Off the back of decision regretted; the one SMALL decision you made that made a difference?

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and specifically in the shit storm of decisions regretted. Babies, careers, marriage and qualifications aside.

For me moving to Norwich. Left a shit storm, created a shit storm.

BUT I love Norwich and Norwich loves me. People lovely, walk everywhere, great street life, interesting happenings. 💕

I have never regretted leaving UK 30 years ago to live in Europe.

Filling in the form for my university accommodation for interests etc. I didn't think that they'd pay that close attention to it, but they did, and placed me with five girls with incredibly similar interests (four of us still close friends today). On top of that, one of those girl's ex discovered that he really rather liked me when he visited her.

Ten years later, the answers that I put in that form are resulting in a wedding, one bridesmaid and two guests!

(FYI - yes, a lot of people find it very peculiar that me and his ex get on so well, but the form has spoken...)

After my first disastrous on line date I screwed up the courage to do one more with a different guy, saying if it was bad I was done and would do no more. I met my husband that night and we now have a gorgeous lg and another baby on the way.

Excellent. Keep them coming!

I extended my leaving date by two weeks to help out my area manager, spent those 2 weeks handing over to my replacement as manager ... who turned out to be the love of my life. That was 5 years ago and now we’re married, live and work together and have a 10 month old DD!

I grabbed the work copy of the ft to stuff in my damp trainers, saw a job advert on the back page and applied. Got it. Still work there 12 years later.

I have two- Right after I got accepted to do a course at Uni, my boss recommended that I did a Law degree instead. He said it was the degree he always wished he had- I changed my degree a week later, and now, a decade on, I have a great career that I wouldn't have if it wasn't for that conversation. I am so grateful that he told me that- and that I listened!

The second one was a few years after that- I was temping at a large company, and one day offered a secondment to another department. It was a LOT more money, so I nearly said yes, but I knew that the department wouldn't suit me, and that since a medical or science degree was needed in order to advance in this role, it would only be part time anyway. Instead, I suggested another guy in my team- he had a science degree, and I knew he was bored and underworked- mainly because we had been chatting a lot on messenger. Fast forward to now- he has excelled and been promoted upwards many times, and we are getting married next year!

I think about these two moments all the time- how the entire course of my life was changed in a moment. It's sometimes hard to look at the past and pinpoint when you 'rolled the dice' as it where, chose a path, and I love hearing similar stories!

I met a guy online and we chatted on and off for almost a year, going through flurries of texting and then weeks of silence. I couldn't get him out of my head so I finally bit the bullet and asked him out.

Six years later and we're married, living on the other side of the country and should hopefully have our own home this year. When I got a job here, the boss pushed and pushed for me to go back into education (I left school with crap qualifications and I've always been a bit embarrassed as it was through laziness rather than incompetence!) so I did an evening course to get my HNC, I'm now just about to finish my BA and in October I start a part time Masters.

I can honestly say I'd never have done any of it without my ex boss. I was so, so nervous about going to college but she cajoled me into it and I feel so proud of myself for everything I've achieved since.

A recruitment agency put me forward for a job they told me was HR related. It wasn't but I decided to go for it anyway.

Seven years later, and I've got a professional qualification, a husband (met at work) and a child.

We were supposed to go to the cinema but when we got there, there was nothing on we fancied seeing so we decided to go to the pub instead. Had a bit too much too drink and nine months later DD was born

Seeing the name of the guy I admired in the chat room and I was about to log off. He said 'hello' and 15yrs later it was the best decision I ever made.
It was a life changing 'hello'

Messing up my a levels (not a choice) meant I missed out on Cambridge and ended up in Hull (this was a choice and was made because of the location in relation to my boyfriend). This meant my relationship with my then boyfriend was able to survive (he was in York) and now far too many years later we are married with 2 kids! I also loved my time there and think it was a far better fit than the places I failed to get into.