Your Biggest Regrets

[Janice]

Other then my children, my biggest regret is that my parents died early. I wish they would have lived long enough to come here and enjoy our island.

[azskyman]

Only two.

That I didn't get my Master's Degree in Education when I had only the thesis to complete.

That I never got a private pilot's license.

[alicia-w]

marrying my first husband and not keeping the second one.

[Tstormwatcher]

Not pursuing a degree in meteorology when I wanted to be one all my life.

[Stephanie]

Regrets, I have a few...

Funny, right now I'm listening to Linda Ronstadt's "I Never Will Marry" - a duet with Dolly Parton.

I shouldn't have married my first husband. I am not married now, but have been with my significant other, Marty, for almost 15 years. I am a romantic and always thought I would get married again and have a family. Timing is everything as they say, and when Marty & I got together, I knew that I probably wouldn't be having kids because of my medication for depression. I knew at that time I couldn't get off of it and be alright. It was the right decision. Marty was already a Dad with 3 sons and was not going to have any more.

Looking back, the justifications are still there and make sense, but I still have regrets.

[george_r_1961]

Not getting married. I mean being single is starting to really suck.

Not finishing college.

Partying like a wildman when i was young

[Stephanie]

George - you CAN still finish college.

[george_r_1961]

George - you CAN still finish college.

Been out for 25 years Stephanie...and my activities of the 80's musta killed off a bunch of my brain cells. I could go take some classes but im not sure i want to go for a degree at this point in my life.

[Stephanie]

George - you CAN still finish college.

Been out for 25 years Stephanie...and my activities of the 80's musta killed off a bunch of my brain cells. I could go take some classes but im not sure i want to go for a degree at this point in my life.

I think I've killed off a few brain cells during high school and college myself!

[george_r_1961]

George - you CAN still finish college.

Been out for 25 years Stephanie...and my activities of the 80's musta killed off a bunch of my brain cells. I could go take some classes but im not sure i want to go for a degree at this point in my life.

I think I've killed off a few brain cells during high school and college myself!

I am truly shocked Stephanie

[Stephanie]

George - you CAN still finish college.

Been out for 25 years Stephanie...and my activities of the 80's musta killed off a bunch of my brain cells. I could go take some classes but im not sure i want to go for a degree at this point in my life.

I think I've killed off a few brain cells during high school and college myself!

I am truly shocked Stephanie

Don't be! Heck, I was a kid once.

[Janice]

You can still get married, you have your whole life ahead of you.

[Stephanie]

You can still get married, you have your whole life ahead of you.

This is true.

Like I said, I'm a romantic at heart. I love the "falling in crazy love and riding off into the sunset" feeling when you get married and the early stages of a relationship. Now, it's like a comfortable shoe.

[vbhoutex]

I don't have any real regrets, except maybe a few of my early relationships which were truly screwy. I look back on my life and I think of all the "bad" things I did as learning experiences that helped me grow into the person I am now, not really as regrets. I probably would have quite a few more brain cells than I do now if I hadn't partied so hard in high school and college, but I survived it and in many ways am better for the experience.

[beachbum_al]

Not finishing my education degree when all I had left was one quarter and my student teaching to do. Now I have been out for ten years. I do plan to go back and start over in special education but I am waiting till my 3 year old is in kindergarten which will be two years from now.

My second regret is not being there for my oldest daughter when I was going through depression after my son died. Even though my daughter didn't know it I was so out of it. Good thing that my husband and I were living with my parents at the time and they helped a lot. If only I had gotten help sooner.

And my third regret is looking back on the past and wondering why I did such and such. I can't change what has happen and can only look forward and make things better now.

[Stephanie]

beachbum - I think that your daughter will understand if she doesn't already. It may be good for your healing as well as hers to just let her know.

I do believe in everything happening for a reason. I'm where I am because of what I've learned over the years.

[conestogo_flood]

Though I am only 17, I have a bunch. Some, to personal, but here is a few...

Not pursuing meteorology as a career.
Skipping over 300 classes this year.
Failing 4/6 classes this year, probably screwing up my career options now.
Being a former bully.
Abandoning my life from 2001-2005.

[Janice]

Hey, you are not too young to pursue meterorology. You have all your college years ahead of you. Go for it.

[terstorm1012]

not sticking with meteorology when i was in school.

i've made a goal to go back, eventually, before I am 30.

[Janice]

I regret blowing a lot of money when I was younger on foolish things. I bought way too many shoes and purses, makeup, earrings. But, the devil made me do it..