What is YOUR biggest regret in life?

Mangoperson88
Mangoperson88 Posts: 339 Member
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I went to Bhutan 4 years ago and didn't hike to Tiger's nest because the trail was mucky and i wear traditional indian clothes that comprises of kinda loose pyjama and i was scared i trip on it and fall into horse poo😂 :|
What's yours??
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  • threewins
    threewins Posts: 1,455 Member
    Not specifically a regret but if I could do a redo in life, I'd do one, and only one thing differently. I'd only date non-mothers or women who didn't want to be mothers. That's because I consistently enjoy being with a non-mother more than mothers and there's more freedom to do things.
  • ReenieHJ
    ReenieHJ Posts: 9,724 Member
    My hormones and I would've had more conversations back in my late teens.
  • MikePfirrman
    MikePfirrman Posts: 3,307 Member
    I'm a strong believer in fate. The main things in life I'd change and my biggest regret in life is ever saying anything mean or nasty to the people in my life that I love. Other than that, zero regrets.
  • Mellouk89
    Mellouk89 Posts: 469 Member
    edited March 2022
    I'm also a strong believer in fate, and also that our choices are a result of environment and heredity.
  • e93marie
    e93marie Posts: 12 Member
    Not being more independent in my late teens early 20s. I was very sheltered growing up and then circumstances had me on my own right out the gate. I relied on my relationship too much to do anything and I feel it inhibited me from doing the things I truly wanted in life. Not that I regret my past relationship but it did strain it at times. I feel I'd have more personal accomplishments if I just did things on my own.
  • J_doe
    J_doe Posts: 43 Member
    I have no regrets.. I learn from my experiences, those experiences made me who I am today…





    Damn it I regret everything then cause I’m a wreck 😂
  • Mangoperson88
    Mangoperson88 Posts: 339 Member
    Mellouk89 wrote: »
    I'm also a strong believer in fate, and also that our choices are a result of environment and heredity.

    Same! I regret not working hard enough and concentrating on my education in high school and applying for uni abroad(preferably US) but I feel fate was against me as I had started planning my career in 7th grade but got massively bullied from 8-10th grade so that messed up my career a lot.
  • Mellouk89
    Mellouk89 Posts: 469 Member
    edited March 2022
    Frompumpkin2cinderella wrote: »
    Mellouk89 wrote: »
    I'm also a strong believer in fate, and also that our choices are a result of environment and heredity.

    Same! I regret not working hard enough and concentrating on my education in high school and applying for uni abroad(preferably US) but I feel fate was against me as I had started planning my career in 7th grade but got massively bullied from 8-10th grade so that messed up my career a lot.

    I dropped out in 10th grade, not an ounce of regret. Both of my parents are academics and told me I should've dropped out sooner :D . School was not for me.
  • MadRee87
    MadRee87 Posts: 227 Member
    Not finishing college...pissed away 6 years....without a degree. I am thankful for opportunities that I have earned with my career...but still wished I had something to show for these student loans.
  • Mangoperson88
    Mangoperson88 Posts: 339 Member
    I never really had friends in life and i always managed to get into bad company where I was ridiculed and bullied a lot. I would try to break away from them, *kitten* the loneliness- there was a pedophile in my building who was completely obsessed with me so I felt the bad company kept me safe and away from him
    I just wish I had the courage to face that pos sob and go to cops rather than be a coward! Obviously I couldn't tell my self absorbed, career oriented parents all this so i suffered silently:'(
  • ChillTheBathWater
    ChillTheBathWater Posts: 32 Member
    I regret turning down a design job that was offered to me at 23. It's all I ever wanted to do, but I'd just graduated from a school where I was trained in a male dominated field I didn't enjoy, placed in toxic work environments & I didn't last but a few yrs. I've struggled with career choices ever since.

    I also wished I'd have put myself first, rather than anyone else. I've learned that only recently, but it's a bit late in life for that to have much impact.

    I don't dwell on it, but it does come to the forefront once in a while.
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    Biggest Regret(s) ??


    ..... there ain't enough bandwidth here.




    (or anywhere else either.)

    *shrug
  • vanityy99
    vanityy99 Posts: 2,583 Member
    Swimming in public pools.
  • kamaboko1
    kamaboko1 Posts: 28 Member
    I'll be in a better position to answer that question just before I die.
  • Mangoperson88
    Mangoperson88 Posts: 339 Member
    My second biggest regret in life after not concentrating on my education is not marrying the man who was in love with me. He's an Indian military officer and we have lovely neighbours like Pakistan and China . Too much conflict that's why i turned him down. I've read about too many women lose their lovers/husbands to this bloody and fatal mess created by geopolitics :(
  • Hiawassee88
    Hiawassee88 Posts: 35,754 Member
    I won't know this until it's my final day, final hours and final breath. Until then, put the pedal to the metal and give it all you've got.
  • Destanieroberts06
    Destanieroberts06 Posts: 103 Member
    PaperDoll_ wrote: »
    Destanieroberts06 wrote: »
    If I could go back and do things over there are two people that I lied to one of them was on here and the other one was in real life...I was in love with a 19 girl...who said she had a crush on me and we were both single and wanted to date...but I didn't think she was 19 and I told her I was 15 instead of telling her the truth... That I was 18 at the time...She dated and broke up with so many people to try and get over me...If I had just told her the truth...I wouldn't be single right now...I know this is a risk because everyone on here that is my friend is going to be questioning what I say but so yal are not wondering who I lied to on here...I am going to say who...and if she reads this hopefully she will give me a second chance...she was an awesome friend and was there any time I needed to talk but I didn't talk to her and now...I feel as tho she hates me...@Paperdoll_ this is for you... I'm sorry I lied...please give me a second chance and I can explain it...I was scared... I was so used to lying that it became a habit...and if we can start over...from the beginning...a fresh start...please all I ask is one more chance...


    My advice to everyone is to stick with the truth whether you get friends or lose them...sometimes losing friends is the hardest way to learn to be honest with everyone else and yourself


    Like I said I know I'm taking a risk...but it's worth it...

    I don’t hate you, and I wish you well. ❤️

    Can you give me one more chance then...please...this to get to know the real me...not the me that nobody can hurt because that me isn't real
  • Hiawassee88
    Hiawassee88 Posts: 35,754 Member
    @Destanieroberts06
    I don't know you so I'm really going out on a limb here. You and that girl wouldn't have worked out no matter how hard you tried.
    Multi-crap would've hit the fan somewhere along the line. I don't know if it was her daddy but it wouldn't have lasted. Let that regret go. I hope you can work it out with the key members in your life.

    I know how all of this works. B) May the broken pieces come back together. You deserve a good life.
  • snowflake954
    snowflake954 Posts: 8,399 Member
    Dwelling on regrets can paralyze you and you'll miss chances worrying about what might happen. I'm with @Washboard12. Give life all you've got--you only get one.
  • jenelh2079
    jenelh2079 Posts: 1 Member
    I think that everything we do in life and everything we go through helps us to be who we are in the present moment. I know I didn’t do everything perfectly and yes I have regrets, but I know how blessed I am today…. So I refuse to look back in regret… just forward to how I can make my life and the lives of others good today.
  • ythannah
    ythannah Posts: 4,371 Member
    I don't have any regrets that I dwell on or eat away at me or anything dire like that but if I had to pick something I'd say 1) not getting into Al-Anon in my 20s instead of waiting until my 40s and 2) not ending several relationships a lot sooner than I did. But #1 would probably have fixed problem #2 anyway so there ya go. I firmly believe that my experiences bad and good have made me the person I am today but I could definitely have been a better version of me earlier in life.
  • Destanieroberts06
    Destanieroberts06 Posts: 103 Member
    Washboard12 wrote: »
    @Destanieroberts06
    I don't know you so I'm really going out on a limb here. You and that girl wouldn't have worked out no matter how hard you tried.
    Multi-crap would've hit the fan somewhere along the line. I don't know if it was her daddy but it wouldn't have lasted. Let that regret go. I hope you can work it out with the key members in your life.

    I know how all of this works. B) May the broken pieces come back together. You deserve a good life.

    Thanks washboard12, but oddly enough the girl I lied to...Is the one I am going on a second date with tomorrow night...long story...my friend hooked us up through the confession I made on here...when my friend was using my phone...she sent it to the girl I lied too and explained everything...so...yes but it wasn't her daddy that wouldn't let us date
  • Plasicage
    Plasicage Posts: 355 Member
    My non existing career. I started working in high school, but had to move out earlier then most kids these days, due to family situation at home.

    Since then, paying rent and eating been forefront priorities. So I shelved any real effort at finishing full time secondary of choice, and aiming higher in finding the right career path. It's really the thing I would love to redo.
  • ZFG_2022
    ZFG_2022 Posts: 25 Member
    That I didn't look after myself better in my 30s and 40s. I now have some health issues because of it;they are under control,nothing too serious ,but it could have all been avoided

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