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fadingaway1986 · 05-13-2005, 09:13 AM

What do you most regret about your life? (what would you go back and erase, or do over)

Chase · 05-13-2005, 09:17 AM

Not making a better college/education choice earlier on. I started down a path that didn't work out and basically had to go back and start over. Wish I would have got it right the first time and not wasted all the extra time.

05-13-2005, 09:19 AM

i would erase any illnesses i had as a child.

I would also choose to do school over again correctly. And meet a woman who wasnt a predator posing as a housepet.

md

fadingaway1986 · 05-13-2005, 09:21 AM

I would probably try harder at school - so I could go to UNI to study Photography.

Meysha · 05-13-2005, 09:22 AM

I regret having ice cream & chokky sause for breakfast this morning (see Chase I told you it was bad).

But seriously, there's not that much I regret yet. I'm still only a youngin. Although I am a bit sad I haven't fully profited from my time overseas. I was so bursting with energy of things to do and see here when I arrived, but I got lazy and stopped doing them all and just worked and studied. I wish I'd joined the softball team, the orchestra and the hiking groups... but I just never got around to it. Now I've only got a month left. :-( But I'll get over it. I tend to regret things for a day, then move on.

Alison · 05-13-2005, 09:42 AM

I can't say I have any, really. Even though I didn't complete college right out of high school I feel I have learned a lot more since going back as an adult.

I can't say I regret getting married and having children, followed by a divorce because without my ex-husband I wouldn't have my boys.

Perhaps the only thing I regret is staying in an unhappy marriage for so long because I believed that I was "unlovable" as I was told. I believed that somehow I could make my ex-husband love me, but I could not. I could not be the person he wanted and in the end that's okay because what I have now is so much better, so I can't regret that either.

Guess the only thing I can regret is having orange juice with breakfast because now I have heartburn.

fadingaway1986 · 05-13-2005, 09:51 AM

Hmm. everyones regrets have something to do with breakfast?

terri · 05-13-2005, 10:49 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by fadingaway1986

Hmm. everyones regrets have something to do with breakfast?

Not me! I guess my main regret is taking so long to get back to my artistic side. I got pulled away by the busy-ness of being wife/mom/job/house - I really left no time for myself. I haven't been unhappy, just bored and drifting. The last several years have definitely been the best. But nothing is more irksome to me than wasted time!

And I love making big old breakfasts whenever I can.

KevinR · 05-13-2005, 10:59 AM

I guess a regret would be not finishing school sooner. Things are working out pretty good anyway.

And putting away photography as long as I did.

Corry · 05-13-2005, 11:03 AM

I regret that I only had two small peices of French Toast for Breakfast, while I should have had the four that I made Erik. My tummy is growling.

Big Mike · 05-13-2005, 11:14 AM

I regret that I went too hard when I started a new weight training program this week. I have been suffering some heavy DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness). I can barely get out of bed or straighten my arms. Feel the burn

photo gal · 05-13-2005, 11:25 AM

I regret not going with my initial instinct to adopt my second husband!

LaFoto · 05-13-2005, 12:03 PM

I certainly do not regret having had my first son at only 20 - those 10 years we had together were precious.

I do regret getting married to his father. (I would have had him without the marriage, actually, he was half-way "done" when we married). That nasty divorce was no nice thing to go through.

I can't say I regret not having finished my first academic career in uni because that would automatically mean also that I regret having had my son at so young.

But sometimes I still wish I had been wiser when I was that young. But youth and wisdom seldom go together...

Hertz van Rental · 05-13-2005, 12:14 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by photo gal

I regret not going with my initial instinct to adopt my second husband!

But... if you 'adopted' him... wouldn't that make him... and you married...?
I'm confused.

mentos_007 · 05-13-2005, 12:50 PM

well.. .so I think I'll start to regret not starting my highier education connected with photography in October 2005?

Karalee · 05-13-2005, 01:15 PM

I regret not going to the gym for the past week, especially cos I know imma be billed for it in 2 days. Im good at buying things I dont need, so I regret buying stuff after I have paid for it. Oh and I regret that I have a weakness for chocolate

Ok perhaps I dont regret the last one as much as I should.

photo gal · 05-13-2005, 05:36 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Hertz van Rental

But... if you 'adopted' him... wouldn't that make him... and you married...?
I'm confused.

Gee thanks now you got me all confused

Okay here's the deal, if I would'a adopted him he would'a been my child but I DIDN'T so he was just my husband who was like A child. hmmmm now I'm even more confused. oh ok I got it now If I would have adopted him I NEVER would have married him.....Whew

Hertz van Rental · 05-14-2005, 12:10 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by photo gal

Gee thanks now you got me all confused

Okay here's the deal, if I would'a adopted him he would'a been my child but I DIDN'T so he was just my husband who was like A child. hmmmm now I'm even more confused. oh ok I got it now If I would have adopted him I NEVER would have married him.....Whew

Well, I'm glad we cleared that up...

(So are you are saying you would have preferred to be related than to have had relations?

)

ferny · 05-14-2005, 03:45 AM

Hmm.... regrets, aye?

Taking so long to realise it was my father who had problems, not me. I regret that it took me so long to not cower from him and all the times since then when I've wanted to knock him out but haven't.
I regret that I wasted five years of my life doing nothing whilst people moved on with theirs. Along the same lines, I regret that it took me so long to admit I needed help.
And of course the one that everyone has. I regret not telling someone how much they meant to me.

I think everyone has lots of regrets, it just depends on what frame of mind you're in when you're asked about them. If you're happy you'll only list a couple. If you're not so happy you can read off a massive list. Or is that just me? And if you've got an eventful life the regrets get forgotten about.

photo gal · 05-14-2005, 08:44 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Hertz van Rental

Well, I'm glad we cleared that up...

(So are you are saying you would have preferred to be related than to have had relations?

)

EXactLY!!!!

05-13-2005, 09:13 AM	#1 (permalink)
fadingaway1986 I Burn Easily :( Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 1,438 My Photos Are OK to Edit	I am bored, so... What do you most regret about your life? (what would you go back and erase, or do over)

05-13-2005, 09:17 AM	#2 (permalink)
Chase I am now benign! Site Administrator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Deep in the heart of Texas! Posts: 7,801 My Photos Are OK to Edit	Not making a better college/education choice earlier on. I started down a path that didn't work out and basically had to go back and start over. Wish I would have got it right the first time and not wasted all the extra time. __________________ "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream." - Mark Twain

05-13-2005, 09:22 AM	#5 (permalink)
Meysha still being picky Vicky Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Bris-Vegas Posts: 4,121	I regret having ice cream & chokky sause for breakfast this morning (see Chase I told you it was bad). But seriously, there's not that much I regret yet. I'm still only a youngin. Although I am a bit sad I haven't fully profited from my time overseas. I was so bursting with energy of things to do and see here when I arrived, but I got lazy and stopped doing them all and just worked and studied. I wish I'd joined the softball team, the orchestra and the hiking groups... but I just never got around to it. Now I've only got a month left. :-( But I'll get over it. I tend to regret things for a day, then move on. __________________ My Flickr

05-13-2005, 09:42 AM	#6 (permalink)
Alison Swiss Army Friend TPF Subscriber Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: TX Posts: 9,472 My Photos Are OK to Edit	I can't say I have any, really. Even though I didn't complete college right out of high school I feel I have learned a lot more since going back as an adult. I can't say I regret getting married and having children, followed by a divorce because without my ex-husband I wouldn't have my boys. Perhaps the only thing I regret is staying in an unhappy marriage for so long because I believed that I was "unlovable" as I was told. I believed that somehow I could make my ex-husband love me, but I could not. I could not be the person he wanted and in the end that's okay because what I have now is so much better, so I can't regret that either. Guess the only thing I can regret is having orange juice with breakfast because now I have heartburn. __________________ The decision to have a child is to accept that your heart will forever walk about outside of your body. ~ *Katherine Hadley*

05-13-2005, 10:49 AM	#8 (permalink)
terri a rush hour soul TPF Editor TPF Subscriber Site Moderator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: In the mental ward of this forum Posts: 17,310 My Photos Are NOT OK to Edit	Quote: Originally Posted by fadingaway1986 Hmm. everyones regrets have something to do with breakfast? Not me! I guess my main regret is taking so long to get back to my artistic side. I got pulled away by the busy-ness of being wife/mom/job/house - I really left no time for myself. I haven't been unhappy, just bored and drifting. The last several years have definitely been the best. But nothing is more irksome to me than wasted time! And I love making big old breakfasts whenever I can. __________________ Beaten Path Photography Site updated at last! 3) Recognize that if you're not part of the solution, you're likely part of the problem - whatever you perceive it to be.

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05-13-2005, 09:19 AM	#3 (permalink)
MDowdey Guest Posts: n/a	i would erase any illnesses i had as a child. I would also choose to do school over again correctly. And meet a woman who wasnt a predator posing as a housepet. md

05-13-2005, 09:21 AM	#4 (permalink)
fadingaway1986 I Burn Easily :( Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 1,438 My Photos Are OK to Edit	I would probably try harder at school - so I could go to UNI to study Photography.

05-13-2005, 09:51 AM	#7 (permalink)
fadingaway1986 I Burn Easily :( Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 1,438 My Photos Are OK to Edit	Hmm. everyones regrets have something to do with breakfast?

05-13-2005, 10:59 AM	#9 (permalink)
KevinR TPF Junkie! Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Dearborn, MI Posts: 1,206	I guess a regret would be not finishing school sooner. Things are working out pretty good anyway. And putting away photography as long as I did. __________________ Nikon D200 Nikon N90 Nikon FM2 Tamron 17-50 2.8 Tamron 28-75 2.8 Sigma 70-200 2.8 SB-800 LightSphere II Cloud Osram off camera flash Alien Bees lighting set-up http://kevinridgephoto.eblogs.com/

05-13-2005, 11:03 AM	#10 (permalink)
Corry Flirtacious and Bodacious TPF Subscriber Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: North Central Illinois Posts: 20,676 My Photos Are NOT OK to Edit	I regret that I only had two small peices of French Toast for Breakfast, while I should have had the four that I made Erik. My tummy is growling. __________________ To The Core ~~~~~ Baseball time is here again/ You can catch it all on WGN! So stamp your feet and clap your hands/ Chicago Cubs got the greatest fans! We’re singing now . . . Go, Cubs, go/ Go, Cubs, go! Hey, Chicago, what do you say/ The Cubs are gonna win today! ~~~~~

05-13-2005, 11:14 AM	#11 (permalink)
Big Mike I am Big, I am Mike Site Moderator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Edmonton Posts: 17,646 My Photos Are OK to Edit	I regret that I went too hard when I started a new weight training program this week. I have been suffering some heavy DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness). I can barely get out of bed or straighten my arms. Feel the burn __________________ Edmonton Wedding Photographer Blog

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photo gal TPF Junkie! Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Planet Carolyn..Cool place....you should visit! Posts: 6,538	I regret not going with my initial instinct to adopt my second husband! __________________ my photos Life is a roller coaster. You can either scream every time you hit a bump or you can throw your hands up in the air and enjoy it! : )

05-13-2005, 12:03 PM	#13 (permalink)
LaFoto Just Corinna in real life TPF Subscriber Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Lower Saxony, Germany Posts: 29,118 My Photos Are NOT OK to Edit	I certainly do not regret having had my first son at only 20 - those 10 years we had together were precious. I do regret getting married to his father. (I would have had him without the marriage, actually, he was half-way "done" when we married). That nasty divorce was no nice thing to go through. I can't say I regret not having finished my first academic career in uni because that would automatically mean also that I regret having had my son at so young. But sometimes I still wish I had been wiser when I was that young. But youth and wisdom seldom go together... __________________ www.Corinna-me-myself-i.blogspot.com

05-13-2005, 12:14 PM	#14 (permalink)
Hertz van Rental Dilute to taste TPF Subscriber Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seeing things a little more clearly Posts: 15,187	Quote: Originally Posted by photo gal I regret not going with my initial instinct to adopt my second husband! But... if you 'adopted' him... wouldn't that make him... and you married...? I'm confused. __________________ See Janet complain that John is putting on weight. See Janet complain that John's penis is getting smaller. See John explain that it's because he is accelerating towards the speed of light. from Janet and John Get Physical Meet up 2009?

05-13-2005, 12:50 PM	#15 (permalink)
mentos_007 The Freshmaker! Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Poland, Sz-n Posts: 9,305	well.. .so I think I'll start to regret not starting my highier education connected with photography in October 2005? __________________ my portfolio <- my new webpage!!!!

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Karalee hOtLiPs! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Here....there....everywhere Posts: 3,853 My Photos Are NOT OK to Edit	I regret not going to the gym for the past week, especially cos I know imma be billed for it in 2 days. Im good at buying things I dont need, so I regret buying stuff after I have paid for it. Oh and I regret that I have a weakness for chocolate Ok perhaps I dont regret the last one as much as I should. __________________ Kara Ramblings of a slightly insane, displaced chicky. SHUTTERvisions - a photoblog. Mark von Nagy says: Upload this, baby Kia mau te wehi! Last edited by Karalee; 05-13-2005 at 01:18 PM.

05-13-2005, 05:36 PM	#17 (permalink)
photo gal TPF Junkie! Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Planet Carolyn..Cool place....you should visit! Posts: 6,538	Quote: Originally Posted by Hertz van Rental But... if you 'adopted' him... wouldn't that make him... and you married...? I'm confused. Gee thanks now you got me all confused Okay here's the deal, if I would'a adopted him he would'a been my child but I DIDN'T so he was just my husband who was like A child. hmmmm now I'm even more confused. oh ok I got it now If I would have adopted him I NEVER would have married him.....Whew __________________ my photos Life is a roller coaster. You can either scream every time you hit a bump or you can throw your hands up in the air and enjoy it! : )

05-14-2005, 12:10 AM	#18 (permalink)
Hertz van Rental Dilute to taste TPF Subscriber Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seeing things a little more clearly Posts: 15,187	Quote: Originally Posted by photo gal Gee thanks now you got me all confused Okay here's the deal, if I would'a adopted him he would'a been my child but I DIDN'T so he was just my husband who was like A child. hmmmm now I'm even more confused. oh ok I got it now If I would have adopted him I NEVER would have married him.....Whew Well, I'm glad we cleared that up... (So are you are saying you would have preferred to be related than to have had relations? ) __________________ See Janet complain that John is putting on weight. See Janet complain that John's penis is getting smaller. See John explain that it's because he is accelerating towards the speed of light. from Janet and John Get Physical Meet up 2009?

05-14-2005, 03:45 AM	#19 (permalink)
ferny TPF Junkie! Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 7,800	Hmm.... regrets, aye? Taking so long to realise it was my father who had problems, not me. I regret that it took me so long to not cower from him and all the times since then when I've wanted to knock him out but haven't. I regret that I wasted five years of my life doing nothing whilst people moved on with theirs. Along the same lines, I regret that it took me so long to admit I needed help. And of course the one that everyone has. I regret not telling someone how much they meant to me. I think everyone has lots of regrets, it just depends on what frame of mind you're in when you're asked about them. If you're happy you'll only list a couple. If you're not so happy you can read off a massive list. Or is that just me? And if you've got an eventful life the regrets get forgotten about. __________________ Are you from the UK? Join the group. and also Do you want to join a facebook group? www.blueyedmuffin.co.uk and... www.explorationing.com

05-14-2005, 08:44 AM	#20 (permalink)
photo gal TPF Junkie! Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Planet Carolyn..Cool place....you should visit! Posts: 6,538	Quote: Originally Posted by Hertz van Rental Well, I'm glad we cleared that up... (So are you are saying you would have preferred to be related than to have had relations? ) EXactLY!!!! __________________ my photos Life is a roller coaster. You can either scream every time you hit a bump or you can throw your hands up in the air and enjoy it! : )

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