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17. If I could go back in time and change anything i would have

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Thu Apr 17, 2025, 09:49 AM

Apr 17

learned how to type.

That's about it.

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Do you have any regrets in life? [View all] bif Apr 17 OP

Its about a girl. DiverDave Apr 17 #1

I'm an atheist but I nonetheless live by an axiom put forth... NNadir Apr 17 #18

I did get DiverDave Apr 17 #24

That's absolutely adorable DiverDave. JMCKUSICK Apr 18 #52

I wish I had bought the lotto ticket, from the numbers Bluethroughu Apr 17 #2

I'm glad that things worked out for you... skypilot Apr 17 #25

I was depressed for two years... Bluethroughu Apr 17 #44

oh yes,,,, many,,,, KarenS Apr 17 #3

Me too! Beatlelvr Apr 17 #7

Lot's and lot's of regrets. Mostly people i didn't stay closer to and places i didn't go. Srkdqltr Apr 17 #4

Plenty. (nt) Paladin Apr 17 #5

I regret the way I treated some people when I was younger. Mad_Dem_X Apr 17 #6

This is it for me as well True Dough Apr 17 #13

I was going to post something similar, same regrets about being mean to others. Been bullied as well as a kid. Dave Bowman Apr 17 #27

Nope. In a good place now and multigraincracker Apr 17 #8

Thats true. Never know if one thing changes how everything will change. Srkdqltr Apr 17 #21

I regret I was not able to temper my ambition with FalloutShelter Apr 17 #9

Male professors talked me out of majoring in Geology when I was a freshman in college. catbyte Apr 17 #10

Any regrets I have are offset by the fact of a somewhat random event in the life I led. NNadir Apr 17 #11

A few as I tend not to think about what might have been. MichMan Apr 17 #12

I regret I stayed in Ohio samplegirl Apr 17 #14

Yes moving to Florida in 1979, should have stayed in Connecticut TommieMommy Apr 17 #15

Doesn't everyone? redstatebluegirl Apr 17 #16

If I could go back in time and change anything i would have Rustynaerduwell Apr 17 #17

Hell, I remember some bad calls I made umpiring Little League baseball games... Wounded Bear Apr 17 #19

A pile of them, too many to list here CanonRay Apr 17 #20

Yes, of course. Fla Dem Apr 17 #22

To this day, I regret not running over phyllis schlafly when I had the chance. niyad Apr 17 #23

Got transferred by my employer to Texas in '74. I had a choice between Texas and Oregon. walkingman Apr 17 #26

Not really. I'm one with the belief that the life you do end up living is the one you were meant to live. SWBTATTReg Apr 17 #28

Ha!!!!!!!! snowybirdie Apr 17 #29

I regret not having the courage to be myself as a child. surrealAmerican Apr 17 #30

🤗🤗🤗💙💙💙 LiberalLoner Apr 17 #39

I don't recall a single meaningful conversation JMCKUSICK Apr 18 #53

No regrets. Amazed I've made it stillcool Apr 17 #31

I regret the time and energy I foolishly spent trying to impress other people. Midnight Writer Apr 17 #32

I'm very good at tallying my regrets Pinback Apr 17 #33

Thank you for that. It was beautiful. n/t. NNadir Apr 17 #47

I regret not taking more risks Diraven Apr 17 #34

I wish I had learned to play a musical instrument. Dulcinea Apr 17 #35

May I suggest the cajon? Pinback Apr 17 #41

Go take lessons. Eko Apr 17 #46

Marrying my first husband because all my friends from college were getting married kimbutgar Apr 17 #36

I also regret marrying my first husband . yellowdogintexas Sunday #58

First, I should have voted 23,000 times for Hillary in the swing states in the 2016 election surfered Apr 17 #37

So many regrets. I wish I had spent more time with my Mom and I am sorry for every time I made her sad as a kid. LiberalLoner Apr 17 #38

Not quitting school at 16 to get a GED and start college at 17 Comrade Citizen Apr 17 #40

I regret not having my son's back enough. Clouds Passing Apr 17 #42

] should never have married. rickyhall Apr 17 #43

I wish I loved everyone more. Eko Apr 17 #45

Too many regrets to enumerate here... LudwigPastorius Apr 18 #48

Can't think of any at the moment LogDog75 Apr 18 #49

Thankfully No ProfessorGAC Apr 18 #50

I wish UpInArms Apr 18 #51

Yep. k_buddy762 Apr 18 #54

Probably a thousand or more. OldBaldy1701E Apr 18 #55

Yes. My life. nt. Dem2theMax Saturday #56

I try not to dwell on things I can't change and I've lived a long, long life... CTyankee Saturday #57

I graduated college in 3 years. I wish I had done it the regular way yellowdogintexas Sunday #59

The big one (of many other big ones) haha Prairie_Seagull Monday #60