[Alison1488]

What is your biggest regret(s)?




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Given a big news story this week, I realize my biggest regret was tanning in high school. It may seem stupid, but those 6 months will put me at such a greater risk of skin cancer for the rest of my life. I love my super pale skin now, and do everything I can to maintain it, but I hope I'm not too late in turning things around.

[thesafeword]

milk was a bad choice

[po0ty]

Your biggest regret in 23 years is tanning during a 6 month period? You can do better than that..

[jrayrocks9191]

Just some girl that I've been in love with since like sophomore year.

[amymarissa]

-Wasting time on people who didn't have my best interest at heart and allowing their opinions and choices to govern my life.|
-Waiting so long to get in shape
-Continuing to cut my bangs (ok, not a major regret)
-Having to live away from my grandparents for 6 years

[Alison1488]

Originally Posted by po0ty

Your biggest regret in 23 years is tanning during a 6 month period? You can do better than that..

Yes. I don't do things that I will regret. They make sense in the time and place, but that was something I know was idiotic and it's something that plagues me. Are you really judging my biggest regret right now? I'm pretty sure I get to make that call.

[po0ty]

I'm just saying, since you made the thread. Your life is probably pretty awesome if your biggest regret is based on a fear of something that hasn't even happened yet

[Mr. November]

i do what i want to do, don't regret anything

[Kassie09]

-Not caring more in highschool

-not moving away for my first two years of university and living in the dorms

-being so mean to my ex early on in our relationship. I don't know why I was so heartless, but upon reflection (and other people telling me), I was cold. Not to say he didn't "get me back" for it by doing shitty things, but still, I do regret my unnecessary anger towards him. But, I guess relationships help you learn things about yourself and what to change in the future.

-letting myself go/gaining some weight after mono/steroids when I was 18. (although, i've lost a lot of weight recently and am nearing my high school weight again yayyyy! but i still regret that it happened and i didn't counteract it sooner).

I think that's it. I try not to regret too much in my life, but these are definitely the main ones that have had a big effect on my life.

[CallMeTroy]

I regret not putting forth more effort in high school.

[zion the lion]

Not dropping out of high school sooner.
Not getting my GED sooner
Joining this site at the height of a personal problem

[thesollopsist]

Being such a lazy fuck in school and only going about a day a week.

[deanster321]

There aren't a lot of specific things I regret. I had a couple of shitty years towards the end of school and for a while after I left, but I'm learning to live with/make up for it.

[CastlesXClouds]

-Purposely choosing ignorance over knowledge.
-falling in love with someone at such a young age.

[Tony]

OP: Regretting something you did does not weigh nearly as much as regretting the things you didn't do. Everyone can think of something they regret doing, but those are passing regrets. My own personal list...

Not waiting to go to college after HS, since I knew I didn't have a clear direction. Not majoring in something that I was truly passionate about, which has led me to pursuing a passionless career with said passionless major.
Not fighting to save a flawed long-term relationship that had somewhat fixable problems.
Not getting to know my grandparents better before they passed away.
Not traveling more, especially in my early 20s.

The key is learning from your mistakes...