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*shrug* A recurring theme in conversation is how many regrets do you have in your life. I bring it up now and again with people I know to see how they gauge these things. I find it fascinating. I have two regrets in my life, and only two, and I would only change the lesser of the two had I the chance.
1) I regret, lightly, having not gone to West Point when I had the option. It really was an amazing oppurtunity missed. I would not change this decision though as I would not have met my wife (met her in local college) and would not be happily married with two kids that I adore.
2) I regret refusing to go to my Senior Prom. A very nice girl somehow screwed up the courage to ask me to prom, and did so basically in class with about 30 of our peers listening. I callously refused as I thought proms were stupid (still do). I realized later the amazing courage that it took that girl to ask me out and to do so in such a public way. It shames me that I did not either relent out of respect for more courage than I would've shown, or at least to have made some excuse so as to let her off. This I would change.
To an extent, I find it odd that I would be willing to concieve of travelling in time to correct something as simple as being a thoughtless cad to a girl I've not seen since we graduated (and will likley never see), but that I can think of nothing else in my life, including turning down the chance to go to West Point. I think it goes to show how satisfied I am with my life, how happy I am to be husband and father to my wonderful wife and kids.
I do regret how I treated poor Claudine Blanc though. I hope she has forgotten it.
Heh, we remember the strangest things....
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