to ask what's your biggest regret in life?

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That and have you regretted more things you didn't do or did do?

I have a difficult decision to make and I'm wondering if I make the wrong choice if it'll turn out to be my biggest regret in life. It just made me wonder, what's everyone else's regrets? And are they over things you regret doing or regret not doing?

Not seeing my grandmother before she died

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Not going on Concorde when I had the chance.

I don't regret having lots of boyfriends before meeting my DH😉. I travelled loads before(on my own) and since(with DH and kids). Having three very different careers. Starting and finishing an excellent degree for my final career starting in early 30's. Final career choice is one that I was told I was too thick and stupid to do when I was young; well, now I'm doing it! I absolutely adore and thrive on it, but luckily enjoyed the two previous careers even though they were so different. Have two lovely children. Managed to steer DH to a house he loves too, which we now fully own.

Biggest regret. Not disowning parents sooner. Had a "highly dysfunctional childhood". It's taken loads of therapy to overcome my 'DP's' behaviour, which was extremely nasty, two faced in order to distance people from me, cruel, vindictive, agressive verbally with lots of awful name calling, etc and physically by hitting and throwing things at me. Although I loved DF he too, colluded in her behaviour for many years. Put up with it for too long. It still hurts and is unfathomable behaviour from 'DP's'. I don't think I'll ever fully understand why they behaved like they did. It's left me psychologically damaged.

Many things I wish I could not regret. Mainly around not fulfilling educational and work potential. As it stands it continues...

Wasting my time with ridiculous men in my 20s and early 30s. One in particular.

I regret wasting my entire adult life on now EXH. Although can't regret it entirely since I have children who wouldn't exist if I hadn't met him. I also don't regret getting married to him, because if I hadn't he would have manage to leave me with absolutely nothing, instead of which I got half.
When I look back, the whole relationship was based around what HE wanted and nothing of what I wanted.

I regret not going out with more boys!! I have a bf at 17 single from 20-25 now married to second one and im 36 i was asked out.loads in my 20s but i had a stick up my bum and refused any date ! I also regret kissing my uni friend who is now an actor on tv he was so pretty and we had a few moments should have just gone for it !!!

Also regret sending my son to nursery and keeping him there, wa very stressful for both of us but I was so stuck I didn't k ow what else I could do

@Ippydippyskyblue genuine question - how have you been able to afford to do a degree and own a house outright? I really want to retrain/change career (I was a teacher, currently doing 'a job') but cannot work out where we would get money from.

Not leaving exh earlier. He is an alcoholic and for some reason I thought I could 'save' him and I was doing the right for my children. In hindsight staying hurt them more.

I regret lying to my first love and losing him.
I regret getting into a car with a dickhead driver who paralysed herself and nearly killed me in a crash.
I regret wasting huge amounts of money on alcohol, cigs and cocaine.
I regret not fighting harder for my lovely old job when they medically retired me due to ill health due to PTSD and PND.
Without a job i dont feel me. I love my boy but being a SAHM isnt good for me.

Leaving my first love for someone I didn't really love but thought was more exciting (who was actually just volatile and unstable).

Getting a tattoo on my arm

Putting on weight