Incidentally, that bit was spoken in jest... I don't regret sticking up for him. My regret for not having done so would be much greater.

when i thought about the things i regret; the big things; they had one thing in common...i didn't follow my heart/gut/instinct*. IOW i had 2 or three options, one of which i felt was the right choice, and 1 or more that others, parents, friend etc. thought were better choices. and i went with someone else's idea of what was right. there are only a couple of times that this has (probably) affected the overall outcome of my life, but i do think about what it would have been like if i had _____'d instead. usually only when i am in a depressed mood. overall i feel like i am a very lucky person however in that i learned from these 'mistakes' and therefore want to teach my daughter to trust herself above all others (even me!) when it comes to something she feels is important.


*OK, so there have also been a lot where alcohol was involved, but since i can only remember the good parts :blush: they're not really regrettable

You're never too old to have a happy childhood.

Ah sodit.
I regret being a lazy little bugger and relying on decent brains and a silver tongue until I came a cropper a few years ago. I regret spending a couple of years doing stuff I didn't enjoy because of the cash. I regret telling a lot of people to get fucked, and not telling a lot of other people to get fucked. I regret losing contact with so many people.

why?? i played in the rain last night, and didn't give a hoot what my neighbors thought. it felt good, like it did when i was a kid...

i learned a long time ago to screw what other people thought of me, turns out they weren't there for me when it really counted anyway.

welcome back. how was your vacation. you didnt really miss antything interesting here

Well, been accepted into my new uni so I'm now a very bored photojournalism/graphics student waiting to get the hell over there. Thus the combination of extreme boredom (cannot even open photoshop at the moment without feeling ill after the last couple of weeks) and excellent mood drove me back.

Regret? The things I didn't do for fear of getting in trouble, not necessarily with the law, but with family, friends, peers, employers. :(
And a whole lot of things I did do. Wisdom don't come cheap.

"Regrets? I've had a few, too few to mention....." - Ol' Blue Eyes

Anything I have done in my life, good or bad, has served to make me who I am today. So, no, I don't regret anythiing I've done.

There are a few things I wish I'd have done different........

Bearing the knowledge that all I have done has brought me to be who I am today (whom I am happy to be) I can say I have some regrets:

- I regret going out with my 1st boyfriend Mick. He was a dickhead. I should have listened to my dad!

- I regret the way Tim and I broke up, although I am very happy in my current new relationship, I just wish I could have handled things better.

- I regret not attending my brothers funeral. I was angry at the time but now I wish I had of gone to say goodbye.

- I regret not keeping in contact with all my old mates from school, I really only still speak to a small handful now.

- I regret how I treated my dad when I was ages 15-through-17. I was a total bitch to him and he is the most precious thing in my life. I will never be able to make up for that, and I'll never be able to thank him enough for being such an awesome dad.

Hm...after reading a couple of posts that mentions, "But I would be a different person now", I'm like, "and that's a 'bad' thing?" :D

I *know* that I'd be a different person if I had not had bad eating habits as a child, later on, been more compliant with my diabetes care and had gone to the docs a bit more. Oh yeah: I would have been different, and I think I would have been better (health-wise) for it.

And I *kindasorta* regret not leaving home at an earlier age (like most of my friends).

Haha, well I don't like my niehbours anyway, so mud it is. It's raining now but I won't go, in Britain there will be PLENTY more oppotunities to play in the rain...

The grass is always greener.... in Britain.

Mm.

* I regret trusting the man that date-raped me when I was 16.

* I regret not going to college.

* I regret a great deal of how I handled my first serious relationship.

* I regret getting myself into credit card debt. :greenface