What's you're biggest regret?

[TitsalinaBumSquash]

I am 31, due to varying reasons I have no GCSE's only a level 1&2 in Maths and English that I did at college as a mature student year ago. Every year I get older, every year I bitterly regret not following my dream of being a doctor.

What's your regret in life? Big or small.

Nothing.

I have no regrets.

None.

Not going to hospital after falling off a trials bike 35 years ago. I might have a functioning knee joint still. I would also weigh much less, not have to take opioids, and not fall over at random intervals.

I might also add that above mentioned best friend subsequently married and had children with a wonderful woman with whom he has 2 children. I'm their children's god-mother and it's bittersweet still being an integral part of his life but equally 'not' being an integral part of his life, iyswim?

I regret hitting my dog when I was about 11. I was a slightly cold, unempathetic tween and was imitating my dad who I had seen hit him after he'd been naughty. I don't really know why I did it but I will regret hurting that beautiful creature forever. He was otherwise very well treated and loved a long healthy life, but it's a shocking memory of my childhood. I am a big animal lover now and quite a moral person.

I only regret the times I have made others lives worse or more difficult through my own actions. The big life decisions I see as a work in progress!

Not buying a house and getting on the property ladder in my early twenties. I had a good job and could have afforded it but stayed at home and spent my money on a nice car and clothes.

Absolutely nothing. Sure, I've made mistakes but you use them to learn about what makes you unhappy and use that frustration as a springboard for changing things.
OP, your feelings on bring a doctor are telling you that you feel unfulfilled with your choices...do something about it! Nobody is going to do it for you. You're a baby, you have time to go back into education. My mum did her secondary education at the age of 45 after having 4 kids. Life is way too short for regrets. You're not a tree, stuck in the same place. Do something different.

@VladmirsPoutine I can so relate to your first post, especially the part about acting in a certain way for the sake of making yourself miserable.

@LadyMacbethWasMisunderstood yes, same here. Hideous illness we’re battling right now, isn’t hindsight a wonderful thing.

Being silly with money, smoking and I wish my dd had a better dad.

Lots of regrets tbh.

I have such a strong regret for not being more empathic as a child towards my mum. She was always depressed and exhausted- dad was so difficult and left everything to her, even though they both worked full time. I remember being pissed off that she never had the time or inclination to spend time with us other than the time spent doing what she had to do to survive. But she had lost a child before I was born, and I don’t think she ever really recovered.

Looking back, if we had all pitched in it would have made such a difference. We kind of followed dad’s lead and only reluctantly helped on occasion when she was desperate.

I would love to be able to relive my childhood as a helpful and thoughtful daughter. The guilt I feel is dreadful!

I regret not traveling more. If I only had 24 hrs to live that's the thing I'd think. But swings and roundabouts. I did other things that led me to where I am now and where I am now is good.

Letting my weight and food issues get out of control to the extent that I needed (and paid for) gastric surgery.

I have a lot of regrets for DP. I love him and he is a wonderful man but he has made poor career decisions and as a result has never made much money and has been unemployed for a year while I support him. He is really struggling to find work and I hate being the only earner and paying his (smallish) debts.

I keep looking to my future (I'm late 20s) and wondering if I'll regret breaking up with a wonderful man because he doesn't earn or regret a lifetime of being less comfortable than I would like because I stayed with someone who doesn't earn.

I regret many things.

Not getting help for my anxiety much earlier than I did.

Dating an abusive bloke.

Believing DH wouldn't hurt me, when he did. The consequence is I will never have a second child and that's my biggest regret that I will suffer the rest of my life.

Regret not being a better mother when dd was young. I loved her, spent lots of time and money on her but was impatient. Shouted a lot and smacked her on occasion too. Absoloutely mortified Now and it’s the reason I never had any more.