Biggest regret light-hearted

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Mine is never being able to afford a Concorde flight to New York.
What's yours?

Not paying more into my pension when I was younger, had no dependants and was earning a full time wage.

I threw out a lovely coat a few years back and I really regret it. It was wine coloured tweed and it was so beautiful. I even dream about it sometimes.

Should have taken the 10 year fixed mortgage rather than the 5... 😂

Getting so lonely at university that I let a dickhead use me for sex, caught chlamydia from him and ended up infertile.

A lot of regrets seem French based!

For me, one would be breaking up with a boyfriend who was perfectly lovely and now worth 9 figures. I prefer being poor, anyway 😀

not eating more cookies

not realising guys who I quite fancied were flirting with me when I was younger. genuinely had no clue.

Snap.

Also, not buying a horse at 14. It might have been a shitshow, but it might have kept me away from boys & partying in my teens. She was very green but had so much potential.

Downloading Mumsnet 20 years ago. So much time wasted

(To add - I was in no way privileged; I would have been working my arse off to pay for her upkeep - but it might have driven me to do that).

Interest only 110% mortgage

Not paying for business class flights when we went on honeymoon.

Not getting on the property ladder earlier, even though I could have done.

Eating most of that chocolate cake in the kitchen just now.

Not telling that one girl that I had a crush on her, during that one time period that I was apparently gay/bisexual.

Liking men and not women.

Not really pointless as it was a big life juncture. Not going to Uni (also was my mum's biggest disappointment since it was an opportunity she never had) Plus it was free then and I wasn't without promise. Got pregnant instead at 20. But I did get to have some amazing French boyfriends (who cared endearingly for both young me and my son). And who I have remained friends with ever since (and with now middle aged son) I made my own way but will always love them from afar. Vive La France !

Not moving to Poland for a year

Not finishing my accounting qualification (i was really close!)

All in all, that's not a bad list!

Wasting money in my early twenties on material things instead of saving for a house

I had the most amazing 'almost' Kenzo pink and orange wool throw from Fenwicks which I stored in my leaky cellar one summer. It was a glorious thing I spent money I didn't have on. Needless to say the damp did it's work. I still think about it now.

I chucked out four bin bags of skinny clothes when I was fat.

Now I'm buying loads of skinny clothes again.

Such a waste!

Taking a boyfriend back when I was 17, when I should have just told him to piss off.

My 34 year old self would like to offer my 17 year old self some self respect!

Thankfully I finally dumped him for good when I just turned 20. Absolutely one of the best decisions I have ever made. But those years from 17-19 were not happy ones. 😞

Not got used to living off a massive salary.

It makes it hard to scale back career wise and do something lower stress, because the whole family think its normal to never really worry about money, go on holiday to Barbados and portugal and the seychelles every year etc.

When actually you'd all be absolutely happy in the smaller house just around the corner, enjoying a camping holiday or a trip to france, and you don't miss things you never had.

Like we are out of the habit of being financially frugal.

Not going back to work. I did enjoy being a stay at home mum but now my dcs are at high school, I’m nearly fifty and have no recent qualifications or experience in anything and I’ve got no idea what I want to do with my life. I would like a nice job somewhere and be earning more of my own money but absolutely no idea where to start. Bit scared to attempt anything, pretty sure I’m peri-menopausal and a bit useless these days. Dh has always been happy to support me and is perfectly kind and generous with it but I could be contributing so much more.

That I didn't shag Colin when he invited me to his uni digs when I was 21

Not getting up to leave a (very average) restaurant on Friday evening as soon as the couple sat down at the table 6 inches from ours and the guy started to cough. And kept it up every 2 minutes, turning towards us every time and not bothering to cover his mouth.

In bed on day 2 of covid and have plenty of time to dwell on this regret. And to think up creative punishments for selfish germ-spraying feckers like him. (But mainly just him.)

Poor money management at Uni.
Not learning to drive.
Not having the wedding I would have truly loved.
Not kissing the guy