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Do you have any regrets?

Cabra West
13-12-2005, 13:20
Anything you feel you should have done, but haven't? Or things you shouldn't have done, but have?

Qualifications you didn't get, people you didn't contact, changes you didn't make?
Or people you did contact and changes you didn't make?
Hullepupp
13-12-2005, 13:23
No ... everything I have done was the best I could do...
Delator
13-12-2005, 13:28
Anything you feel you should have done, but haven't? Or things you shouldn't have done, but have?

Qualifications you didn't get, people you didn't contact, changes you didn't make?
Or people you did contact and changes you didn't make?

There are things I should have done, but didn't...
There are things I shouldn't have done, but did...

But I don't "regret" any of it...I am happy living in the life that has resulted from my own choices...some of the memories may be bittersweet (or just bitter), but I wouldn't have it any other way. :)
The Blaatschapen
13-12-2005, 13:29
Yes, want me to compile a list? :p
Cabra West
13-12-2005, 13:30
Yes, want me to compile a list? :p

Sure, that would be interesting... ;)
Hullepupp
13-12-2005, 13:32
this is what i even think...things come & things go.

But mostly the person who open a thread has a kind of interest in something , that is his/her own mind..
So tell us Cabra :
"Is there something you regret???"
Kaitila
13-12-2005, 13:33
Yes, not resolving a disagreement with a friend and then loosing the oppertunity to forever. That's the only thing I truely regret. But then I guess I did learn from it...
Kanabia
13-12-2005, 13:34
I have quite a few...

Not sure if I want to elaborate, though.
Cabra West
13-12-2005, 13:36
I can't give a yes or no answer, to be honest.

On good days, I consider every bad decision and consequent bad experience a lesson learned.

The fundamental regret I have from time to time is having been born in the first place...
The Blaatschapen
13-12-2005, 13:38
I can't give a yes or no answer, to be honest.

On good days, I consider every bad decision and consequent bad experience a lesson learned.

The fundamental regret I have from time to time is having been born in the first place...

Well, at least you can blame your parents for that one :D
Cabra West
13-12-2005, 13:47
Well, at least you can blame your parents for that one :D

I do. They really should have known better.
The Blaatschapen
13-12-2005, 13:50
I do. They really should have known better.

Well, it's probably one of things they regret ;)

Also, my list is too long to fit in a post :'( ;)
Pure Metal
13-12-2005, 14:05
i think probably working harder at school would be one
not taking (so many) drugs at uni would be another
keeping up with my swimming (used to swim for the county woot) and not turning into a lardass would be a third...

and then a few isolated incidents that i'd rather not mention :headbang:


there's probably a whole lot more lol but that'll do for now
Hullepupp
13-12-2005, 14:10
i think probably working harder at school would be one
not taking (so many) drugs at uni would be another


but do you were then the same ???
[NS]Trans-human
13-12-2005, 14:23
Of course I do. I think almost everyone has some regrets.
Dishonorable Scum
13-12-2005, 14:44
Hell, if you don't have regrets, you aren't living.

You always have to make choices. Sometimes the choice is between two things that you'd really like to do, but you only have the time or resources to pursue one of them. Even if you feel you've made the correct choice, you'll still regret not being able to pursue the other path also.

Now, having philosophized enough for now, I'll actually answer the question. Of course I have regrets. I have lots of them. However, the choices I have made, good and bad, have made me the person I am now. Who knows who or what I'd be if I'd made radically different choices when I was younger? I certainly don't. So, here I am, regrets and all.

But it must be said that I regret far more the things I didn't do than the things I actually did.

:p
Bodies Without Organs
13-12-2005, 14:46
But it must be said that I regret far more the things I didn't do than the things I actually did.

:p

Well son, a funny thing about regret is, that it's better to regret something you have done, than to regret something you haven't done. By the way, if you see your mom this weekend, would you be sure and tell her SATAN SATAN SATAN SATAN SATAN SATAN SATAN SATAN.
Carnivorous Lickers
13-12-2005, 14:49
I'm guessing you'd need a conscience to have regrets?
Kanabia
13-12-2005, 14:51
Well son, a funny thing about regret is, that it's better to regret something you have done, than to regret something you haven't done. By the way, if you see your mom this weekend, would you be sure and tell her SATAN SATAN SATAN SATAN SATAN SATAN SATAN SATAN.

Ahahahahahahaha! :D
Somplace
13-12-2005, 14:53
mine would have to be letting junk food own me i used to be so unhealthy but now im back in shape. I just wish i could have not spent that 6 months tring to lose weight

Junk food: :mp5:
[NS]Trans-human
13-12-2005, 14:59
I'm guessing you'd need a conscience to have regrets?

Sociopaths(those without a conscience) may have regrets about missed opportunities for personal gain. They also might regret being in prison if that is where they are.
Carnivorous Lickers
13-12-2005, 15:00
Trans-human']Sociopaths(those without a conscience) may have regrets about missed opportunities for personal gain. They also might regret being in prison if that is where they are.

I dont regret not being in prison
Heron-Marked Warriors
13-12-2005, 15:13
There are some old friends I wish I'd kept in touch with, and a lot of pointles, spur-of-the-moment lies that aren't exactly bad but made my life awkward that I'd take back if I could.
Sock Puppetry
13-12-2005, 15:49
If you live your life, you're going to have to make some choices along the way... Some will be bad.

Yeah, I've got regrets, but I'd have a much larger regret if I'd lived the kind of life where I'd had no chances to have those regrets, if you get what I mean. I don't have any outright disasters in my history, but yeah, I've made a few calls I could have made better.

On the whole, though? Not bad... Not bad at all.
Kazcaper
13-12-2005, 17:04
There's things I would probably do differently if I were given the chance to relive the situations, but 'regret' would be a strong word. The choices we make and our past actions make us the people we are today and in my case I'm happy enough with that. Besides, regret as an emotion is so destructive and, in a lot of cases, self-centred. Unless you've done something genuinely harmful, there's little to learn from it and therefore no real point.
Maineiacs
13-12-2005, 17:34
I've had a few. But then again, too few to mention. (I had to :p )
Smunkeeville
13-12-2005, 17:38
I think I have made some pretty bad mistakes, and have had to deal with the consequences of them. Sometimes I think what life would be like if I could go back and change what I did, but I always come to the same conclusion that things wouldn't be like they are now, and I would be a completely different person.

So, since I like my life now, and I think I am pretty cool..........nope, no regrets. :cool:
Megaloria
13-12-2005, 17:42
I regret everything. The problem with life is that while there's an A, B, C, and D, there's no E: All of the above.