What do you most regret in life?

I'm sorry, Elvengirl. I didn't mean to sink your thread.


The thing I most regret would be not visiting my very sick Grandfather in hospital because of a spat with my Mother.


As to the other, I really can't think of anything in particular I'm proud of, but I am happy the footy* season has kicked off.





* Rugby League, the greatest game of all.

Originally posted by Hand of Hecate
Niiice.

In a fit of drunken rage I once smashed a roomates bike into small pieces and then energetically helped him find the b@$tard responsbile for it the next day. I even comfroted him as he literally cried over the pitifully twisted wreckage. I'm not sure if this should be a proud moment or not...

I regret smoking for 15 years, I regret that after 1100 games and countless wasted hours here my rhp rating has risen by just 3 points, I regret that that I now have too many resposibilities to get wasted by smoking weed.

I'm proud that I had get and go to travel the world for two years, without a trust fund. That I went through university without getting into too much debt. I''m looking forward to be being a proud father in 7 weeks time.

*Side Regret* That the doctor didn't catch something I have and has kept screwing me over the last 7 years. I find doctors annoying now 😠.

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Regrets: I really regret leaving my wife after I found out she liked women. :'(

Happy things:
Last year in March I had a triple bypass. 8 weeks later I played in a big chess tournament and won $800 for 1st place in class A. 🙂

Regret: Giving away something I can never regain. Letting something happen that I can never undo. Losing something few people will ever have and I was given.

Originally posted by Omnislash
Regret: Giving away something I can never regain. Letting something happen that I can never undo. Losing something few people will ever have and I was given.

My biggest regret is that I didn't work as hard at my writing ten years ago and put that energy into being a retail manager instead.

I am most proud of the fact that I have been with the same wonderful woman for almost 17 years and that we have the most wonderful 4 month-old daughter.

Father, what is regret?

That was the start of a Butthole Surfers song wasn't it? Where the kid had to go home and give his Mum the SATAN SATAN SATAN message! Yes, well, I'm sure it all meant something at a rather deep level.

I don't want to be spending too much time on regret. You thought it was the thing to do at the time, so you did it, and it wasn't. Time to try and fix it. Or at least not repeat it. There are things I'd do differently if I had the chance again, for sure. But I won't get that chance. Most of those things came about because I never considered how others would feel about something. Selfish things.

Hard to say what I'm most proud of. Winning chess titles and going to Olympiads have been pretty cool. But once there, you realise how comparatively crap you are, so it doesn't seem all that much. Then again, I know when I was a kid, the very idea would've made me proud.

I gave a pretty good eulogy at my Grandmother's funeral. Quite proud of that. Last year one of my chess clients won the NZ Major Open, and one of my maths clients won his school maths prize, so I felt pretty good about that too.

Actually, on the regret front. There were some shags I passed up when I was younger, for noble reasons that now escape me. I kinda regret not being able to remember what the hell I was thinking! Hmmmm, on the other hand, there were some shags I DO regret. Oh well, like the Buttholes said, it's clearly better to regret something you've done, than something you didn't do.

Only one regret....a woman who after a lifetime of abuse and addiction finally killed herself. I regret the pain of that life and I regret that I had no "power" to give her hope.

Proudest of...being there anyway....and she knew it...

Originally posted by Vandalizer
Father, what is regret?

That was the start of a Butthole Surfers song wasn't it? Where the kid had to go home and give his Mum the SATAN SATAN SATAN message! Yes, well, I'm sure it all meant something at a rather deep level.

*sings*
"Regrets. I've had a few,
But, then again, too few to mention"

I don't waste my time on regrets anymore. There's things that I probably should have done differently, but it's not worth mulling over. Maybe I should have asked that girl out when I was 17, but then again, maybe I would have got her pregnant, had to leave full time education and not ended up where I am now.

Life's simply too short and has too many branching paths that we cannot see to regret stuff. I quite like who I am now. I could arguably be a better person, could almost certainly be in a better position in life, but I wouldn't be prepared to change anything that I've done because I simply could not foresee the consequences.

Originally posted by CalWriter
My biggest regret is that I didn't work as hard at my writing ten years ago and put that energy into being a retail manager instead.

I regret not having the courage of my convictions.
I regret never telling Katie Durbin that I adored her.
I regret not sticking with my degree.
I regret not starting to learn the guitar earlier.
I regret never punching John-Paul Warren in the face.
I regret not giving my stepfather a good kicking.
I regret putting my mum through so much pain during my tear-away years.
I regret that I am 30 years old and I have yet to have anything to show for it, nor have I any idea of what I really want to do with my life.

But on the whole, i'm quite happy 🙂