Any Regrets?

[Rechi]

Is there anything from your past that you still beat yourself up over?

For me it's the way I used to act in high school to try to get people to like me. I was basically an unfunny class clown. I was always saying weird and perverted things to make myself look 'wacky' when I really wasn't. I had a small group of friends that liked me for who I was but, looking back on it now, I ended up pushing a lot of potential friends away (not to mention all the people that I pissed off...). I hate it when people I know from high school come up to me and talk about some of the buffoonish things I used to do, it just makes me cringe on the inside >_<

So escapists, are there things that you wish you could do over?

 

[Esotera]

Doing a lot of drink and drugs...I'm still capable of coherent thought, but feel like I've lost a fair amount of my intelligence. And also gained a lot of hallucinations/paranoia to go with it. I probably would just do less if I had to do it again, as I'm fairly sure I wouldn't be able to do none.

 

[EeveeElectro]

Probably letting myself trust people too easily. I find a lot of people just get kicks off hurting you, building up your trust then shattering it and weakening you.
It's not a very nice way to think but it's better to be safe than sorry now and just lock everyone out until they can give me a reason to trust them.
Doesn't mean I'm not pleasant and nice to people, just don't be surprised if I don't hold your gaze when we're talking.

 

[The Funslinger]

Yeah, I wish I'd been more independent as a kid.

I wish I hadn't been on a girl's hook (How I Met Your Mother reference) for two years in secondary school.

Just recently when my girlfriend broke up with me out of guilt, and said even if I forgive her, I deserve better, I wish I'd said "I don't want to be with someone "better", I just want to be with you" instead of freezing up. Hopefully this is one I can still fix.

 

[RaffB]

Regrets ? None.

Don't get me wrong, I've done some bad stuff in the past, but given the chance to go back and change them, I wouldn't change a thing.

Everyone makes mistakes. Learning from them and moving on is part of Life.

 

[Phasmal]

Staying in situations that aren't good because I don't want to hurt people's feelings, placing others above myself all the time.

I dont consider putting others above myself a bad thing, but it does get the better of me sometimes. I stayed in a relationship I shouldn't have too long, to avoid hurting someone, ended up hurting everyone.

Of course, I was younger then and I think I've learned from it, but I still find myself delaying because I dont want to hurt people's feelings.

 

[Lunar Templar]

i regret not being able to put up with people i can't stand in the work place, i lost >.> .... A job, i couldn't afford to lose cause of it

also, i regret my forum name, its spelled wrong and i'm tired of it but can't think of something better edit: fixed this

 

[purf]

Since there is quite some life I can look back to... I could have made some wiser career choices or pursue the path I took with more discipline and eagerness, but it's not really a regret.
I do regret some smaller things - situations where I should have called out on some people's stupidity and willful ignorance. University teachers in particular. Two incidents are quite nagging at me for keeping my mouth shut.

 

[Lionsfan]

Regrets? Yes, I wish I would have gotten a Silver TI-84....it's haunted me to this very day. And I probably shouldn't have buried the bodies behind the police station either[footnote]I've got a few regrets, but mostly quite boring stuff[/footnote]

 

[aegix drakan_v1legacy]

hmmm....

On one hand I regret not doing my homework in High school math year 4. cost me my high match, which ended up preventing me from jumping right into computer science in College, and it ended up costing me a LOT of time.

On the other hand, if I HADN'T lost that time, I probably wouldn't have met my girlfriend. So I don't regret it anymore. She's that damn special to me.

Since hooking up with her...Pretty much the only thing I regret is not studying properly/enough for some of my courses. ...Which I should be doing right now, even....

.........>_< But some of these courses are so hard and annoying that they drive me insane...

Oy... *tries to study some more Probability and Statistics*

 

[Revnak_v1legacy]

Being a jerk in my early teens. That and not working as hard on things as I should have.

Oh, and the thing with the bear and the hooker. I regret that too.

 

[requisitename]

.........>_< But some of these courses are so hard and annoying that they drive me insane...

Oy... *tries to study some more Probability and Statistics*

Probability and statistics are the devil's spawn. I'm very, very sorry for you.

OT: Not regrets, per se. I know it's cliche, but I wouldn't be the person I am today if I hadn't done/been through all the things in my past. I like the person I am now, so it's all good.

I do have fleeting moments of wishing I'd gotten my shit together and gotten myself into college at a much younger age instead of partying like I did, though.

Ahh, captcha, you're so tempting: "cold comfort". It thinks I need a drink, I suppose? Haha.

 

[FolkLikePanda]

A lot and I'll leave it at that 'cause the list is huge.

 

[viranimus]

YES!

However, I cannot go into further details because I cannot be compelled to incriminate myself.

Dont think anyone can exist without having regrets.

Also.. on the cold comfort captcha requisitename, I will leave you this.

 

[Joseph Harrison]

Let me tell you a story

Once, a long time ago, there was a man named Bob. And Bob you see was a pleasant guy but had very low self esteem. Then one day Bob met Sally and at first, while he found her to be a pleasant girl and they became friends, Bob had no romantic feelings towards her after knowing her for awhile said feelings began to grow. Unfortunately for Bob the way that he met Sally was that he was wingmaning for one of his friends and got them together. Now instead of acting like a rational human being Bob, with his fear of being hurt and lack of self esteem, decided the best thing to do was to never tell his feelings to Sally and instead break off any contact with her even though she had become one of his good friends.

So yeah I regret not telling Bob how horrible his decision was since Bob is in no way me.

 

[Arkvoodle]

I left college after two and a half years in an attempt to start my own business.

It went under.

Not convinced I can really recover from either one now.

 

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

Oh I have quite a few, some of which I'd rather not post for all to see, but I don't have the time, nor the patience, to list them all.