If you had a chance for a "do-over" in life, what would you do differently?

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  • Amym26
    Amym26 Posts: 83 Member
    I have so many, but the biggest one is not go out with friends to the bar I didn't want to go to, and then I would not have met my ex. And also, gone to school much, much younger. It is much harder to do at 36, working full time.
  • T0M_K
    T0M_K Posts: 7,526 Member
    spent money wiser and saved alot more.
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  • synchkat
    synchkat Posts: 37,368 Member
    Not get lost in drinking. Not get drunk the night I was assaulted. Not let my drinking get worse after that. Not gain weight when I finally moved away from home to cope with my depression. Not stop going to therapy. Not stop my antidepressants. Not stay in a relationship with an abusive man for two years. Not almost lose my relationship with my parents. Not let my mother be afraid that I wouldn't be alive the next she woke up.

    OMG you must be one tough cookie is all I have to say. Good for you for overcoming
  • Lissas_face
    Lissas_face Posts: 2 Member
    Goldsby318 wrote: »
    If you had a chance for a "do-over" in life, what would you do differently?

    If I could do over the first marriage for sure. I was 15 && young && only looking for a way out of an abusive household. Very blessed to have my two children from that marriage so if I could of had them with their now adoptive father I would have but I know everything happens for a reason but for sure that. He kept me trapped and is a big help to how my weight got away from me. Keeping me dependent on him and making sure I knew without him is never have anyone messed me up for a long time so to have a do over there would be my call hands down
  • RespectTheKitty
    RespectTheKitty Posts: 1,667 Member
    I wouldn't have gotten married in the first place. Would have saved me a lot of misery.
  • salembambi
    salembambi Posts: 5,585 Member
    stay in my mothers uterus forever
  • finny11122
    finny11122 Posts: 8,436 Member
    become a stripper haha
  • synchkat
    synchkat Posts: 37,368 Member
    finny11122 wrote: »
    become a stripper haha

    I like to call it "private dancer" one could say a dancer for money even
  • finny11122
    finny11122 Posts: 8,436 Member
    synchkat wrote: »
    finny11122 wrote: »
    become a stripper haha

    I like to call it "private dancer" one could say a dancer for money even

    I'll turn the tables . I'll be your private dancer tonight
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    For the most part I look at the decisions I've made, good or bad, and realize that they have shaped the man I am today so wouldn't really want to change anything...except I wish I would have never picked up a cigarette...that was just dumb, dumb, dumb.
  • RebeccaNaegle
    RebeccaNaegle Posts: 236 Member
    Probably wouldn't of married my ex. Def. wouldn't of let him run my credit into the ground. Ugh. Live and learn!
  • NASAwife13
    NASAwife13 Posts: 130 Member
    I am a strong believer of things happen for one reason or another, and if something in my past was to change maybe my present would not be the same.

    BUT,.....

    I wish I was more selective on the men I had chosen to date.

    But if it wasnt for all the bad ones I may not have met my wonderful one :)

    Oh plus I wouldnt have let myself get fat in the first place.......
  • pie_eyes
    pie_eyes Posts: 12,964 Member
    Everything
  • TomyDee
    TomyDee Posts: 6 Member
    Not get married - for sure! :)
  • NikkiWalt
    NikkiWalt Posts: 1,326 Member
    Stayed focused in school. Partied harder before kids. Waited a little longer to get married.
  • dbhDeb
    dbhDeb Posts: 200 Member
    Not worry about the unimportant stuff. Spend more time with my sister and be a better friend to her. I miss her so much.
  • WeepingAngel81
    WeepingAngel81 Posts: 2,232 Member
    I wouldn't have gone to college. At least not right away. It has taken me a long time to figure out what I want to be when I grow up, and college didn't change that for me. It was expected of me without me realizing at the time that there are so many ways to be successful. Who knows, maybe I still would have gone to college somewhere, but if I had to do it again, I would have waited.
  • HoolaHoopsMcGee
    HoolaHoopsMcGee Posts: 2,749 Member
    Sooooo many things...

    But when I was about 5-6 years old, my mom was in art college in Paris and I went to 1st grade there. She had a boyfriend who was really wonderful to me. When we went back to the states I had no idea, but he wanted to adopt me and keep me in Paris with him as he went to medical school. I only found this out a few years ago and ever since I've wondered what my life would have been like if I'd grown up his daughter. #tooreal
  • avionicsman14
    avionicsman14 Posts: 68 Member
    Let my dad teach me guitar like he wanted to do!
  • GMAC2016
    GMAC2016 Posts: 249 Member
    Where to begin???
    I am happy with my wife and kids so that's good but career wise I would love to be a chef. Of course, that's without knowing all the crap aspects of the job. I wish I had been more confident when I was younger. Probably a few girls that might have gone out with me had I had the balls to ask them. I wish I had gotten in shape about 30 years ago (still not there yet but trying).
    I think for the most part I wouldn't change that much. More threesomes maybe (or at least one...
  • pie_eyes
    pie_eyes Posts: 12,964 Member
    Well I'd start with being born and take it from there
  • mkakids
    mkakids Posts: 1,913 Member
    Study abroad
  • PennyBrew
    PennyBrew Posts: 47 Member
    I would have gone to community college instead of going to and dropping out of an expensive private school. Eleven years later and I'm still trying to pay off that debt and finish the degree I started.
  • brb_2013
    brb_2013 Posts: 1,197 Member
    I wouldn't have gone to college. waste of money and time.
  • Frank_Jr
    Frank_Jr Posts: 103 Member
    I wouldn't have sold my 1968 Mercury Cougar when I was 19.
  • elchaifetz
    elchaifetz Posts: 2 Member
    edited May 2016
    Skip the first hubby but no regrets...love my two sons
  • Choosing2BHealthy86
    Choosing2BHealthy86 Posts: 8 Member
    Gone to a community college for 2 years before attending university. Gone to an out of state university. Studied abroad. Made and effort to socialize more in college.
  • gianna42
    gianna42 Posts: 5,991 Member
    Gone to grad school and traveled before I got married
  • MTgal477
    MTgal477 Posts: 829 Member
    I'd be that free, adventurous woman that I know I am inside and let my gypsy soul roam, dancing all the nights away....