Whats your biggest regret?

micksy for pres

Whats your biggest regret? Is it that trip you should have taken, the job that you should have went for or that woman you should have scored before your best bud got in there and ending up marrying her (I'm not bitter honest!) Whats the consensus folks?

The Backwards Man

Rien

Banjoxed

Going along with the consensus.

wazky

I've had a few, but then again, too few to mention.

Caliden

Having boneitis

Local_Chap

Reading this thread

catallus

I shudda killed him back in Philly.

Alf. A. Male

Pushing the right one away.

kylith

Turned down a guy in college. I occasionally wonder if my life would be different if I'd said yes.

beano345

Getting involved with women in my twenties should have travelled a lot more

AnonoBoy

I got a huge seven foot cardboard cutout Regret off a website. I keep it in the front room.

That's probably the biggest one I have.

SeaFields

Choice of third level study, but hindsight is 20-20 unfortunately

jimgoose

That I never actually got around to being "Anarchy", as set out in the following ditty by top Armenian folk-blues artists Oleg and the Orthodox Snake Anuses:

FearDark

Bitcoin

sebastianlieken

Working too hard now in my youth to earn and save lots of money, with the promise to myself that I can buy happiness with it later on in life

Lofty123

Wasting hours of my life in pointless discussions/arguments on Boards...

eviltwin

Don't have any, don't believe in them.

jimgoose

Lofty123 wrote: »

Wasting hours of my life in pointless discussions/arguments on Boards...

Never waste your time on a braying ass, Grasshopper. At the end of the day,
all he wants to do is stand right where he is and Hee-Haw.

He who knows not and knows not he knows not:
he is a fool - shun him.
He who knows not and knows he knows not:
he is simple - teach him.
He who knows and knows not he knows:
he is asleep - wake him.
He who knows and knows he knows:
he is wise - follow him.

Arthur Beesley

Not having the courage to take a picture of the massive turd I once dropped. No one believes how big it was, and I don't have the picture to prove it.

Frynge

eviltwin wrote: »

Don't have any, don't believe in them.

You would if you ate the burrito I did last night!

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

I don't regret anything I've done, even the things that didn't work out for the best, because if I hadn't then I'd still be thinking 'what if?'

gramar

Not investing enough in Eircom.

gugleguy

Banjoxed wrote: »

Going along with the consensus.

I followed the consensus and bought eircom shares. :mad:
My own self inflicted regrets:

• not going to France for that English speaking call centre job in tech support in October 2002.
• buying a Playstation PSP portable games console

jimgoose

Arthur Beesley wrote: »

Not having the courage to take a picture of the massive turd I once dropped. No one believes how big it was, and I don't have the picture to prove it.

It would have been a sh1t picture anyway.

danniemcq

Regrets

Choice of LC subjects
Not repeating
College choice
Dropping out of said college
Blowing savings
Not asking serveral girls out
Asking several other girls out
Trusting people that let me down
Choice of career
Not going to gigs

Would I change any?

Nope everything in life has led me to this, I'm healthy, happy and I have great friends.

Change anything in my past and who knows where i'd be or what i'd be doing.

kylith

kylith wrote: »

Turned down a guy in college. I occasionally wonder if my life would be different if I'd said yes.

If you were one of the 5,492, I can assure you it would have been fairly so-so

pajor

It sounds petty and pointless, but choosing not to play rugby in school.

I feel I would have been more respected or something.

godtabh

better to regret something you have done than something you havent

folan

godtabh wrote: »

better to regret something you have done than something you havent

is it better to regret stealing than not stealing? to regret murder?

Reedsie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LP7pdAn3foE

con___manx1

godtabh wrote: »

better to regret something you have done than something you havent

very true it has happed me a few times in my life. you live and learn

danniemcq

godtabh wrote: »

better to regret something you have done than something you havent

"In 20 years time you will regret the things you didn't do more than the things you did do"

Mark Twain

gugleguy

SeaFields wrote: »

Choice of third level study, but hindsight is 20-20 unfortunately

We are all fantastic hindsight detectives. I share this regret too.

metroburgers

We all partied.

czechlin

That I didn't sit by the bed a few hours longer and listened to what he had to say that day, when he felt like talking; that I didn't ask more questions. And that we didn't take more pictures that summer, my grandpa was the coolest man

old hippy

Lofty123 wrote: »

Wasting hours of my life in pointless discussions/arguments on Boards...

I always liked Charlie Brooker's take on it:

There's no point debating anything online. You might as well hurl shoes in the air to knock clouds from the sky. The internet's perfect for all manner of things, but productive discussion ain't one of them. It provides scant room for debate and infinite opportunities for fruitless point-scoring: the heady combination of perceived anonymity, gestated responses, random heckling and a notional "live audience" quickly conspire to create a "perfect storm" of perpetual bickering..

... online quarrelling is also addictive, in precisely the same way Tetris is addictive. It appeals to the "lab rat" part of your brain; the annoying, irrepressible part that adores repetitive pointlessness and would gleefully make you pop bubblewrap till Doomsday if it ever got its way. An unfortunate few, hooked on the futile thrill of online debate, devote their lives to its cause. They roam the internet, actively seeking out viewpoints they disagree with, or squat on messageboards, whining, needling, sneering, over-analysing each new proclamation - joylessly fiddling, like unhappy gorillas doomed to pick lice from one another's fur for all eternity.

neamhspleachi

Non, je ne regrette rien

danniemcq

czechlin wrote: »

That I didn't sit by the bed a few hours longer and listened to what he had to say that day, when he felt like talking; that I didn't ask more questions. And that we didn't take more pictures that summer, my grandpa was the coolest man

I kinda have the same, my granda was diagnosed with cancer and was dead 6 weeks later. It was the time of my Leaving Cert and he was a builder and I made a point of asking him questions about my construction project but we never had time. I got maybe half hour with him asking about it and I wish I had more.

However I try not to think of this (much), instead i think of the days i went fishing with him. He was the guy that taught me the knot to tie a hook/trace/anything to your line so the more its pulled on the tighter the knot.

Thats something i'll always remember about him and treasure. And its a story I mention to anyone i show the knot too and some day i hope i'll be able to teach it to my kids and grandkids. And i just hope they have as fond memories of me showing them as I do of my Granda showing me

numnumcake

I'm not even that old and I have a good few regrets,

Wasting my teenage years feeling down about irrelevant things instead of enjoying my youth
Losing some good friends through my own silly behaviour
Not putting my full effort into school, I still did well but could have done better if I'd tried more
Not playing sport
Wished I learned a language properly
Chose the wrong college course, not that I hate it just wish I had put more thought into CAO at the time
Not working part time throughout college
Not learning to drive sooner
In a relationship with someone for a long time when neither of use were happy and wishing I'd spent that time with my friends instead, If only I had listened to everyone

I'm still young enough to change my life and I have do so a lot in the past few months and I'm on the path I want to so I try not to think about my regrets too much but I wish I could tell my 12 year old self to enjoy the next few years and make the most of them

greenbicycle

I should have listened to my parents.

Always listen to your parents, they are much wiser than the young you.

yeah, I know there are people that will argue against this and give good examples against it but in the main, parents are always right.

harry Bailey esq

beano345 wrote: »

Getting involved with women in my twenties should have travelled a lot more

+1 on that. I suppose leaving the education system at 14,although i learnt a trade,its hampered me in life more and more as i get older.

Sir Arthur Daley

Have no regrets in life they only wreck and screw up your head and stop you moving on, keep looking forward.

fleet_admiral

smoking

neamhspleachi

Not wearing a condom, sometimes Canestan just isn't the answer

NegativeCreep

Not keeping in touch with people like I should have. I've lost friends and weakened bonds between me and some family members all because I'm not bothered to pick up the phone and ask them how they are and what they're up to. I could go for years without talking to someone and never feel like I should call them. Luckily this is something I can work on.

AdolfHipster

Loving that Boneitis response! YES

PizzamanIRL

Getting 50 lines in 3rd class because I was being disruptive.

L1m1tless

I'd say the biggest was about 20 stone.

Lofty123

AdolfHipster wrote: »

Loving that Boneitis response! YES

Can someone explain this to me, I have no idea what it means

AdolfHipster

Lofty123 wrote: »

Can someone explain this to me, I have no idea what it means

Blank?! Whaddya mean Blank? You're not lookin' at the bigger picture here!

danniemcq

I think its a futurama reference but i haven't watched it in years so can't be sure