Any regrets from life?

Susandublin

Read a really interesting article in the guardian at http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/feb/01/top-five-regrets-of-the-dying
It's the most common regrets dying people have days before their end. The clarity and honesty of a person at the end of their lives is refreshing.
Just wondering what other regrets people may have and are we willing to make the changes while we can?
I fear I'll have all the regrets in the above article and hope to take steps to change.

Lisha

Should've travelled more.

RayM

As long as I get pumped full of lethal quantities of morphine at the end, I'll have no regrets.

Mint Aero

2. "I wish I hadn't worked so hard."

That does it, I'm not gonna let AH bully me anymore with the social stigma of not working. Where's the dole thread?

Sunnyisland

I had a few ...











Someone had to say it

Cody montana

Never tried acid.

Sheep Lover

Didn't get to ride the nurse

tomwaterford

When I got let go years ago not going travelling/fecking off to for a few years!!

Instead worked for wicked low money to finish out my apprenticeship/look after the farm (the father had v.poor health at the time)
Also hadn't the money/access to the money to go either

Sometimes I wonder is al
Too old now

Spook80

I wish I had of clicked "update" on gta before dinner so it'd be ready to play by now

libelula

Nahhhh,

If I hadn't done what I've done all along and if the **** that's happened along the way (good and bad) hadn't happened, then I wouldn't be me.
Life is pretty damn good right now, and I wouldn't have it any other way

Thespoofer

Cody montana wrote: »

Never tried acid.

I did once.....regretted it...

keithclancy

I wish I didn't waste time reading the Guardian

Wide Load

Cody montana wrote: »

Never tried acid.

You have a small window if you'd like to indulge it in legally.

The Peanut

I think I will regret that I didn't have children a little earlier in life. I'm in my mid forties and I'm very fortunate that my parents are still alive and healthy in their late 60's. By the time my youngest child is my age now, I would be almost 90. Assuming I'm unlikely to live to 90, I don't like the prospect of not being around with them.

Irrational I know.

Karl Stein

I'm, statistically speaking, less than half way through my life so I might need a little longer before I can compile a list.

I recall once they had a 'This Is Your Life' TV programme that had Stephen Hendry on it when he was in his early 20's. I think I remember him saying 'But am oonlae twintie too' after they surprised him with the microphone.

darkpagandeath

Eh my life is not even close to over yet, Stuff like this annoys me. This is why we have some 20 year old writing a book about their life....

6541

I have a few.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Only that I didn't retire earlier. I could have retired 5 years earlier but thought I would be bored. Far from it!

Kevin McCloud

My life is full of them.

arybvtcw0eolkf

The Peanut wrote: »

Irrational I know.

Not in the least bit irrational.

I'd a health scare when the kids were younger (I started a family in my early twenties) and although I was concerned for the news I was about to receive I was f*cking terrified that I wouldn't see my children grow up.

Zippie84

Letting me and my life be defined by other people for too long.

Zippie84

Oh, and not wearing scunscreen, but then Baz Luhrmann spoke to me, and I've never looked back

The other fella

darkpagandeath wrote: »

Eh my life is not even close to over yet, Stuff like this annoys me. This is why we have some 20 year old writing a book about their life....

What 20 year old is doing that?

Aongus Von Bismarck

Not taking a punt on BoI at 9 cent a share in September 2011.

The Peanut

Dorian Wonderful Attic wrote: »

Not in the least bit irrational.

I'd a health scare when the kids were younger (I started a family in my early twenties) and although I was concerned for the news I was about to receive I was f*cking terrified that I wouldn't see my children grow up.

That must have been awful for you. It's so natural to worry about them growing up without you around; I meant it was irrational for me to be worrying about something that is hopefully way off in my future.:)

The Peanut

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

Not taking a punt on BoI at 9 cent a share in September 2011.

At least you didn't buy them in Dec 2006!:(

College.

Did a degree that I never really enjoyed, struggled with it quite a bit and felt like a total idiot a lot of the time. It definitely exacerbated (perhaps even partly caused) personal problems that held me back a lot and still continue to hold me back (though thankfully not as much anymore). If I could go back in time I'd definitely have picked a different course in a different university.

Though of course there's no guarantee that my life would be better today even if I could have done that. Oh well.....

Links234

Should've gone to see Versailles live when I had the chance, didn't... they broke up

sensible option

Cody montana wrote: »

Never tried acid.

tried acid

Steve_Carella

tomwaterford wrote: »

When I got let go years ago not going travelling/fecking off to for a few years!!

Instead worked for wicked low money to finish out my apprenticeship/look after the farm (the father had v.poor health at the time)
Also hadn't the money/access to the money to go either

Sometimes I wonder is al
Too old now

Why do you think you're too old? A couple of weeks ago I was at the funeral of a lady who had died at the age of 96. At the age of 88 she decided she wanted to travel. And she did. She got herself her first ever passport and travelled for years until her health caught up with her.

Saying you're too old sounds like a bit of a copout, tbh.

The Backwards Man

Went to college, shouldn't have bothered me arse.

bjork

No Regrets - life is short and before you know you're feeling old and your heart is breaking
Don't hold on to the past

tomwaterford

Steve_Carella wrote: »

Why do you think you're too old? A couple of weeks ago I was at the funeral of a lady who had died at the age of 96. At the age of 88 she decided she wanted to travel. And she did. She got herself her first ever passport and travelled for years until her health caught up with her.

Saying you're too old sounds like a bit of a copout, tbh.

It's like this....I've too many commitments atm....I'm not bitter or anything ....I'd have probily nor enjoyed it....didn't want to see anything/really do anything exceptional...it's just I love the heat

Ave Sodalis

darkpagandeath wrote: »

Eh my life is not even close to over yet, Stuff like this annoys me. This is why we have some 20 year old writing a book about their life....

What if they've had a really interesting life up until then?

bb1234567

Not sticking up for myself during my early teens. I was a very outgoing guy when I started secondary school, met some ****ty people, put me down, I let them walk all over me. I became very quiet, developed quite severe social anxiety. Barely recovering from it now in college, 7 years later. ****ing cnuts.

Señor Fancy Pants

I used to, but they were mounting up. One day I just said fcuk it and let it all go. What's the point like.

You make your decisions, good ones or bad ones, it doesn't matter, they were your decisions.

Stuff that was out of your control, well it was out of your control, no point whinging about it.

I still have a few things that I would have preferred went differently. Will they bother me on my death bed if I'm lucky enough to make it to one?

Nah

One eyed Jack

bjork wrote: »

No Regrets - life is short and before you know you're feeling old and your heart is breaking
Don't hold on to the past

This is it really. I tend to focus on positives in my life and looking forward rather than looking back with regret. If I had lived my life differently, I'd simply have a different set of regrets if I thought like that.

keithclancy

bb1234567 wrote: »

Not sticking up for myself during my early teens. I was a very outgoing guy when I started secondary school, met some ****ty people, put me down, I let them walk all over me. I became very quiet, developed quite severe social anxiety. Barely recovering from it now in college, 7 years later. ****ing cnuts.

If it didn't happen then maybe you wouldn't have the personal awareness that you have now.

Take it as an experience

macnug

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

Not taking a punt on BoI at 9 cent a share in September 2011.

Sure they are 25 cent now, not that great. In 2008(I think) they went down to 25 cent then went back up to 3 euro six months later.

lulu1

bb1234567 wrote: »

Not sticking up for myself during my early teens. I was a very outgoing guy when I started secondary school, met some ****ty people, put me down, I let them walk all over me. I became very quiet, developed quite severe social anxiety. Barely recovering from it now in college, 7 years later. ****ing cnuts.

Sorry to hear you had such a hard time. If you met them now face to face what do you think you would say to them?

bb1234567

lulu1 wrote: »

Sorry to hear you had such a hard time. If you met them now face to face what do you think you would say to them?

Ah..hard to say. I don't keep in touch with any of them. But I wouldn't attack them or anything, they were only 14/15 at the time after all..they have grown up a good bit. So yeah it'd be a bit more immature of me to go off ranting about things they did 5/6 years ago.

boobar

Regret not keeping in contact with friends. Should have said yes more often to invitations to meet up.

Got news recently that a friend had died suddenly.

I'm going to reconnect with lots of people and pay more attention to my wife and kid, life is short.

lulu1

bb1234567 wrote: »

Ah..hard to say. I don't keep in touch with any of them. But I wouldn't attack them or anything, they were only 14/15 at the time after all..they have grown up a good bit. So yeah it'd be a bit more immature of me to go off ranting about things they did 5/6 years ago.

Yea but dont forget you were probably the same age If I was in your shoes now and I met even one of them I would let them know just what I thought of them. Not immature at all in my book.

bb1234567

lulu1 wrote: »

Yea but dont forget you were probably the same age If I was in your shoes now and I met even one of them I would let them know just what I thought of them. Not immature at all in my book.

I suppose, but I don't know it'd just be a bit random like...if I went to a school reunion and just bumped into one of them and what do I say? like hey remember me you used to be a ****ing cnut to me? Like maybe if an opportunity arose I would take it. Like if one of them said they missed secondary school Id probably say something along the lines of 'oh yeah? Well I can't say I do seeing as you made it a living hell for me. But i can see why you'd miss it'

Micky Dolenz

I have only a few, and it's mainly on how I interacted with certain people. If I had my time over, I would have done it differently.But I learned a lot.

Crooked Jack

Moving to Canada

darkpagandeath

The other fella wrote: »

What 20 year old is doing that?

Plenty of really young celebs now doing autobiography's and all that. Sure loads of them harp on about how to run your life and all that as if they actually have a clue.

MarkAnthony

In 15 minutes I pass the maximum age for joining the Army - Regret that but then other good things have happened.

Not going for it with 'the one that got away', but then I wouldn't be married to my wonderful wife.

I'm lucky to have those regrets - it's changed the way I go about things. You're so much more likely to regret the things you dont do than the things you do!

(Wish I hadn't got this fat though!)

_Whimsical_

MarkAnthony wrote: »

In 15 minutes I pass the maximum age for joining the Army - Regret that but then other good things have happened.

Not going for it with 'the one that got away', but then I wouldn't be married to my wonderful wife.

I'm lucky to have those regrets - it's changed the way I go about things. You're so much more likely to regret the things you dont do than the things you do!

(Wish I hadn't got this fat though!)

Happy Birthday in advance, I hope good things await you on the other side of 12 o'clock, though sounds like you've done ok.

Senna

I often think if I had of picked a different course in college would it be better, especially seen I'm back at college now 17 years after starting my first degree. But my life has been good and I think of now as time for a change rather than making up for a mistake.

johnny osbourne

only regret is not shooting my evil-auntie 10 years ago

no regrets