do you have any regrets in life?

do you have any regrets in life thus far? something you wish you had done? a decision or choice that you now realize was the wrong one? something you wish you hadn't said or done that ended a relationship? a move you could have made but decided at the last minute it was too risky?

 

This is a great topic, lippy!

I have always tried to live without regrets...as corny as it sounds, when I was in high school is back when the musical RENT was HUUUUUGE (literally, it was everywhere...especially when you're a drama kid). Something about the lines 'Forget regret, or life is yours to miss' and 'No day but today' really stuck in my young mind, and I made a decision to live like that.

Granted, I haven't always had an easy time of it.. I've had some really bad stuff happen to me, and I've had my heart broken, thrown into a sausage grinder, and spit back out again... but I don't think I would change a moment of it because it has turned me into the person I am today. I think it has made me appreciate the good things in life more than I would have if I had not experienced and done many of the things in my past.

 

I regret going to school for poli sci such a waste of time lol. Being in relationships way longer than I should have. Other than that nothing really.

 

Only thing I regret is not finishing school sooner. Other than that, I have no regrets. I am more than pleased with my choices in life.

 

"To be human is to have regrets"



-Me



Everyone has regrets.

 

There's relationships that, if I could live this same life over again, I definitely would not have started. Otherwise, I've had a fairly fantastic life

 

Lots, can write a screen play with it.

 

Yes, a couple. But I have dealt with them and moved on.

It's easy to try and say never regret anything, but that feeling is an important
part of learning from experience. It is that feeling which teaches you what you did wrong.

You don't need to carry your regrets with bitterness though, and I think that is what people really mean when they say "no regrets"

 

I have many regrets, but I don't think it's healthy to dwell on them...past is past.

 

i try to live my life by the belief of that everything happens for a reason...nothing happens by accident; there is no such thing as coincidence...!!! so because of this...no regrets. i am where i am supposed to be now because it is meant to be. if something that i wanted passed me by, it's because it wasn't meant to be.

 

In all seriousness, do it! Thinking about writing a novel about some of mine, even if it ends up being a piece of crap, getting it all out is a release.

I regret not being more confident when I was younger and doing more of the things I wanted to. It's only now that I realise I could've followed some of those dreams and the freedom of having no responsibilities, etc.

In general though, instead of regretting things, I'm working on making up for lost time ^^ It's clichéd, but a lot of the time it isn't too late and the longer you leave things, the more time you're wasting.

As far as bad relationships go, there are certainly some painful ones in my history(especially recently D: ), but I think bad relationships are something you learn from and if it wasn't with guy X, it'd be with guy Y. It does hurt, but next time you're wiser and less naive? :S The same goes for everything in life, I think. As long as you're learning from your mistakes, those experiences were worthwhile and ones you'd likely only go through later anyway. Everyone makes bad decisions and few people get things right first time.

 

Everybody has regrets n shoulda, coulda, woulda moments but you live and learn.

 

There is one thing that I regret. That is the fact that I broke up with my booyfriend not once but twice. Being back together with him is amazing. What I regret is the time we wasted apart. However, I know that he loves me and vice versa and we are meant to be. I am amazed by his capacity for forgiveness.

 

see i would put this down as one of those 'it was meant to be' things. having those breaks have given you both a new appreciation for each other and you've now discovered another side of him that amazes you.

 

Yeah, that is pretty much the positive spin we are going withm but I do regreat hurting him like I did.

 

No one lives a meaningful life without regrets; any respectable degree of emotional maturity demands it.

Yes some regrets on this end, but few without somehow making up for it later. I think the point is challenging yourself to, if possible, make amends for those regrets.

 

I absolutely agree. If it didn't happen then, maybe it would have later and now you know how you feel and what he means to you.

It's never good to hurt someone, obviously, but you won't make that mistake again and you've learned from it, so imho, it's a positive rather than a negative. I know I've already said it, but everyone makes mistakes and the people who learn from them and change are the people who will end up happier in the end, so I would never regret a mistake I'd learned so much from.

 

I have a few regrets. Nothing relationship-wise though because if given the opportunity for a do-over, that would negate my daughter being born, and well, I couldn't live with that.

However, there are a few other areas in my life that I regret deeply. It's mostly regarding financial decisions I made that have adversely affected my life.

Oh well. I guess you live and learn. If given the opportunity to be in the position I was in, I wouldn't screw it up again, so that's progress, right?

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I'm with you on this one... I can't see myself ever regretting relationships/love, because it's all experience and helps shape who you are.

But financial decisions.. Yes, I can see myself racking up regrets there if I'm not careful

 

many....things i say that i sometimes regret....actions i did.