Current Events > What is the biggest regret of your life?

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I don't have any, personally.

no regrets
only experience

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Not eating that last cup of chocolate pudding Friday July 11 1997 at 5:21 PM.

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No regrets, because I have adopted the mindset and perspective, that everything that happens to me and the people around me can be used as a tool or guide to make better decisions and avoid any negative reactions or consequences.

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Not wiping properly before my first sex

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Simping for this topic, tbh
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not telling my parents to go fuck themselves. no one singular regret, though. they've given me dozens of good opportunities that i keep foolishly turning down, hoping that this time will be the time they'll actually at least pretend to be decent people.

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Letting my old game collection fall into disarray in my parents' shed because they were old and I didn't care about them anymore.

I had over a dozen RPGs on SNES, including Earthbound with the box and instructions that I bought at K-Mart for $40.

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Not capitalizing on a deep bond I had with a chick when I had options at the time that were more convenient. Then again, she could be better off. I lost contact and she got married. If she's better off, then I'd choose something else.

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UA substance use

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not asking that girl out in 10th grade

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Breaking up with Margot Robbie

Not staying with that crazy girl that took it in the ass longer.

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Never cultivated a work ethic in myself
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Choosing an online program for my master's degree.

I completed the degree, but damn, what a wholly unsatisfying and isolating process that was. The program was with one of the most prestigious universities in my state (Bellarmine University in KY), but I learned the hard way that this means jack shit in an online setting.

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awesome999 posted...

Never cultivated a work ethic in myself

wait, i guess i change my answer to this

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not taking christe the girl in 9th grade,

Everything tbh

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Not spending more times with my parents. Dad was diagnosed with brain cancer 6 months ago, and he just isn't the same person he was before.

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Arcanine2009 posted...

Not spending more times with my parents. Dad was diagnosed with brain cancer 6 months ago, and he just isn't the same person he was before.

As somebody that just recently went through this, you must cherish the time you have with your dad, but please don't let him become a mental victim to his disease. My dad passed away 2 weeks ago. If he gives up the battle in his mind, then his body has already lost. My dad gave up on nearly everything when he got the news. That was around the time when I started taking initiative with my own personal health and well-being. I tried so hard to get my dad to adopt better and healthier habits as I went through my own journey, but he never listened and became too reliant on his medication and treatments. We researched things like ketogenic diets, CBD oils, all sorts of immunotherapy research. But he was adamant and complacent that he was fine. He had a fall a few months ago because he was stubborn and thought he was fine enough to go for a walk on his own without help or company, and his internal hemorrhaging basically super-sped the degeneration process. He became a literal vegetable, incapable of doing anything apart from basic life functions. And I hated seeing him that way. I'm so glad he's not suffering anymore, but at the same time it's also hard not having him around to eat with, listen to music with, laugh, joke, cry and get angry with.

Give him every ounce of motivation that he needs to try and beat the disease. Doesn't matter if it's a pep talk, a pat on the back, a change in diet, a workout routine, some meditation, CBD therapy. Do something.

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@Arcanine2009

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My shitty financial decisions in my early twenties. But none of it was that big of a deal and I'm doing fine

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Medussa posted...

not telling my parents to go fuck themselves. no one singular regret, though. they've given me dozens of good opportunities that i keep foolishly turning down, hoping that this time will be the time they'll actually at least pretend to be decent people.

What did they do?

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Xenozoa425 posted...

As somebody that just recently went through this, you must cherish the time you have with your dad, but please don't let him become a mental victim to his disease. My dad passed away 2 weeks ago. If he gives up the battle in his mind, then his body has already lost. My dad gave up on nearly everything when he got the news. That was around the time when I started taking initiative with my own personal health and well-being. I tried so hard to get my dad to adopt better and healthier habits as I went through my own journey, but he never listened and became too reliant on his medication and treatments. We researched things like ketogenic diets, CBD oils, all sorts of immunotherapy research. But he was adamant and complacent that he was fine. He had a fall a few months ago because he was stubborn and thought he was fine enough to go for a walk on his own without help or company, and his internal hemorrhaging basically super-sped the degeneration process. He became a literal vegetable, incapable of doing anything apart from basic life functions. And I hated seeing him that way. I'm so glad he's not suffering anymore, but at the same time it's also hard not having him around to eat with, listen to music with, laugh, joke, cry and get angry with.

Give him every ounce of motivation that he needs to try and beat the disease. Doesn't matter if it's a pep talk, a pat on the back, a change in diet, a workout routine, some meditation, CBD therapy. Do something.

@Xenozoa425 May I and what disease did your dad have and how long he has suffered?

Yeah this sounds a lot like my dad. I try to spend time with him when I get home and from the weekends. He sleeps most of the day. It's hard to get him out of bed for anything else outside of basic functions and walking. I've tried everything. I wish I could go back and do something earlier or get him diagnosed earlier, but I can't of course..

Thanks man

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My dad passed away last Thursday, less than 2 hours after I talked to him on the phone. We never really said that we loved each other that often, but I'm always going to regret that I didn't say it when it was my last chance. Something felt weird about it and just going off what my mom said he was talking about, he knew what was going to happen. Not like he didn't know I loved him, just feels really shit.

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Why oh why didn't I take the blue pill?

It's too difficult to narrow down, but basically shoulda lived life more when I could've. Instead mistakes were made.

Lol @ tc's username. Must be very proud of it.

Also not having kids.
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Hmm, I can't say.

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can't say because it involves one of the three people i've been stalked on here by

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Being born

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Arcanine2009 posted...

@Xenozoa425 Your dad had brain cancer too?

Yeah this sounds a lot like my dad too. I try to spend time with him when I get home and from the weekends. He sleeps most of the day. It's hard to get him out of bed for anything else outside of basic functions and walking. I've tried everything. I wish I could go back and do something earlier or get him diagnosed earlier, but I can't of course..

Thanks man I will.

Yeah he got diagnosed in 2017 and passed away 3 weeks ago.

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Hard to pick a single one unfortunately.

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Believing in Trump V_V........

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Gilberto posted...

Believing in Trump V_V........

Because not the dog thing right

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Not buying that Panzer Dragoon Saga for $90 back in early 2000. Damn it all to hell.

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Going to a private university instead of a state school

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Sheiky-Baby posted...

Not buying that Panzer Dragoon Saga for $90 back in early 2000. Damn it all to hell.

I could have had a CIB EarthBound for forty bucks circa '05-'06 if I wasn't a broke middle schooler at the time. I feel your pain.

Bestoffuture posted...

Going to a private university instead of a state school

PREACH, private universities are . I went to a satellite campus of a public university for my bachelor's, and a so-called "prestigious" private university for my master's. The former was better in every conceivable way. The faculty and staff at the latter were fucking awful and phoned in everything; they were on par with what you'd expect from a fly-by-night for-profit school like ITT Tech.

I'm genuinely ashamed of my master's degree, but at least potential employers don't have to know that.

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poopin' my pants

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Im blocking this thread, man fuck this thread

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Bestoffuture posted...

Going to a private university instead of a state school

This along with my choice of major. It turned out ok but really should have went for engineering or CS instead.

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not marrying taylor swift

Reis posted...

not marrying taylor swift

Mine was marrying Taylor Swift

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not being able to turn a friend into a girlfriend. we both had aspergers and you'd think we were a perfect match but I was never able to figure out if she was interested and I didn't know how to make a move. and then I left the state. haven't talked to her in like 4 years. she's on my facebook still but we don't interact.
I feel like that was probably my last real chance at getting a girlfriend. and I fucked it up

Zikten posted...

not being able to turn a friend into a girlfriend. we both had aspergers and you'd think we were a perfect match but I was never able to figure out if she was interested and I didn't know how to make a move. and then I left the state. haven't talked to her in like 4 years. she's on my facebook still but we don't interact.
I feel like that was probably my last real chance at getting a girlfriend. and I fucked it up

Why don't you send her a message and ask how she is doing?
Xenozoa425 posted...

Yeah he got diagnosed in 2017 and passed away 3 weeks ago.

Sorry to hear that man. What kind of brain cancer did he have? My dad has anaplastic astrocytoma. His cancer is currently in remission, but he had/has complications after the initial surgery.

@ColdRainAndSnow I was like you too. I avoided this stuff. Life happens. I know we all got too much on our lives that we don't want to get emotionally invested in others. Sometimes I feel so guilty telling my friends my prediciment, because I don't want them to worry or get sad because of me. It's a terrible burden to have.

Just prioritize on your health and spending time with your loved ones man. Nobody lives forever


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Arcanine2009 posted...

Sorry to hear that man. What kind of brain cancer did he have? My dad has anaplastic astrocytoma. His cancer is currently in remission, but he had/has complications after the initial surgery.

Stage 4 glioblastoma multiforme that started on his right temporal lobe. After the first surgery he lost the ability to recall names of people, places, things, objects and ideas. He was still high functioning and had 3 more surgeries up until a few months ago, when he fell on his head going on a walk. He had a lot of internal hemorrhaging and the blood basically created a giant bridge for his two tumors (one on the right side, a second one in the back of the head) to grow unchecked like a giant parasite.

When I tell you how painful the degeneration process was, words cannot describe it. The body literally shuts down, and you become less than the equivalent of an infant, but in the body of an aged adult. He couldn't eat on his own, move on his own, or open his eyes on his own.

So I strongly urge you and anyone else in a similar position to do whatever it takes to preserve and strengthen any physical and mental capabilities they have now, because they will be lost more rapidly, or permanently, if you neglect then.

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Biggest regret for me is not taking the time to really understand the stock market, and options trading in particular, 20 years ago.

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Missing out on a good job opportunity, and not telling my dad he was about to hit a car when I was, like, 9, cause I thought he knew better.

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Getting married the first time. I remarried and we have typical relationship issues but I shouldn't have gotten married the first time. Should have just left the girl alone.

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