had the gum grafting procedure done last week. I did it mostly for aesthetic reasons but the procedure was ghastly and the recovery is more than I bargained for.

    But I am sure you will look and feel great! well done for going through the pain!
  • Alex_is_Hawks
    Alex_is_Hawks Posts: 3,499 Member
    I have a lot of regrets...sure there are things I would love a do-over on....but really ??? they made me who I am today and I kinda like me right now....

    so no....nope....i'm going to take a pass...

    yup I am
  • mermx
    mermx Posts: 976
    I would've stayed home on prom night!!

    Well they can check you out now!!! look at you girlie!
  • Shocolala
    Shocolala Posts: 4
    I would've taken studies more seriously in high school
  • mermx
    mermx Posts: 976
    I have a lot of regrets...sure there are things I would love a do-over on....but really ??? they made me who I am today and I kinda like me right now....

    so no....nope....i'm going to take a pass...

    yup I am

    yep what happened in the past makes you the person you are today!
  • scottg1024
    scottg1024 Posts: 224
    Ohhhh, man I wish I could go back in time. I'd take state.


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  • asgard825
    asgard825 Posts: 1,516 Member
    I would have taken better care of myself-- health wise
  • simonlcube
    simonlcube Posts: 73 Member
    Bought shares in Apple.
  • mermx
    mermx Posts: 976
    Ohhhh, man I wish I could go back in time. I'd take state.


    uncle_rico.jpg

    am in the UK so for you to want to take state means you want to be Obama ie president lol!
  • mermx
    mermx Posts: 976
    I would have taken better care of myself-- health wise

    There must be something else..this is as an adult surely???
  • digitalbill
    digitalbill Posts: 1,410 Member
    I would have taken high school MUCH more seriously.
    Getting a free ride at FSU would have been a lot cheaper then paying for FAU out of my pocket.
  • TheArmadillo
    TheArmadillo Posts: 299 Member
    Everything that has happened to me has brought me to where I am today and made me the person I am now, and for the sake of that I would not change a thing.

    However if I had to pick one thing it would have been to cut off contact with my family as soon as I was old enough to leave home, or at least severely reduced their control/influence over my life. It probably would have saved a lot of pain, not just for me but also my husband, son, friends, in laws. But everything is a learning experience and at the very least I have learned a hell of a lot and at that time I didn't know enough to do what had to be done.
  • mermx
    mermx Posts: 976
    Bought shares in Apple.

    Better than `facebook` lmao
  • mermx
    mermx Posts: 976
    Everything that has happened to me has brought me to where I am today and made me the person I am now, and for the sake of that I would not change a thing.

    However if I had to pick one thing it would have been to cut off contact with my family as soon as I was old enough to leave home, or at least severely reduced their control/influence over my life. It probably would have saved a lot of pain, not just for me but also my husband, son, friends, in laws. But everything is a learning experience and at the very least I have learned a hell of a lot and at that time I didn't know enough to do what had to be done.

    Awesome job to you for getting to that part of your life!!!! Sometimes things have to be `done` to get us on a better road
  • Skysthelimit25
    Skysthelimit25 Posts: 31
    i wish i would of never got on that bus to come to alabama... i just of stayed i oceansprings and finished school. id already been an r.n and have it made rather then having to struggle day in and day out..
  • myownadvice
    myownadvice Posts: 95 Member
    I would've stayed home on prom night!!

    I wouldn't change anything but this ^^^ is tempting.
  • mermx
    mermx Posts: 976
    i wish i would of never got on that bus to come to alabama... i just of stayed i oceansprings and finished school. id already been an r.n and have it made rather then having to struggle day in and day out..

    aww honey, life will not always be a struggle. Things happen for a reason:-)
  • tr33p1g
    tr33p1g Posts: 85
    I would've taken studies more seriously in high school

    Same here
  • NikkiSixGuns
    NikkiSixGuns Posts: 630 Member
    Hmmm... I made a career decision several years ago and I wish I could know where I'd be today if I'd made the other choice... I'm happy with where I am, but sometimes wonder what was at the end of the other path. Life would be very different, for sure.

    Other than that, lots of small things I'd like to go back & fix, but nothing catastrophic.

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