what's your biggest regret in life?

[Anonymous]

Going to the college I went to/not researching looking into different schools
Not pushing trying to have a baby earlier

[Anonymous]

Not getting a decent profession like an IT specialist or accountant or HR. Dating my first. Falling a victim to a scammer once (lost my watch and had sex with him, apparently was hypnotized!)
Not traveling enough (though I s till travelled a lot)
Staying with my then future husband despite red flags
Having a child with him

[Anonymous]

I feel ambivalent about the decision to go to grad school. My current position doesn't require my degree and makes more money than I could have ever down a traditional path with my degree. Essentially I wasted 1/2 a decade and 500K.

Thing about it is that it's over and done with. I don't regret it because what is the point? Yes, it sucks, but I'm happy where I am today and that is the take away.

OP, if you are not happy with something today then maybe you should think about what it would take to get to a better place.

[Anonymous]

Not going to the USA on a work and travel program when I was in college
Having a child at what seemed the right moment then, but eventually ruined my career- should have waited a bit
Not being confident enough to try to get what I wanted

[Anonymous]

I don't know. It's easy to have regret, but I think it's a trap. I made mistakes, lots of them, but I've learned from them. The beauty of really making a mistake and actually owning up to it, is you can say, that is over, and I will never do that again.

[Anonymous]

Law school. And not getting implants when I was younger.

[Anonymous]

Dated too many losers. Didn't study hard enough or do any extracurricular activities in college. No major regrets, knock on wood.

[Anonymous]

Poor career choice is definitely #1. I went into the WRONG field (Marketing) which is not a good fit for my personality. I spent so many years trying to make it work, but because my heart wasn't in it I never tried or cared to advance thru the ranks. Now I'm a SAHM over 40 and dreading going back to work. I don't feel like I have any prospects or ambition. Would love to go back to school but it's not practical or financially feasible.

[Anonymous]

As a single AMA TTC'er, I would have tried adoption before doing multiple failed fertility procedures over the past 5 years. Though, if I had, I may not have done all the great traveling I have done in that time, and will not have the baby I was meant to have (in the future,) and at least I know I tried! It WILL happen the way it is supposed to (IMO).

[Anonymous]

My tattoo. I H.A.T.E. it. On my shoulder. So tacky. I've done a few treatments to get it removed, but it is painful and expensive.

[Anonymous]

Law school. I should have been a journalist. Hated the law so much, now I stay home.

[Anonymous]

Not taking better care if my teeth.

[Anonymous]

PP here- And I wish I had more confidence in high school, and TRIED to be more social (go to prom, homecoming, etc.) I was NOT an outcast, simply "shy" and did not know how to make friends very well at the time. That said, when college came, I was SO ready to be social (sorority, bars--Syracuse U "party school")... and did not look back at the time. As I get older, though, I wish I had the same good memories from high school that I had in college. High school is tough for most everyone so I try not to beat myself up about it.

[Anonymous]

Small things -- leaving my 30th birthday present from my parents in a cab (apparently they were expensive diamond earrings)

Being unknowingly cruel to people I loved on occasion...

[Anonymous]

FYI: I am 15:43 and 15:39. Posts came in before I could hit send.