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If you could take back one decision what would it be?

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Jawo

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Since I'm an analyst at work, I constantly think about things that I could have done differently in school, or the career path I've taken, but hindsight is 20/20. I don't have any real regrets, just end up pondering the what ifs of life. I find it interesting that so many people regret getting married....when I totally enjoy the independence and freedom.

Life is all about making decisions and gaining experience for the future..............
 

LikeLinus

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I dunno, but have you ever found yourself wishing you had Control+Z in real life? It would be nice to undo simple task in real life!
 

pontifex

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i would have either decided on a different career or if i stuck with this pass, would have gone to college for a degree.
 

JohnCU

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Originally posted by: LikeLinus
I dunno, but have you ever found yourself wishing you had Control+Z in real life? It would be nice to undo simple task in real life!

mmmmm ctrl+C money, then ctrl+V x10000000000000000
 

compman25

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Selling meth to a pregnant lady and her husband, then watching her do it all in front of me.
 

Oil

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Originally posted by: compman25
Selling meth to a pregnant lady and her husband, then watching her do it all in front of me.

:Q
 

rudeguy

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I am in the process of making amends for all my bad decisions.

Its all about living in the present now.
 

lokiju

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My biggest regret is hooking up with my best friends girl friend when we were both drunk :( I regret that one still to this day and it was 7 years ago now. He said he forgave me and we did hang out a few times afterwards but things were never the same and we drifted apart shortly after it happened. I think my guilt in how I betrayed him was more of an issue to our friendship than the act itself.

In second place would be how much debt I racked up after having an accident. At the time I thought it would be a very temp amount of time using credit to get me by until I got back on my feet but it ended up being the better part of a year with little to no income and lots of debt that I'm still working at paying off 3 years later. I also screwed my credit in the process.

Oh well... "in time, this too will pass"
 

KeithTalent

Elite Member | Administrator | No Lifer
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Originally posted by: SagaLore
Originally posted by: JohnCU
okay it's depressing the number of people here who regret getting married. :(

I don't think we regret getting married - its who we got married to that is the problem. ;)

It's both actually.

KT
 

dabuddha

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Originally posted by: rezinn
I would have gotten the soup instead of salad. I still lay awake at night wondering about the soup that got away.

:brokenheart:
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Jeff7

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Don't know. I try not to think about that stuff.
I'd probably have a very long list.

But I'm also a bit of an obsessive micromanaging perfectionist, so I'd be good at finding fault with just about anything.

Also, a lot of my posts tend to have edits in them, because something wasn't quite right - either I forgot something I wanted to say, or else I'll change something where I didn't quite like the wording.

 

AmpedSilence

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Originally posted by: angry hampster
I have none. :) If I could take back something, I wouldn't be who I am today, and I quite like myself.

this. Sure certain things that happened have made me sad, but it's alright. I've learned from those mistakes and moved on. I wouldn't change anything, I would even keep the mistakes. :)
 

pontifex

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Originally posted by: JohnCU
Originally posted by: LikeLinus
I dunno, but have you ever found yourself wishing you had Control+Z in real life? It would be nice to undo simple task in real life!

mmmmm ctrl+C money, then ctrl+V x10000000000000000

copy and paste hot chicks?
 

JS80

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Originally posted by: Naustica
Selling my 30,000 shares of Apple in 2002 to buy a restaurant. I quickly discovered the restaurant business wasn't for me and sold the business a year later. I made some money from the restaurant but nothing like I would've made if I still had the Apple shares. I kept the small number of shares in my retirement account but let the big one get away. I made lot of dumb moves over the years but this top them all.

holy shit that's like $5 million lost