If I had it all to do over again..... - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

neddy65 · 09-01-2003, 05:42 AM

I would have found a way to finish my degree AND support my new family.

you get the idea, now lets here some regrets..... or not

Spidey · 09-01-2003, 06:24 AM

Holding back feelings for a few girls back at high school. Not putting as much effort into school related things. Regret not taking up singing earlier in life.

But as robbie williams puts it
NO REGRETS
THEY DON'T WORK

Cynthetiq · 09-01-2003, 06:46 AM

I don't have any yet, knock wood.

Nefir · 09-01-2003, 07:04 AM

I regret being such an unsociable dork in school. I could have made alot more friends than I did. And of course holding back feelings for that special girl too. *smacks self*

I regret being lazy with my classes and screwing up my average. I could be in alot better a college than I am now, but thats what happens when my adult future is dictated by decisions made as a kid.

I think thats all for now.. I am sure i have more.

skinbag · 09-01-2003, 07:32 AM

I regret not knowing what to do with myself, both then and now..Career anyone?

kurty[B] · 09-01-2003, 07:39 AM

I regret thinking I had a well to do job graduating from high school, and because of this thinking college wasn't necessary at the time.

Got layed off, didn't have enough experience nor schooling to get an equivalent paying job, and have been making up for it since, but that gave me the initiative to go to school decide what I'd really like to do in live, and well be more responsible with both my work and my schooling. If I went to college right after high school I probably would have fucked up my classes like a good amount of my friends did.

So, not really sure I regret those decisions.

Rodney · 09-01-2003, 03:24 PM

....I'd have bought a 500 shares of Microsoft back in '84, cheap, and sold 'em in '99. I'd be a modest millionaire.

Thought about it, didn't do it.

anti fishstick · 09-01-2003, 04:26 PM

i don't regret anything because they always turn into learning experiences.

nowthen · 09-01-2003, 04:53 PM

Really Robbie was right: regrets don't work! Learn what lessons you can if you fuck up, move on, don't repeat the same mistakes twice!

Jonsgirl · 09-01-2003, 05:00 PM

You can learn from mistakes and still regret them. God knows I do.
If I had it to do over again, I'd never have been unfaithful.

Flippy · 09-01-2003, 09:57 PM

I would not have spent so much time on IRC. It ate up so much of my time that I could have used on much more productive things. Oh well, I'm off it now, and hopefully will be for a while.

EDIT: I probably should explain that I was totally addicted to IRC for a while - to the point where it was creating arguments with my parents and, I wasn't doing a lot of the things I now would like to do... like enjoy the outdoors, and work out.

sexymama · 09-02-2003, 05:46 AM

I would have divorced years before knowing that people's basic personalities don't change and things would not improve.

yoshi · 09-02-2003, 10:37 AM

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Originally posted by skinbag
I regret not knowing what to do with myself, both then and now..Career anyone?

Me too and finishing college

jbrooks544 · 09-02-2003, 04:20 PM

This is a great subject! My main goal in life is to not have any regrets. My only regret is that I smoked for so many years. It would be nice to be around long enough for my kids to grow old with me... I'll stop soon, I swear!

Sure there are always small things that you might have wanted to do differently, but it is a great goal to look back and say that you don't regret a thing - take me now!

bundy · 09-02-2003, 05:56 PM

i wouldn´t have gotten so caught up in my last two relationships.... that was three years, in which i hardly even saw my best mate.

feels like i´m still catching up socially with my friends...and plus, it wouldn´t have hurt so much when they ended.

any other regrets?

nope.

Splice · 09-02-2003, 06:11 PM

My regret is that I sat too long on the sidelines and watched life pass me by. I was waiting for something exciting to come by and whisk me away. Now, I'm in the process of changing all this. In about 2 weeks, I should find out. All I know is that things are going to be VERY different. Man, I am soooo EXCITED!

Battlefield · 09-02-2003, 10:11 PM

would have put more effort in University...instead I just coasted through--a lazy loner. And not a day goes by that I don't regret it and wish I could be 18 again with who I am now.

laxative · 09-03-2003, 12:58 AM

I'd wear a rubber.

neddy65 · 09-03-2003, 05:52 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by laxative
I'd wear a rubber.

Heehee, not wearing one got me that new family I mentioned in the start of this Thread

Dano069 · 09-03-2003, 07:18 AM

I regret not being more outgoing in grade and high school. Limited my dating options severely. I also regret not holding onto my friends. I also regret that they didn't want to keep in touch with me and the wife. Their loss really, but still, it hurts.

absorbentishe · 09-04-2003, 05:11 AM

I wish I would have gone away to school. I wish I would have finished school in 4 years. That's about it for me.

jimk · 09-04-2003, 09:15 AM

wish i would've finished college. i dropped out to "experience life" (party). now it's a goal of mine to go back & finish up someday, but every year that goes by makes it harder - i'm going to be a 55-yr old junior by the time i get around to it.

World's King · 09-04-2003, 12:17 PM

I'd wanna be taller.

yournamehere · 09-04-2003, 04:51 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by jimk
wish i would've finished college. i dropped out to "experience life" (party). now it's a goal of mine to go back & finish up someday, but every year that goes by makes it harder - i'm going to be a 55-yr old junior by the time i get around to it.

That's my story, too.

People born in the year I started college graduated the same year I did - I "took a semester off" in '73, to hitchhike around the country, and didn't go back to school until '90. Finally graduated in '94.

I blame alcohol. In those 21 years, I managed to drink a whole lifetime's worth. And then some.

O.K. - truthfully, I don't blame alcohol - I blame myself.

jimk · 09-05-2003, 03:50 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by yournamehere
Finally graduated in '94.

nice finish, man........i hope to catch up to you someday!!

viejo gringo · 09-06-2003, 01:23 PM

---with age does not come wisdom, only experience--

If I had it to do all over again??? Yea, but I don't know if
my heart could take it---but at least I would go with a
smile on my face---

yournamehere · 09-06-2003, 01:46 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by jimk
nice finish, man........i hope to catch up to you someday!!

Thanks, jimk - and good luck to you.

Each year it gets harder to go back - so do it now
You've got plenty of time to get ready for spring semester.
Don't wait for a "good reason" - do it for yourself - you're a good enough reason, right?

The only good thing about "Gee, I wish I would have . . . " regrets is that you can still do them if you're determined enough.

Minx · 09-08-2003, 09:20 AM

When I ended my marriage I would have made the ex move out (it was my house) instead of me leaving. Then...I'd still have my property. *sigh*

bender · 09-08-2003, 10:47 AM

Regrets....I've got a few, but then again to few to mention.
If you have lived and don't have any regrets then I would think that you haven't lived at all.

09-01-2003, 05:42 AM	#1 (permalink)
neddy65 Loves green eggs and ham Location: I'm just sittin' here watching the world go round and round	If I had it all to do over again..... I would have found a way to finish my degree AND support my new family. you get the idea, now lets here some regrets..... or not __________________ If you're travelling at the speed of light, and you turn the headlights on, do they do anything? My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father, prepare to die! Drink Dickens' Hard Cider because nothing makes a girl smile like a Hard DIckens' Cider!

09-01-2003, 06:46 AM	#3 (permalink)
Cynthetiq Tilted Cat Head Administrator Location: Manhattan, NY	I don't have any yet, knock wood. __________________ I don't care if you are black, white, purple, green, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, hippie, cop, bum, admin, user, English, Irish, French, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, indian, cowboy, tall, short, fat, skinny, emo, punk, mod, rocker, straight, gay, lesbian, jock, nerd, geek, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Independent, driver, pedestrian, or bicyclist, either you're an asshole or you're not. What's the best nation in the world? DO-NATION!

09-01-2003, 07:04 AM	#4 (permalink)
Nefir Junkie Location: Louisville, KY	I regret being such an unsociable dork in school. I could have made alot more friends than I did. And of course holding back feelings for that special girl too. smacks self I regret being lazy with my classes and screwing up my average. I could be in alot better a college than I am now, but thats what happens when my adult future is dictated by decisions made as a kid. I think thats all for now.. I am sure i have more. __________________ You do not use a Macintosh, instead you use a Tandy Kompressor break your glowstick, Kompressor eat your candy Kompressor open jaws, Kompressor release ants Kompressor watch you scream, Because Kompressor does not dance

09-01-2003, 04:26 PM	#8 (permalink)
anti fishstick Post-modernism meets Individualism AKA the Clash Location: oregon	i don't regret anything because they always turn into learning experiences. __________________ And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. ~Anais Nin

09-01-2003, 04:53 PM	#9 (permalink)
nowthen Insane Location: Republic of Panama	Really Robbie was right: regrets don't work! Learn what lessons you can if you fuck up, move on, don't repeat the same mistakes twice! __________________ "People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them." George Bernard Shaw

09-01-2003, 06:24 AM	#2 (permalink)
Spidey Crazy Location: Wellington, New Zealand	Holding back feelings for a few girls back at high school. Not putting as much effort into school related things. Regret not taking up singing earlier in life. But as robbie williams puts it NO REGRETS THEY DON'T WORK

09-01-2003, 07:32 AM	#5 (permalink)
skinbag Registered User Location: Madison WI	I regret not knowing what to do with myself, both then and now..Career anyone?

09-01-2003, 07:39 AM	#6 (permalink)
kurty[B] Sauce Puppet	I regret thinking I had a well to do job graduating from high school, and because of this thinking college wasn't necessary at the time. Got layed off, didn't have enough experience nor schooling to get an equivalent paying job, and have been making up for it since, but that gave me the initiative to go to school decide what I'd really like to do in live, and well be more responsible with both my work and my schooling. If I went to college right after high school I probably would have fucked up my classes like a good amount of my friends did. So, not really sure I regret those decisions.

09-01-2003, 03:24 PM	#7 (permalink)
Rodney Observant Ruminant Location: Rich Wannabe Hippie Town	....I'd have bought a 500 shares of Microsoft back in '84, cheap, and sold 'em in '99. I'd be a modest millionaire. Thought about it, didn't do it.

09-01-2003, 05:00 PM	#10 (permalink)
Jonsgirl Semi-Atomic Location: Home.	You can learn from mistakes and still regret them. God knows I do. If I had it to do over again, I'd never have been unfaithful. __________________ Someday, someone will best me. But it won't be today, and it won't be you.

09-01-2003, 09:57 PM	#11 (permalink)
Flippy Banned Location: Greater Vancouver	I would not have spent so much time on IRC. It ate up so much of my time that I could have used on much more productive things. Oh well, I'm off it now, and hopefully will be for a while. EDIT: I probably should explain that I was totally addicted to IRC for a while - to the point where it was creating arguments with my parents and, I wasn't doing a lot of the things I now would like to do... like enjoy the outdoors, and work out.

09-02-2003, 05:46 AM	#12 (permalink)
sexymama My own person -- his by choice Location: Lebell's arms	I would have divorced years before knowing that people's basic personalities don't change and things would not improve. __________________ If you can go deeply into lovemaking, the ego disappears. That is the beauty of lovemaking, that it is another source of a glimpse of god It's not about being perfect; it's about developing some skill at managing imperfection.

09-02-2003, 04:20 PM	#14 (permalink)
jbrooks544 Addict	This is a great subject! My main goal in life is to not have any regrets. My only regret is that I smoked for so many years. It would be nice to be around long enough for my kids to grow old with me... I'll stop soon, I swear! Sure there are always small things that you might have wanted to do differently, but it is a great goal to look back and say that you don't regret a thing - take me now!

09-02-2003, 05:56 PM	#15 (permalink)
bundy . Location: Tokyo	i wouldn´t have gotten so caught up in my last two relationships.... that was three years, in which i hardly even saw my best mate. feels like i´m still catching up socially with my friends...and plus, it wouldn´t have hurt so much when they ended. any other regrets? nope. __________________ Ohayo!!!

09-02-2003, 06:11 PM	#16 (permalink)
Splice Crazy	My regret is that I sat too long on the sidelines and watched life pass me by. I was waiting for something exciting to come by and whisk me away. Now, I'm in the process of changing all this. In about 2 weeks, I should find out. All I know is that things are going to be VERY different. Man, I am soooo EXCITED!

09-03-2003, 12:58 AM	#18 (permalink)
laxative Loser Location: the bathroom	I'd wear a rubber.

09-04-2003, 12:17 PM	#23 (permalink)
World's King Here Location: Denver City Denver	I'd wanna be taller. __________________ heavy is the head that wears the crown

09-02-2003, 10:11 PM	#17 (permalink)
Battlefield Crazy	would have put more effort in University...instead I just coasted through--a lazy loner. And not a day goes by that I don't regret it and wish I could be 18 again with who I am now.

09-03-2003, 07:18 AM	#20 (permalink)
Dano069 is Nucking Futs! Location: On the edge of sanity	I regret not being more outgoing in grade and high school. Limited my dating options severely. I also regret not holding onto my friends. I also regret that they didn't want to keep in touch with me and the wife. Their loss really, but still, it hurts. __________________ I may look attentive, but I'm taking peeks down your blouse faster than the human eye can follow.

09-04-2003, 05:11 AM	#21 (permalink)
absorbentishe Boy am I horny today Location: T O L E D O, Toledo!!	I wish I would have gone away to school. I wish I would have finished school in 4 years. That's about it for me.

09-04-2003, 09:15 AM	#22 (permalink)
jimk Addict Location: Chicago	wish i would've finished college. i dropped out to "experience life" (party). now it's a goal of mine to go back & finish up someday, but every year that goes by makes it harder - i'm going to be a 55-yr old junior by the time i get around to it. __________________ raw power is a guaranteed o.d. raw power is a laughin' at you & me -iggy

09-06-2003, 01:23 PM	#26 (permalink)
viejo gringo Registered User Location: Deep South Texas	---with age does not come wisdom, only experience-- If I had it to do all over again??? Yea, but I don't know if my heart could take it---but at least I would go with a smile on my face---

09-08-2003, 09:20 AM	#28 (permalink)
Minx Junkie Location: Up yonder	When I ended my marriage I would have made the ex move out (it was my house) instead of me leaving. Then...I'd still have my property. sigh __________________ You've been a naughty boy....go to my room!

09-08-2003, 10:47 AM	#29 (permalink)
bender Addict Location: around the corner	Regrets....I've got a few, but then again to few to mention. If you have lived and don't have any regrets then I would think that you haven't lived at all.