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

[CrazyLazy]

If you could take back and change one pivotal decision what would it be? Please describe the circumstances and back story to your decision so that we may learn from one anothers mistakes.

 

[Gibson486]

student loans.

 

[Mo0o]

Majored in biology

 

[JohnCU]

cross between don't charge up $28k worth of credit card charges in college and if you have alcoholism in your family stay the fuck away from drinking.

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: JohnCU
cross between don't charge up $28k worth of credit card charges in college and if you have alcoholism in your family stay the fuck away from drinking.

meh....i still take student loans....but what is the monthly payment on that?

 

[se7en]

Getting married.

SHould have waited even though we were having a baby together. Now I split time with my son who is my entire world and the only source of true happiness I have right now. I spend my off days waiting to pick him up, trying to sell the house I bought for us and trying to figure out a way to move on.

 

[nick1985]

Dating the same girl all through college

 

[JohnCU]

Originally posted by: Gibson486

Originally posted by: JohnCU
cross between don't charge up $28k worth of credit card charges in college and if you have alcoholism in your family stay the fuck away from drinking.

meh....i still take student loans....but what is the monthly payment on that?

my student loans are about $20k, $163 a month but the minimum payments on my CCs total is $735 and that's just to pay them off in 65 months, $1004 to pay them off in 3 years. oh well, i figure i can knock them out in 2 years.

 

[vi edit]

Bought a house in Omaha, NE at the peak of the housing boom and ended up selling for close to a 15k loss the next year(most of which was realtor fees) when my wife took a job in a different state.

We should have rented. Shoulda coulda woulda.

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: JohnCU

Originally posted by: Gibson486

Originally posted by: JohnCU
cross between don't charge up $28k worth of credit card charges in college and if you have alcoholism in your family stay the fuck away from drinking.

meh....i still take student loans....but what is the monthly payment on that?

my student loans are about $20k, $163 a month but the minimum payments on my CCs total is $735 and that's just to pay them off in 65 months, $1004 to pay them off in 3 years. oh well, i figure i can knock them out in 2 years.

don't worry...that is about the minimum payments on my student loans. yeah, i took out that much. My supply of lube is runing....i gotta go to walgreens and get some.

 

[JohnCU]

Originally posted by: Gibson486

Originally posted by: JohnCU

Originally posted by: Gibson486

Originally posted by: JohnCU
cross between don't charge up $28k worth of credit card charges in college and if you have alcoholism in your family stay the fuck away from drinking.

meh....i still take student loans....but what is the monthly payment on that?

my student loans are about $20k, $163 a month but the minimum payments on my CCs total is $735 and that's just to pay them off in 65 months, $1004 to pay them off in 3 years. oh well, i figure i can knock them out in 2 years.

don't worry...that is about the minimum payments on my student loans. yeah, i took out that much. My supply of lube is runing....i gotta go to walgreens and get some.

holy mother of god, how long did you go to school for and where?

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: se7en
Getting married.

This.

KT

 

[JohnCU]

okay it's depressing the number of people here who regret getting married.

 

[rezinn]

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

 

[andy04]

Buying my house

 

[nerp]

Originally posted by: JohnCU

Originally posted by: Gibson486

Originally posted by: JohnCU
cross between don't charge up $28k worth of credit card charges in college and if you have alcoholism in your family stay the fuck away from drinking.

meh....i still take student loans....but what is the monthly payment on that?

my student loans are about $20k, $163 a month but the minimum payments on my CCs total is $735 and that's just to pay them off in 65 months, $1004 to pay them off in 3 years. oh well, i figure i can knock them out in 2 years.

I've paid off large debts over time and you get older and the debts fritter away faster than you expect. The paying off debt part is great - the getting old part is so/so.

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: JohnCU

Originally posted by: Gibson486

Originally posted by: JohnCU

Originally posted by: Gibson486

Originally posted by: JohnCU
cross between don't charge up $28k worth of credit card charges in college and if you have alcoholism in your family stay the fuck away from drinking.

meh....i still take student loans....but what is the monthly payment on that?

my student loans are about $20k, $163 a month but the minimum payments on my CCs total is $735 and that's just to pay them off in 65 months, $1004 to pay them off in 3 years. oh well, i figure i can knock them out in 2 years.

don't worry...that is about the minimum payments on my student loans. yeah, i took out that much. My supply of lube is runing....i gotta go to walgreens and get some.

holy mother of god, how long did you go to school for and where?

I went to Northeastern. They basically took away my financial aid right before my third year. They said that "funding was low". It was fun explaining to my parents why i needed them to cosign for a $20k loan just for one year. It was that or do not go to college. I tried Umass Lowell, but they said that it was too late for me to transfer. Oh well....

 

[GeekDrew]

Don't always make the safer choice. Sometimes the (much) more risky option is worth it in the long run.

 

[UnatcoAgent]

Originally posted by: JohnCU
okay it's depressing the number of people here who regret getting married.

 

[JohnCU]

Originally posted by: Gibson486

Originally posted by: JohnCU

Originally posted by: Gibson486

Originally posted by: JohnCU

Originally posted by: Gibson486

Originally posted by: JohnCU
cross between don't charge up $28k worth of credit card charges in college and if you have alcoholism in your family stay the fuck away from drinking.

meh....i still take student loans....but what is the monthly payment on that?

my student loans are about $20k, $163 a month but the minimum payments on my CCs total is $735 and that's just to pay them off in 65 months, $1004 to pay them off in 3 years. oh well, i figure i can knock them out in 2 years.

don't worry...that is about the minimum payments on my student loans. yeah, i took out that much. My supply of lube is runing....i gotta go to walgreens and get some.

holy mother of god, how long did you go to school for and where?

I went to Northeastern. They basically took away my financial aid right before my third year. They said that "funding was low". It was fun explaining to my parents why i needed them to cosign for a $20k loan just for one year. It was that or do not go to college. I tried Umass Lowell, but they said that it was too late for me to transfer. Oh well....

oh well you got the degree now (BSEE, right?) i'm sure you'll get a good return over your lifetime and get them paid down soon.

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: GeekDrew
Don't always make the safer choice. Sometimes the (much) more risky option is worth it in the long run.

I am still waiting for my 90K payout to payoff loans....but yeah, i have no regrets about doing what i did besides having this delay my decision to have a kid and get married.

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: JohnCU

Originally posted by: Gibson486

Originally posted by: JohnCU

Originally posted by: Gibson486

Originally posted by: JohnCU

Originally posted by: Gibson486

Originally posted by: JohnCU
cross between don't charge up $28k worth of credit card charges in college and if you have alcoholism in your family stay the fuck away from drinking.

meh....i still take student loans....but what is the monthly payment on that?

my student loans are about $20k, $163 a month but the minimum payments on my CCs total is $735 and that's just to pay them off in 65 months, $1004 to pay them off in 3 years. oh well, i figure i can knock them out in 2 years.

don't worry...that is about the minimum payments on my student loans. yeah, i took out that much. My supply of lube is runing....i gotta go to walgreens and get some.

holy mother of god, how long did you go to school for and where?

I went to Northeastern. They basically took away my financial aid right before my third year. They said that "funding was low". It was fun explaining to my parents why i needed them to cosign for a $20k loan just for one year. It was that or do not go to college. I tried Umass Lowell, but they said that it was too late for me to transfer. Oh well....

oh well you got the degree now (BSEE, right?) i'm sure you'll get a good return over your lifetime and get them paid down soon.

yeah. BSEE.I am hoping some guy calls me to become some VP....oh well....that is what naps are for.

 

[racolvin]

When my older brother died I should not have left college and moved home. My mother was devastated and didn't like the idea of me driving home from college every couple of weeks (my brother died in a car accident). Staying in college and staying away from home would probably have been the better decision to make.

However, I can't complain about how life ended up except that now I'm taking classes after work to finish that degree I never got back then

2nd option: I'd definitely not have gotten married

 

[PepePeru]

taking that job.

 

[summit]

going home early to see my sister who shares my house share it with two boys. i will never look at my sister the same way again.