STORM2K

What is your number one worst regret in your life? Maybe you would like to redo it or maybe you feel you should just forget it and move on.

Hey, I am getting personal here, but people might want to vent.

Janice, just a friendly note: it's worsT, not worse. One thing can be worsE than another, but only one thing can be the worsT.

And ah, regrets: I regret dating my last ex-dummy.

Graci for the correction.

Regrets, I have had a few but then again, too few to mention............................

i should NEVER have married my first husband. UGH!

I should have listened to my mother on that one: "You dont have to buy every pair of shoes you try on..."

I have so many. Like Alicia I want to say I shouldn't have married my ex. I regret ever having had one date with him.

But no, when I think about it, my #1 regret in life is eating peanut butter every single day I was pregnant with Nina and then every single day I tried in vain to nurse her for 6 weeks. She has a life threatening peanut allergy as a result (from what I read on medical websites, there's a definite theory you can give your baby this allergy if you eat too much of it). She won't outgrow this allergy. I also ate a hard boiled egg a day too but she can have dairy. Whew there.

My preggo books said PB and eggs were excellent sources of protein. So every day I'd have this snack - PB on whole wheat bread, a glass of milk and the egg. Every single day. I really thought I was eating healthy. Too much of a good thing I guess....

Sigh.....(I have a few other regrets but this is my biggie).

Mary

PS - if you know someone pregnant, tell them to avoid PB!

alicia-w wrote:i should NEVER have married my first husband. UGH!

I should have listened to my mother on that one: "You dont have to buy every pair of shoes you try on..."

I shouldn't have married my first husband either. However, all of my "regrets" I truly believe occurred for a reason and made me the BETTER person I am now. There were some that were definately stupid and I do wish that had I a chance to go back to rectify them.

I have a few... but it would take too long to post them on here...

I also ate a hard boiled egg a day too but she can have dairy.

Not to be picky, Mary, but eggs arent dairy...dairy is milk and milk products. (unless you know of a cow who lays eggs....)

I was a hell raiser in my 20's..should have spent that time in my life a lot more wisely.

And now, the end is near;
And so I face the final curtain.
My friend, I’ll say it clear,
I’ll state my case, of which I’m certain.

I’ve lived a life that’s full.
I’ve traveled each and ev’ry highway;
And more, much more than this,
I did it my way.

Regrets, I’ve had a few;
But then again, too few to mention.
I did what I had to do
And saw it through without exemption.

I planned each charted course;
Each careful step along the byway,
But more, much more than this,
I did it my way.

Yes, there were times, I’m sure you knew
When I bit off more than I could chew.
But through it all, when there was doubt,
I ate it up and spit it out.
I faced it all and I stood tall;
And did it my way.

I’ve loved, I’ve laughed and cried.
I’ve had my fill; my share of losing.
And now, as tears subside,
I find it all so amusing.

To think I did all that;
And may I say - not in a shy way,
No, oh no not me,
I did it my way.

For what is a man, what has he got?
If not himself, then he has naught.
To say the things he truly feels;
And not the words of one who kneels.
The record shows I took the blows -
And did it my way!

Wow, you have a great voice.....

alicia-w wrote:

I also ate a hard boiled egg a day too but she can have dairy.

Not to be picky, Mary, but eggs arent dairy...dairy is milk and milk products. (unless you know of a cow who lays eggs....)

Huh? I've heard dieticians include eggs among other dairy items - milk, cheese, etc.

Honest, I have! LOL

Okay back to the topic at hand (yes I do know cows do not lay eggs but I swear I didn't dream that up!!!)

Yes, I thought eggs were grouped with dairy products too.....

I regret becoming a mortgage broker 3 1/2 years ago instead of going back to college for meteorology. I am starting back in school in the fall but, I feel like it has been lost, frustrating and aggrivation have been the only things I have gained. Don't get me wrong the money is great but, the stress is overwhelming.

Thanks Janice. Didn't think I was cracking up here....seems they are grouped with milk type products, b/c milkmen delivered them or they are produced with dairy products, on a farm. Here are a few links I dug up:

http://www.saltspringdairy.com/products.html
http://www.hoovers.com/dairy-products/- ... heet.xhtml
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Dairy

Nathan - good luck with the new career change. I wish you the best in this new endeavor! I went to college at age 30, after having worked in a doctor's office for 10 years (a few other odd jobs thrown in there too). I loved the academic world and you're never too old to get a new degree (although I never got one, yet that is!).

Mary

Its hard to have a regret about anything, because if I didn't do everything exactley the same then I wouldn't be where I am today, and I may not have the 3 wonderful kids I have now. Yes I would have liked to do some things differently mainly not putting all the bad things I put into my body before the kids were born. But everything happens for a reason I believe and that is what got me here, and I am happy with here.

SouthFloridawx wrote:I regret becoming a mortgage broker 3 1/2 years ago instead of going back to college for meteorology. I am starting back in school in the fall but, I feel like it has been lost, frustrating and aggrivation have been the only things I have gained. Don't get me wrong the money is great but, the stress is overwhelming.

Hey, look at me.........I "retired" at the age of 40 from the grocery business, I spent 20 years as a meat cutter/mgr, stashed a lot of money, made some GOOD investments, payed my dues to the union and NOW........I'm following my DREAM of working in law enforcement I will graduate this Sept with a B.S. in Criminal Justice, I am currently working as a criminal investigator and I'll be "47" this year

I regret excluding myself from the world from ages 10 to 15. I sat in my house everyday, I lost my friends, and I lost 5 years of childhood, that I will never get back. I am 17 now, and I finally restarted my life, but I still lost 5 years.

No regrets - for I would not be who I am today were it not for both the good and bad experiences. It may have been easier to be more traditional, but I would have missed one heck of a ride.

Words to live by:
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - WINE in one hand - chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO, What a Ride"